[carton253]

Good morning

I need your help.

I have worked a year on an alternative history novel and completed it a few days ago.

If you could take a moment and let me know what this opening sentence from Chapter One tells you, I would appreciate it.

The moon was playing a cruel trick on the 18th North Carolina Infantry Regiment.

Do you, as a reader, know where you are and what is about to happen?

Thank you so much for helping me.

Stainless Banner--if you could do a Dixie Ping to this post and ask them to answer the question, I would appreciate it.

[rustbucket]

Do you, as a reader, know where you are and what is about to happen?

I'm in Texas and about to go to bed.

Sorry, carton, couldn't resist. I don't know anything about the 18th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, but looking it up suggests to me what your opening line refers to.

[4CJ]

Sir, I had to verify, but you’re referring to the shooting of Stonewall Jackson by Confederate troops.

[stainlessbanner]

Dixie Ping

Please help our good friend carton253. See post 470 for the opening line

[Tax-chick]

They’re going to shoot Stonewall Jackson.

[Oorang]

I know what you are referring to but some of my family served with NC Infantry (47th) so I’m more familiar with the history. I did do a little survey of my husband’s family (westerners) and none of them had any idea what you were referring to, sorry to say.

[billbears]

Do you, as a reader, know where you are and what is about to happen?

Yes, sadly I do...

[stand watie]

inasmuch as 20% of Americans cannot find the USA on a world map, perhaps you are presuming more KNOWLEDGE than 90% of people have???

further a recent survey of HS grads (of the "publick screwl edgeumakashun sistim") do NOT know what CENTURY that WWII was fought!!! (this is especially sad, inasmuch as many of the grads have LIVING family members who were IN the war.)

free dixie,sw

[archy]

Do you, as a reader, know where you are and what is about to happen?

Since it's an alternative history novel, I'd reckon that a nervous sentry is about to shoot his own commanding general.

Indeed, I've often wondered how the 1948 War of Independence might have worked out if the Confederacy had come in on the Israeli side....

[FYI, after considerable armtwisting by others, I'm in the process of working on an alternate history novel of my own, though set in the post WWII period.]