Mr. Cornwell, I wanted to drop you a line to tell you how much I have enjoyed your books and to pick a slight bone with you. Having just finished reading the third book in your Starbuck series, it seems to me that you have fallen into the pro-Jackson, anti-Longstreet camp and very unfairly. The troops under Longstreet at Second Manassas you place under Lee’s direct command, so why not do the same with Jackson’s? Also, the most recent scholarly works on the battle make it clear that if Longstreet had attacked on the day of his arrival he would have have at least one corps of Northern troops (Fitz-John Porter’s) on his flank. Longstreet never liked jumping in without knowing what he was getting into and Jeb Stuart’s reconnaissance confirmed the presence of Porter’s corps. I have no doubt that given the subject — the American civil war — you have received these comments before, but Civil War buffs are notoriously pugnacious. Again, I do want to thank you for the hours of enjoyment your many books have given me! Keep writing! Chuck Harvey