04-27-2018, 08:21 PM
I came across this article from a few years ago about James Tanner that I thought might be interesting:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/201504...DYING.html
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/201504...DYING.html
04-27-2018, 08:21 PM
05-07-2018, 03:42 PM
Thanks for posting this Steve. I have wondered in the past where those notes were. I would love to see them sometime.
Tanner was an interesting man and lived an interesting life. His transcribing testimony at the Petersen House was only a part.
For those who may want to learn a little more about him, Marquette History Professor James Marten wrote a biography for him entitled America’s Corporal: James Tanner in War and Peace.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KLONXCM/ref...TF8&btkr=1
Dr. Marten gave a nice talk on the subject of Tanner a couple of years ago at the Surratt Conference and also spoke about him at a recent Civil War Institute Conference. I had hoped one of his talks on Tanner had been recorded for c-span or otherwise but I wasn't able to find one posted.
Tanner was an interesting man and lived an interesting life. His transcribing testimony at the Petersen House was only a part.
For those who may want to learn a little more about him, Marquette History Professor James Marten wrote a biography for him entitled America’s Corporal: James Tanner in War and Peace.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KLONXCM/ref...TF8&btkr=1
Dr. Marten gave a nice talk on the subject of Tanner a couple of years ago at the Surratt Conference and also spoke about him at a recent Civil War Institute Conference. I had hoped one of his talks on Tanner had been recorded for c-span or otherwise but I wasn't able to find one posted.