Perhaps the national turmoil is getting to me. Cyber threat if tied with global economy, makes me wonder.
Tim
Timothy J. Desmond
THE DOC ~ Revised Edition
Copyright © 2014 by Tim Desmond
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Print ISBN: 978-1-626941-44-1
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THE ATTACK
Available from me directly as well as now posted on Etsy, this black & white painting was originally done specifically for a local Sorenson Gallery, Black & White show. All entries were in B & W, including sculpture, ceramics, watercolors, and drawings. It was a great show and a lot of fun. As a Civil War reenactor, I thought a painting of a battle scene in a black & white would look like a large period photograph. It could have been done in a different style, looser perhaps, with splatters and scratches, as if it was a damaged tintype. But, in the end, I didn’t get too crazy with this first one. For that show, there was no red in the 2nd National flag. After the recent Confederate flag uproar, my wife suggested I add the red to the flag.
Having been a member of a reenacting company in the 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment, a trans-Mississippi regiment in the Army of Tennessee, we portrayed the era of the Atlanta Campaign of summer of 1864. The two flags here show that. The smaller blue flag with center moon and the battle honors painted in white, was a flag in Cleburne’s Division. This is a battle flag pattern that General Hardee designed, and when the entire CSA was changed to the uniform Beauregard pattern of “Southern Cross” in 1864, General Patrick Cleburne refused to adopt. He said his men fought and died for the blue flag for three years. The other flag is the 2nd national CSA flag also called the “Stainless Banner.” It has the Southern Cross pattern in the corner.
This attack depicted could have been in the second phase of Battle of Atlanta, of a company in Govan’s Brigade, Cleburne’s Division, Hardee’s Corps.
The Etsy link is: https://www.etsy.com/listing/242275189/the-attack-oil-based-paint-on-canvas-48
Tim
Timothy J. Desmond
THE DOC ~ Revised Edition
Copyright © 2014 by Tim Desmond
Cover Design by Jackson Cover Design
All cover art copyright © 2014
All Rights Reserved
Print ISBN: 978-1-626941-44-1
Timothy J. Desmond
Amazon author page at: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00694KQQO
The Doc page and Writing at: http://timothydesmond.wordpress.com
Art at: http://artbydesmond.wordpress.com
Signing Books at Civil War Revisited 2014 – 150th Atlanta Campaign event – Kearney Park, Fresno
This is posted after the date of October 18 – 19, but that is all right. Since the story in the novel, THE DOC, is about Civil War re-enactors who are in trouble with Homeland Security, a Civil War reenactment is the perfect place to garner followers. This last of the 2014 reenacting season events in the San Joaquin Valley was at Kearney Park in Fresno County and hosted by American Civil War Association and Fresno Historical Society. It commemorated the 25th year of the annual event.
While each year a different battle is depicted, this year being 150 years since the Atlanta Campaign, that was the theme.
Of course the Atlanta Campaign brings up all sorts of images of the most talked about events of those months such as General Sherman’s march to the sea, after, of course, the burning of Atlanta, and the mass market success of the novel and movie Gone With The Wind. As there was so much more than all that, visitors to my discussions were shocked to learn of Western Theater, Army of Tennessee, General Joseph Eggleston Johnston, General William Hardee, and often ignored Generals Daniel Govan, Ben Cheatham, and Patrick Cleburne with their success as they battled at the many locations from Ringgold in early May 1864 to Atlanta by July 22. I was going to tell some of them what I learned from my Arkansan friend Bob H., at Shiloh in ‘07, “Get used to it, you’re in the south.” But, I realized I wasn’t really in the south, but in California. I had to settled on saying , “I could go on” and so that’s it for this, I could go on.
For a few shots of Civil War revisited 25th Anniversary see The Fresno Historical Society’s Facebook page at:: https://www.facebook.com/fresnohistory
Their main website is: http://valleyhistory.org/
For a video of the event see the Fresno Bee online link at: http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/10/18/4186166_25th-anniversary-of-the-civil.html?rh=1
Thank you Fresno Bee, Fresno Historical Society, American Civil War Association, and Civil War Reenactment Society (CWRS) for continuing the living history event. This last event of the season in our area is always a pleasure to be a part of, with the entire involvement of our fellow re-enactors.
There is always more of course. This is not the last of the season’s events in California. While I would love to be in Franklin, Tennessee for November 30th and 150th Franklin, I have to settle for the Moorpark, California event on November 8 and 9, 2014. This is next to Simi Valley where the CA 118 West turns into the CA 23 South. It is at a different location this year at a different nearby ranch.
If you have more questions, contact me.
Tim
Timothy J. Desmond
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Writing at: http://timothydesmond.wordpress.com
Art at: http://artbydesmond.wordpress.com
It may possibly go away sometime, but one has to wonder. As I wrote in June about NSA and the UK, James Bamford gave a tremendous history of our connection with the UK since and in spite of our gaining independence. They have remained our steadfast ally on the globe. The 2oth century clandestine connections are detailed in particular. Then the “Cold War” connections in late 40s and 1950s were written about. Here is where it is surprising that the modern press did not explain more after the latest Snowden affair. A little more knowledge in their stories might have been better served. The deeper questions of Snowden’s employer and contract status with NSA would have shed light on the treason versus hero buzz about Snowden himself.
One such comment, repeated by several news pieces verbatim, was “how does a twenty-seven year old have that sort of classified knowledge.” It was remarkable ignorance by those sources, to me, considering that eighteen year old communications enlisted men in various military departments have classified clearances, as do other young military personnel, from all branches, who work at NSA directly.
I came across, by accident, an edition of WIRED magazine of April 2012. In it is a detailed article Inside the Matrix by contributor James Bamford – [washwriter@gmail.com] – about the massive Utah desert NSA complex, that was recently reported on since the Snowden news broke. Why didn’t that create more of a stir? The data collection was detailed in that article. This is totally amazing, as it was out there.
Too, in English speaking German news, carried by DW network, Deutsche Well, carried on the Catholic channel in our area [7:00 PM Pacific Time], questioned the NSA damage and linking Germany to the NSA and questioning German involvement. That was on one broadcast, maybe two, since then it has been dropped as a subject. Our other allies, like Germany, the USA does share intelligence data. With Germany, it was the Cold War and post WW II use of a German Army – Wehrmacht – intelligence organization. I am holding in my hand a hardbound edition of The Service, the memoirs of General Rheinhardt Gehlen. This is a World Publishing imprint of Times Mirror, New York, 1972. It is a fascinating read on every level, about the use of human assets in Europe and Germany and the eastern block nations. Gehlen was the West’s and CIA’s German counterpart. Gelan’s expertise was the German eastern front against the Russian/Soviets during the war. Gehlen used what remaining assets he had after the war as well as building a new network.
What is also brought to light is the differing views between electronic intelligence gathering compared to using human sources in the field. Our US Air Force controlled, does control, our satellite surveillance system. The budget and costs for all of that is completely blocked from publication. But, that is another subject.
Don’t our journalists know anything? No wonder the networks are losing audience share.
Timothy J. Desmond
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Dieter, the World War II story, is not a novella, and not a short story, sorta in between. Available at Amazon author page for Timothy J. Desmond. Dieter published by Dry River Publications, an imprint of Fresno River Press. Tim’s Amazon author page is at: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00694KQQO
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