Dear Bernard In regards to the US Civil War obviously you had the North/South war but one thing I noticed was as much the East/West rivalry as well. The Norths Western Armies often thought the Eastern Army of the Potomac useless. You even had Sherman insulting them during the Overland campaign and if only Grant could get them to fight while you had Meade riposting back that Grant was realising Lee and Virginia was not Bragg and Tennessee. Do you think that was fair were the North’s Western Armies superior to the Eastern Armies??

Also you said your 2013 book may be a Uhtred novel. Could you not put him on hold for a bit and feel in the open plot holes for Starbuck it has almost been 20yrs now since the Bloody Ground that’s long enough wait. Yours sincerely Geraint P.S If you have not read it Peter Cozzens book on Jacksons Valley Campaign is worth reading.