Dear Mr. Cornwell: In response to a March 17 posting, you said that you probably will keep Starbuck in the Eastern rather than the Western theatre of the Civil War. I can think of two instances where you might want to reconsider, both of them times of prolonged inactivity in the East: 1. There was almost a 10-month gap between Gettysburg and the opening of Grant’s 1864 campaign and the Battle of the Wilderness. During this time, you could send Starbuck west with Longstreet’s reinforcements to the Battle of Chickamagua (October 1863). 2. During the year-long siege of Petersburg, you could send him west a second time to serve with Jubal Early in the Shennandoah Valley campaign, culminating with the Battle of Cedar Creek (October 1864). We want our boy to see as much fighting as possible! Alan Kempner