tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78051250860004599252024-03-13T08:23:44.334-07:00Hiram's Honor: Reliving Private Terman's Civil WarAfter surviving long marches, low morale, and horrific battles, the Confederates swarm over his regiment at Gettysburg on the first day of the great battle. Now a prisoner, he faces a grueling death march south with a defeated, angry Rebel army. Worse, a grinding, lice-ridden death by starvation awaits him at Richmond's Belle Island and later, the infamous Andersonville. How did he survive?
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maxt@tabor.eduAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05587424136836365612noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805125086000459925.post-64832434341313563492018-12-05T19:23:00.003-08:002018-12-05T19:23:47.451-08:00Hiram’s Honor interview<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05587424136836365612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805125086000459925.post-64303367556285263082017-12-11T10:23:00.001-08:002017-12-11T10:23:29.852-08:00Book recommendation for understanding post-Civil War era <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I am reading THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS by Richard White in an attempt to understand the social, economic, and religious environment of the post-Civil War era and the Gilded Age. I recommend the book for its good writing and interesting material about common terms we see today. For instance, the Oklahoma Sooners in the days of land rushes and western settlement. Check it out. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05587424136836365612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805125086000459925.post-11630250491935646722017-10-09T17:06:00.000-07:002017-10-09T17:06:09.129-07:00The human side of the American Civil War<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I came across this short (about 20 minutes) older black and white film which shows the human side of the American Civil War. It is available to see online at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://archive.org/details/timeoutofwar&source=gmail&ust=1507679762769000&usg=AFQjCNH7EDPOzfB1lpFPlJiy-_p57vO94Q" href="https://archive.org/details/timeoutofwar" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/<wbr></wbr>timeoutofwar</a>.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05587424136836365612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805125086000459925.post-71754752094688756102016-06-24T19:59:00.000-07:002016-06-24T19:59:17.926-07:00The Free State of Jones Movie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I just viewed the movie, <i><b>The Free State of Jones, </b></i>on its debut in Newton, Kansas. I wanted to see this film because this group of anti-Confederates in Mississippi is in my book <i><b>Hiram's Hope</b></i>. After leaving the filthy prison at Andersonville for Vicksburg in the spring of 1865, the prisoners are forced to walk after being dumped off rickety rail cars in the war-torn, no-man's land around Jackson, Mississippi . They then come across some of these Free State men and warily engage in conversation. The prisoners learn about the hated conscription act and twenty slave rule, that along with Confederate army raids on their farms, drove these men to rebel against the Confederate government and to set up their own "country", The Free State of Jones. I believe this meeting was possible although I did not find any mention of it in the literature or writings of Andersonville prisoners.<br />
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The movie opens with graphic views of the fighting in the Civil War. Although these made my wife cringe, I think seeing exploding heads, gaping abdominal wounds, hogs chewing on corpses, and screaming soldiers undergoing amputations is necessary to a proper view of the Civil War. So much of the savagery is skipped over in discussions of war that we forget how awful it was for the soldiers on both sides. Newton Knight, the historical figure who founded the Free State of Jones, flees the carnage (after carrying home the corpse of a young relative) and, now a deserter, makes his way to the swamps. Here he meets up with escaped slaves and other deserters who he eventually organizes into a small army. They join local families in defying Confederates trying to capture deserters and enforce conscription while raiding local farms to supply Southern armies fighting further north. Knight's army of deserters and slaves grows as the war turns against the Confederacy. So does the viciousness of the fighting and retributions. Young boys and slaves are hung after surrendering and skirmishes and battles with Confederates are shown in gruesome detail.<br />
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Finally the war ends and reconstruction begins but the fires of joys are soon extinguished in the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, black codes, and lynchings. Even the descendants of Knight are shown fighting laws against mixed marriage in the Mississippi courts decades later. While there are many fictional scenes in the movie, I believe it was well done and reflects not only history but the emotional human drama of the times. The<i><b> Free State of Jones</b></i> has an R rating but the violence underscores the realities of the times, something that we need to know and feel if we are to learn from history.<br />
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A Goodreads review of Hiram's Hope can be seen <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22967792-hiram-s-hope?al_user=2285408-max-terman&utm_campaign=new_friend_updates_email&utm_content=title&utm_medium=email&utm_source=friend_updates">here</a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05587424136836365612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805125086000459925.post-35957312627573093742016-01-19T13:20:00.001-08:002016-01-19T13:20:02.387-08:00Hiram's Honor: Reliving Private Terman's Civil War: Society of Civil War Historians features my novels<a href="http://hiramshonor.blogspot.com/2016/01/society-of-civil-war-historians.html">Hiram's Honor: Reliving Private Terman's Civil War: Society of Civil War Historians features my novels</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05587424136836365612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805125086000459925.post-76871028358700748852016-01-19T13:18:00.000-08:002016-01-19T13:18:10.379-08:00Society of Civil War Historians features my novels<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Society of Civil War Historians has featured my Civil War novels on their website. The name of the article is HISTORY INTO FICTION: WRITING CIVIL WAR NOVELS. Click <a href="http://scwhistorians.org/?p=587">here</a> to read the article.<br />
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I just finished reading one of the best books I have ever read on the Civil War. <b><i>The Whirlwind of War </i></b>by Stephen B. Oats is a very readable, intensively researched and documented, masterpiece. Oates employs a unique approach to the book's format--he writes in the first person from the views of leading characters in the Civil War such as Abraham Lincoln, U. S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, even John Wilkes Boothe. This he carries off masterfully with every event portrayed meticulously documented and backed up by letters, diaries, biographies, and other well respected primary and secondary books and manuscripts. I am considering writing <b><i>Hiram's Heart, </i>the third book in my Civil War trilogy,<i> </i></b>using this first person viewpoint style with Hiram Terman, my ancestor as the main character supported by others such as Isaiah, Bushey, Seth, and other characters from <i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Hiram's Honor</span></i> and <i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Hiram's Hope</span></i>. I certainly have a good example to try to emulate in this awesome book. Michael Shara's novel <span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>The Killer Angels </i></span>was also written in this way as was David Grub's novel <span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>The Voices of Glory</i></span> and Cynthia Bass's novel <span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Sherman's March</i></span>. I have read Shara's novel but need to check out the books by Grub and by Bass.</h2>
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As part of my research for <i><b>Hiram's Heart</b></i>, I have just read Stephen Mansfield's <i><b>Lincoln's Battle With God</b></i>. According to Mansfield, Abraham Lincoln had a journey from an immature believer, to skeptic and non-believer to what Mansfield allows, with some room for mystery, was a mature faith and a belief in Christianity. In many ways, I think this parallels my Civil War ancestor's journey from a young man brought up in the church, through the horrors of the Civil War and Andersonville, to his return home and struggles with how he could believe in a God who allowed this to happen to him. I enjoyed this well-written, easy to read and engrossing book. I hope it gives me material for writing a third book in the Civil War trilogy of my ancestor's experiences in the Civil War.</div>
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On March 17, 2015 I presented a reading and map of events in Hiram's Honor and Hiram's Hope to a group of about 20 at Marion Library in Marion, Kansas. Questions centered on the life of the common Civil War soldier,Andersonville, Civil War ancestors, and writing-storytelling styles. Signed and personalized copies of books were provided for donations to the library.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05587424136836365612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805125086000459925.post-42443345930248258242015-03-04T18:39:00.000-08:002015-03-04T18:50:15.002-08:00Hiram's Heart and the faith of Abraham Lincoln<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The stress of the presidency and the Civil War shows on Abraham Lincoln (1858 and 1865). No president quoted the Bible more yet his religious views are complex and controversial. My ancestor Private Terman, after having survived the Civil War and 17 months a prisoner of war (including Andersonville) also exhibited signs of emotional distress and struggles of faith in his pension file documents. I am working on a third book in my account of Hiram's Civil War experiences tentatively entitled <strong><em>Hiram's Heart: To The Shining Shore</em></strong>.<br />
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This book would complete a trilogy--- Hiram's Honor, Hiram's Hope, and Hiram's Heart. Since Abraham Lincoln was a model of faith for many Civil War veterans, I am exploring how Lincoln's and my ancestor's struggles to understand God's purposes in their lives and the Civil War might be part of a post-Civil War novel.<br />
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To read about Abraham Lincoln's faith, see Mark Noll's article at:<br />
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I recently had the pleasure of addressing the Wichita (Kansas) Civil War Round Table about Hiram's Hope: The Return of Isaiah. Much of the discussion centered around Civil War soldiers and how they coped with life after returning home. For many, the war (and prison experiences) remained with them throughout their lives, impacting their abiltiy to work, relationships with friends and family, and all aspects of their daily existence. Several weeks after the meeting, one of the attendees notified me that he had read Hiram's Hope and offerred the following comments:<br />
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I impersonated my great uncle Private Hiram Terman in a presentation at Tabor College. Many in the audience commented that it made the Civil War more real to hear about it in the first person. Indeed, would it not have been a memorable experience to be able to talk to a Civil War veteran about his trials and tribulations. See recent newspaper article at:
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Hiram's Hope: The
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for Studying the Civil War, Hiram’s Hope tells how Isaiah, left for
dead at Andersonville, survives only to board the ill-fated, over-loaded
steamer Sultana. Max Terman weaves a story around this tragedy with the
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I am writing the later chapters of Hiram's Hope and have needed an historical account detailing the experiences of Andersonville survivors leaving the prison in late March 1865 on their way to Vicksburg for parole and freedom. I found some first hand accounts (such as the very good account by <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=CEh3AAAAMAAJ&source=gbs_book_other_versions">Chester Berry</a> and a <a href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL14032468M/On_wheels_and_how_I_came_there">diary</a> by Smith) and a useful book entitled TRANSPORT TO DISASTER by James W. Elliott (published in 1962). Written by a descendent of an Andersonville survivor, the book provides a very readable account of the ordeals of prisoners from Cahaba and Andersonville as they make their way by rail and steamboat across Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, eventually winding up in Vicksburg only to board the ill-fated Sultana that exploded north of Memphis killing most of those aboard. These are challenging chapters to write as I try to imagine the sights, sounds, thoughts, and conversations that occurred. </h3>
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I went to see the movie "12 Years A Slave" in hopes of learning more about slavery from the perspective of a slave. I may incorporate a former slave as a charaacter in the sequel to Hiram's Honor. I was so taken by the story that I looked up the original book published in 1853. I read the first person account with images from the movie in my mind. For the most part the movie follows the book. The written account has much more detail and is thus more valuable to understanding the author and thus building a character for my story. I was amazed at how Solomon Northup, an educated free black man kidnapped into slavery, was able to experience the trials of being a slave and yet retain hope for returning to freedom. The injustice of the story overwhelms you but in the end you rejoice with Northup as he rejoins his family after 12 years in the most brutal of circumstances. </h2>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05587424136836365612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805125086000459925.post-41644822920663519872013-10-29T08:55:00.000-07:002013-10-29T08:55:05.646-07:00Reunion and reconciliation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In my search for ideas on how Private Hiraqm Terman might have dealt with his Civil War battle and prisoner of war experiences, I read Caroline Janney's new book REMEMBERING THE CIVIL WAR. I found the book to be well researched and written in a way that held my attention. The theme of the book centers on the difference between reunion and reconciliation and explores the perspectives of Union and Confederaate men and women. As I write the sequel to Hiram's Honor, I hope that the things I learned in this fine book will show up in the story. </h2>
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