Arthur Lyon Fremantle

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September 25, 1901 - Arthur Lyon Fremantle, British general and American Civil War observer dies at Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight, England. (b. 1835)
 

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i really would encourage everybody posting stuff that old to add a link to where this books can be downloaded (freely and legally) as the copyright has expired Laie_21book.gif
 

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Ah. You want free. Cheap . . .
i'm all for paying everybody's dues (i get payed royalties for stuff i write), but there's no need to pay for stuff that old - you may want to make a donation to those who put it out there for free and everybody to educate themselves
 

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Free is good, but expecting free might not be so good.
 

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I found this article about and the privation he saw in Rappahannock county...


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“He was traveling for pleasure, and like the sailor who spends his shore leave rowing in the park, he naturally picked the only place where there was a war on,” observed editor Walter Lord in his 1954 introduction to “The Fremantle Diary,” published originally in 1863 London under the title, “Three Months in the Southern States.”

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“Remarkably,” the editor continued, Fremantle “charmed even the grumpiest Confederates, like Longstreet and Bragg. Invariably, he became a member of the family — whether he was sharing the only fork in Joe Johnston’s mess or sharing Lee’s confidences at Gettysburg . . .

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Colonel Fremantle of England was ensconced in the forks of a tree not far off, with glass in constant use,” a still bewildered General John B. Hood recalled a dozen years after the war had ended.

As Lord would conclude: “General Hood never said what he thought about the presence of this strange outsider, but he probably took it for granted. By that time, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur James Lyon Fremantle . . . had become a familiar sight throughout the Confederacy.”


You will article about the privation seen...
 
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