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Re: General Trudeau
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Hi Hugh,

I've been chasing after James Trudeau for a couple of years now on and off, mostly off in the last 6 months due to the press of other responsibilities.

The bulk of what I know about JdeBT centers around his pre-war activities, of which there are still several large information holes to be filled. As might be expected, one comes across a lot of contradictory and/or erroneous information....

I'd be happy to put something together, but will need some time to organize it.

Beauregard's report in the OR fleetingly mentions Trudeau's VADC service, and I believe it's also referenced in the Confederate order of battle for Shiloh. Will have to verify that.

Do you speak French? In his Island No. 10 reports, Trudeau uses several French artillery terms that are ? to me. Bet the Artillery board folks could unravel that mystery pretty quickly.

And of course he wrote that 80-page treatise on the defense of Louisiana...in French.

I understand he is mentioned several times in the book, "The Night the South Lost the War." Don't have that but will need to get it, as it's fairly important to his wartime activities.

I get the sense that Trudeau was pretty much "all dressed up with no place to go" in terms of his lack of success in getting into the war much beyond his occasional "cameo" appearances. Politics probably played some part in that. And of course he was hors de combat for a fairly long period recuperating from his Shiloh wound.

But even despite his very minor role, he still is considered a "Confederate General" and is profiled in Bruce Allardice's "More Generals in Gray."

By the way, have you read his defense treatise? If followed as directed, would it have worked?

Mike

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