The following excerpt is from the new book, The Symposium of Justice. It can be found at www.cliffhangernow.com The Civil War of the future, planning to...
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Anthony W Turner
awturner@...
Feb 27, 2004 8:36 pm
Weird, wacky, and more than a bit off-topic, don't you think? Tony Turner...
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richcro1862
Feb 28, 2004 12:38 am
Hello kindred spirits. I have just found you and am glad I did. As a matter of fact I wish I had found you two years ago, when I was researching my book on...
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NJ Rebel
gerry1952@...
Feb 28, 2004 12:43 am
Dear Richard, It looks as if you beat me to it! I have been working for several years on a fiction book version of the Maryland Campaign but from the...
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rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Mar 2, 2004 4:59 pm
From today's Hagerstown newspaper... Festival's future appears to be grim The Sharpsburg Heritage Festival, which has attracted thousands of people in...
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richard@...
richcro1862
Mar 2, 2004 9:34 pm
... Tom -- I'm glad to get the e-mail and sorry to get the news about the Heritage Days in Sharpsburg. I have wonderful memories and was planning to be there...
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Bud Wilkinson
gwilk@...
Mar 3, 2004 12:18 pm
Tom, Thanks for posting this article. I sure hope that things can be worked out to allow this annual event to be held this year. However, having attended ...
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richard@...
richcro1862
Mar 3, 2004 3:25 pm
... Bud -- I used to stay at "The Rohrbach Inn" the B&B on Main St. there, and was there for the parade one year. I got to sit on the balcony and watch and ...
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Rawlings, Kevin
kevin.rawlings@...
Mar 3, 2004 5:10 pm
Richard & Tom I was the one who started the Union and Confederate troops meeting in the center of town and organizing the regimental bands of both sides into...
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Rawlings, Kevin
kevin.rawlings@...
Mar 3, 2004 5:13 pm
Tom, And we'll look forward to seeing you. My porch is always open for you all to set a spell. Kevin...
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Mary A. Stevanus
antietam111
Mar 3, 2004 9:17 pm
Kevin, I agree with much of what you say. The Festival has gotten very far from what it was, but it's failure is "not an option". I live in town, and I hope...
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Brian Downey
antietam1862
Mar 5, 2004 12:27 am
greetings, listers, I had by email today, and the park website has also posted, the initial schedule for hikes and other events at the Park for Spring 2004....
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NJ Rebel
gerry1952@...
Mar 8, 2004 1:30 am
Gang, I have oft read the account of the meeting between General Lee and General Hood where the latter had his arrest suspended and returned to command of his...
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richard@...
richcro1862
Mar 8, 2004 5:12 pm
... Gerry -- I know this won't help -- but it is hopefully not my "final answer" -- however I have narrowed it down to a probability of either Col. William T. ...
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richard@...
richcro1862
Mar 8, 2004 5:28 pm
... GOT IT!!!!!!!!! And (of course) I was wrong. Following is an e-mail from Ed Raus, historian at the Manassas NBP.. Sir Apparently N. G. Evans took command...
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Rawlings, Kevin
kevin.rawlings@...
Mar 8, 2004 6:04 pm
Evans held the center line at the Boonsboro Turnpike just down from the present National Cemetery overlooking the Middle Bridge and held the Regulars at bay....
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Rawlings, Kevin
kevin.rawlings@...
Mar 8, 2004 6:08 pm
That would be Gary Gallagher's first collection of essays on the Maryland Campaign published by the Kansas University Press. Kevin...
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NJ Rebel
gerry1952@...
Mar 9, 2004 1:24 am
Dear Richard, Thanks a lot. I think the command would devolve to the next senior commander. What you wrote gives me a hint and I have some books I can and...
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NJ Rebel
gerry1952@...
Mar 9, 2004 1:31 am
Dear Ed, Thanks!!!!!!!! I have Sounding the Shallows and was wondering if it was Evans or if Lee would have kept the two feuding Generals apart. This is a...
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rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Mar 17, 2004 5:07 pm
From Hagerstwon Herald-Mail (March 17, 2004): Volunteers needed to spruce up battlefield BOONSBORO - Volunteers from around the country will team up with Civil...
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Brian Downey
antietam1862
Mar 17, 2004 5:14 pm
Thanks for the heads-up, Tom, Similar activites are planned at Anteitam NB also. See http://www.nps.gov/anti/Press_Re45.htm for details. Brian ... Civil War...
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richard@...
richcro1862
Mar 18, 2004 1:33 am
... Sorry guys -- it's a long drive from Atlanta! I'll chip in at Kennesaw Mountain! Richard Croker...
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justin_heinzen10
justin_heinz...
Mar 26, 2004 5:34 pm
like mcclellan testified in his letters...
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Brian Downey
antietam1862
Mar 26, 2004 7:29 pm
Hi Justin, This might be an interesting question. Could you clarify it a little? For what, exactly, is it that Burnside might have been at fault? What ...
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NJ Rebel
gerry1952@...
Mar 29, 2004 1:07 am
NO! ... From: "justin_heinzen10" <justin_heinzen10@...> To: <TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 12:34 PM Subject:...
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justin_heinzen10
justin_heinz...
Mar 29, 2004 5:39 am
mcclellan wrote: "..but i think his [burnside] weak mind was turned;that he was confused in action; and that subsequently he really did not know what had...
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richard@...
richcro1862
Mar 29, 2004 1:31 pm
Alright -- let's put a stop to this. McClallan was at fault at Antietam. For failure to respond quickly to 191 and for failure to follow up Richardson's...
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tlivesey@...
westwood_ent...
Mar 29, 2004 3:10 pm
Hmmm...seems to me that before one tries to assign 'fault', one must identify failure. Antietam was a huge victory for the North, and a serious blow to the...
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richard@...
richcro1862
Mar 29, 2004 3:17 pm
ooooooooohhhhhhhh -- TR -- GOOD POINT! I've never been a big fan a fault-finding myself, especailly if little or nothing can be learned from it. ... From:...
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Brian Downey
antietam1862
Mar 29, 2004 3:54 pm
For the sake of discussion, I think it's fair to consider the original poster's question in this way (assumption mine): If we assume that _more_ could have...
