On one of my other discussion groups they had this link to a cannon lying in the grass at Antietam. From other posts it appears it's just part of the ...
Hey guys, when do we start? _____ From: KERRY SMITH [mailto:klsmith_1@...] Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 9:12 PM To: bob Denyse; Jerry Shrimpton; Larry...
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Hungate Murders by Dennis Potter On Saturday morning, June 11th 1864, on a cattle ranch twenty-five miles east of Denver, Nathan Ward Hungate, his wife Ellen...
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Our next meeting will cover the final preparations for the battle of Antietam. Ian Duncanson will lead the discussion of this portion of the campaign. The...
Got this from civilwarwest message board. Sad sad news -Nick Got this from civilwarwest message board. Sad sad news -Nick The Hiram Jenkins House The Home was...
On one of my other boards someone put up a list where people just pick generals for the following categories. The original poster was just interested in the...
Nick certainly brings up some interesting thoughts on these generals! Larry _____ From: RockyMtnCWRT@yahoogroups.com [mailto:RockyMtnCWRT@yahoogroups.com] On ...
1. Who is your favorite General? Galusha Pennypacker, with a name like that, what's not to like? 2. Who is your least liked General? Jubal Early, should have...
1. Favorite General? Sherman. The first Blitzkrieg. 2. Least Liked? Many candidates but Hood, for the ill-planned attacks and uselessness of Franklin and...
Nick and All, Actually, I pretty much agree with Nick's choices. Certainly it depends on which level of generals you want to consider. Unfortunately for me, ...
It¹s very odd that I can not find any place or street in west named after George Thomas. Certainly some of that comes from the hate is family felt for ...
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Jun 21, 2006 10:02 pm
I think questions like this are sometimes most interesting if you give sort of your first off-the-top-of-the-head reaction, instead of agonizing over them...
I like your reasoning Harry ... -- Henry B. Ledyard 2414 Pine Tree Lane Evergreen CO 80439 (v) 303-526-0188 (f) 303-526-2895 (e) hbledyard@......
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Jun 22, 2006 9:07 pm
Thank you....
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Jun 23, 2006 7:55 pm
Hmmm. A wee tad late, but plenty of room for prejudices here! However, FWIW: 1. Who is your favorite General? Tie: **Winfield Scott who predicted the course...
How about Barlowe and Budoes for underrated Harry ... -- Henry B. Ledyard 2414 Pine Tree Lane Evergreen CO 80439 (v) 303-526-0188 (f) 303-526-2895 (e)...
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Jun 23, 2006 10:26 pm
I think you have to be right about Barlowe and Budoes, because they're so underrated I've never heard of them. - Rick DeTar...
Who is Budoes? I assume you mean Francis Channing Barlow. I'm not sure I'd call him underrated. Except for the Barlow-Gordon incident, which very likely...
Grant's overland campaign may have been simple but he knew that he had to control and destory Lee's army. After May 64 Lee no longer dictated the pace of the...
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Jun 24, 2006 8:10 am
Should it turn out that Budoes, whoever he was, really was terribly underrated, it is not hard to come up with a slogan for the campaign to enhance his ...
Excellent points! Larry _____ From: RockyMtnCWRT@yahoogroups.com [mailto:RockyMtnCWRT@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nickrelee@... Sent: Friday, June 23,...
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Jun 24, 2006 8:51 pm
In a message dated 6/24/2006 7:28:17 AM Mountain Daylight Time, hbledyard@... writes: OK, I had a software glitch. I meant Francis Barlow and John...
Buford, hmmm. I know on the other message board a bunch of people listed Buford as their favorite general. Except for a shinning moment at Gettysburg what...
I claim no expertise, but John Buford was badly wounded at second Manassas, was with Stoneman on the Richmond raid, held the Œhigh ground¹ at Gettysburg and...
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Jun 25, 2006 1:16 am
I'm not sure we should keep piling up suggestions, after all it was a big war, but then again why not? How about Wilder of the "Lightning Brigade" for most...
I agree that unsung might be a good description for General Buford. Larry _____ From: RockyMtnCWRT@yahoogroups.com [mailto:RockyMtnCWRT@yahoogroups.com] On ...
This was submitted on the GDG: This op-ed by George Will in the Washington Post today makes for enjoyable reading. He succinctly captures the importance of...
