Böcker av Curtis L Older

The Battle of South Mountain at Fox's Gap - "prelude to emancipation" - deserves an accurate portrayal. "Hood's Defeat near Fox's Gap" discloses the most significant discovery on the battlefield of Fox's Gap in 160 years, soundly and undeniably refuting every author who has written about the actions of Confederate General John Bell Hood during the battle. Based on a careful understanding of the history of the roads and land tracts associated with Fox's and Turner's Gaps, and the details of specific landmarks mentioned in primary documents, the author presents a more detailed and accurate geographical and topographical study of the battlefield than any previously presented. The correct placements of Hood's troop positions reconfigures the entire placement of the competing forces in the battle, setting the record straight on the achievements of the Union army in the battle, and the Confederate casualites. Rebuffing a significant amound of incorrect material published about this battle, this new account of the battle of South Mountain gives the reader the opportunity to re-examine and re-interpret the Maryland campaign.

Curtis Lynn Older, president of The Society of the Descendants of Frederick Fox of Fox's Gap in Maryland, published News from Fox's Gap each June 1st and December 1st from 1996 through 2006. The newsletter was published only on December 1st for the years 2007 through 2010. The organization stopped accepting new members and discontinued the newsletter in 2011.All twenty-six newsletters published by the Society are included in this publication. Some of the information included in these newsletters cannot be found anywhere else at this time. This publication is an effort to preserve this information for future generations. All individuals who have joined The Society of the Descendants of Frederick Fox of Fox's Gap in Maryland from its inception on October 20, 1995 through December 2, 2001 are listed along with their first four ancestor lines. Maps and photographs add to the value of this work.