Comments on: Following the Drum: Women in Wellington’s Army https://annaelliottbooks.com/wp/2011/06/following-the-drum-women-in-wellingtons-army/ Anna Elliott Historical Fiction Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:26:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 By: Michael https://annaelliottbooks.com/wp/2011/06/following-the-drum-women-in-wellingtons-army/comment-page-1/#comment-928 Michael Sat, 27 Aug 2011 09:06:34 +0000 http://annaelliottbooks.com/wp/?p=662#comment-928 The content of this blog post is great. The struggle of humanity to get us here was paved with many bodies and suffering the likes of which our video game playing youth have no idea. When I was reading the “Gulag Archepeligo” by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, he mentions that during the War, in the Volga region of Russia, there was a famine so great that parents ate their children. Being a father of three, I cannot imagine this and as horrifying as it is, it is a part of human experience.

]]> By: Laura https://annaelliottbooks.com/wp/2011/06/following-the-drum-women-in-wellingtons-army/comment-page-1/#comment-665 Laura Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:35:09 +0000 http://annaelliottbooks.com/wp/?p=662#comment-665 You already know how much this interests me, especially this period. I find first hand accounts simply fascinating also, but so precious little remains. Even the Roman graffiti that is all around Pompeii is interesting, we get a glimpse into the minds of the people instead of the historic (bias) account of events at the time, we hear their voice. Excellent post! x

]]> By: xo.sorcha.ox https://annaelliottbooks.com/wp/2011/06/following-the-drum-women-in-wellingtons-army/comment-page-1/#comment-664 xo.sorcha.ox Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:47:58 +0000 http://annaelliottbooks.com/wp/?p=662#comment-664 Thank you for sharing this, Anna! I found it so interesting and inspiring – I think I will research this topic some more.
~S.

]]> By: anna https://annaelliottbooks.com/wp/2011/06/following-the-drum-women-in-wellingtons-army/comment-page-1/#comment-663 anna Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:09:28 +0000 http://annaelliottbooks.com/wp/?p=662#comment-663 Renee, it’s almost unimaginable, isn’t it? As a mother, I could scarcely bear to read the story, it’s so heart-breaking.

]]> By: anna https://annaelliottbooks.com/wp/2011/06/following-the-drum-women-in-wellingtons-army/comment-page-1/#comment-662 anna Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:08:27 +0000 http://annaelliottbooks.com/wp/?p=662#comment-662 That’s what strikes me so much in reading Harris’ Recollections–all the tragedies that would have been entirely forgotten if he’d not recorded them.

]]> By: anna https://annaelliottbooks.com/wp/2011/06/following-the-drum-women-in-wellingtons-army/comment-page-1/#comment-661 anna Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:06:38 +0000 http://annaelliottbooks.com/wp/?p=662#comment-661 JR, thank you for stopping by!

]]> By: Renee Lannan https://annaelliottbooks.com/wp/2011/06/following-the-drum-women-in-wellingtons-army/comment-page-1/#comment-660 Renee Lannan Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:56:53 +0000 http://annaelliottbooks.com/wp/?p=662#comment-660 Oh, the story of the 7-8 year old son being dragged by his mother grabs my gut. Heart-breaking love and desperation.

]]> By: R. Doug Wicker https://annaelliottbooks.com/wp/2011/06/following-the-drum-women-in-wellingtons-army/comment-page-1/#comment-659 R. Doug Wicker Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:46:45 +0000 http://annaelliottbooks.com/wp/?p=662#comment-659 Some incredibly tragic stuff there, such as Sitdown and his wife. Real heart-tugger.

Love the article.

]]> By: JR Tomlin https://annaelliottbooks.com/wp/2011/06/following-the-drum-women-in-wellingtons-army/comment-page-1/#comment-658 JR Tomlin Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:36:20 +0000 http://annaelliottbooks.com/wp/?p=662#comment-658 Great article. I’ll definitely be back.

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