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Tragedy at Montpelier: The Untold Story of Ten Confederate Deserters from North Carolina

Description

After fighting valiantly at the Battle of Gettysburg, ten men from the Third North Carolina Regiment decided to leave their unit and go home. Their courageous struggle on Culp’s Hill is revealed in this book, as is their flight to North Carolina. Captured, tried and convicted, they were sent back to their regiment for punishment—execution. That punishment took place on the grounds of Montpelier, Virginia, the home of President James Madison, the man known as the Father of the Constitution. The author is an interpreter at Montpelier, and offers a brief history of Montpelier and the Madisons from the 1720s to 1863, and well-documented biographical information about the deserters and the adjutant sent to arrest them. 2003, 5.5 x 8.5, illus., bibl., paper, 122 pp.

Reviews

Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2005-05-25
Summary: "Jayne E. Blair, Tragedy at Montpelier: The Untold Story of T"

Whoever said "the pen is mightier than the sword" had never read Tragedy at Montpelier. This 122- page book is an account of the execution of ten deserters from the Third North Carolina Regiment at Montpelier, Virginia in 1863. Blair spends the first thirteen pages dealing with Montpelier and its most famous owner, James Madison. This is fair enough, as is the account that follows of the Civil War and the activities of the Third North Carolina (at pp. 15-56). While Blair's writing is at its best in this section, her organization could be improved. She first discusses the Battle of Gettysburg at page 17, follows this with an account of the engagement's consequences (at pp. 17-18), and returns to refight the battle in more detail at pages 23-56. Similarly, Charlie Futch of the Third North Carolina dies once (at pp. 36-37), and is then dying again at page 54. It is not until about halfway through the book (at p. 57) that the desertion, the engagement with regular Confederate forces near Scottsville that took the life of Richardson Millett (see pp. 78-79), and the subsequent trial and execution really begin to be addressed.

While Blair's description of the action at Gettysburg is excellent, if a bit hard to follow at times, the rest of the book does not live up to this section. There are, for example, near repetitions. "I am an interpreter at Montpelier and as such receive many questions. One of the most asked question [sic] is `What happened here during the Civil War?'" (at p. i). "As an interpreter at Montpelier, one of the most frequently asked question [sic] I receive is what happened here during the Civil War" (at p. 1). On page 58, "the citizens of Orange County, once again, opened their hearts and their homes to the men" and then, in what must have been an effusive display of politeness, "[t]he local citizenry opened up their hearts to the men" two pages later (at p. 60). And then there are the errors..... "gapping [sic] and painful wounds" (at p. 18), "[f]igures for the Confederate army is [sic] non-existent" (at p. 103), and my personal favorite, "John Futch was insoluble" (at the death of his brother, Charley, at p. 54). Nor are these the only examples. We are given "the below information" (at p. 107), and on the same page are told that "[I]n the majority of the cases, no family or friends to claim them except this writer" (at p. 107). Excuse me? And the list goes on ....

This is not to say that Ms. Blair's book is without merit- it is clear that she has done significant research on the Montpelier executions. She does a good job of conveying the changing Confederate attitude toward desertions (see pp. 72-77) and it was interesting to find that each of the executed soldiers was buried with his face down; "[s]ince the deceased turned his back on his comrades and deserted, he would thus spend eternity with his back to the world" (at p. 96). Blair does not, however, list the monographs she cites at pages 21-22 and page 97 in her section on "Articles and Manuscripts" (see p. 119). While her book topic is one of some interest, what this volume needed (and did not receive) was a thorough vetting and proofing. In the absence of these corrections, the most dedicated Civil War buff must be excused if he goes AWOL.

Samuel Pyeatt Menefee