Tom, The Rock Ledge is conspicuous in the Antietam documentary film shown at the visitors center. As your photos show, this battlefield feature remains...
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richard@...
richcro1862
Oct 19, 2004 2:00 pm
Hey guys -- you've been awfully quiet lately! I got some personal news to relate. First (what a rush) I was asked to make a speech at the Carter Center on the...
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Tim Reese
tjrhys62
Oct 19, 2004 2:48 pm
Hi Richard, Methinks someone is walking on cloud 9. And so you might. Speaking strictly as someone who "doesn't do fiction," I applaud your effort and...
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richard@...
richcro1862
Oct 19, 2004 5:40 pm
Yeah -- I'm buzzin' a bit. The Carter Center thing was unbelievable. I'll be posting a photo on the site pretty soon. But the highlight was that two of my...
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richard@...
richcro1862
Dec 2, 2004 2:25 pm
BlankHey all you long-silent Antietam buffs...... A bookstore here in Atlanta is offering signed copies of "To Make Men Free" to be shipped in time for...
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Brian Morris
mrbeankc
Dec 2, 2004 6:45 pm
If the sender of an e-mail is not signed up to the group then any e-mail they send to the list's address will simply bounce. Brian ... Free" to be shipped in...
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richard@...
richcro1862
Dec 2, 2004 8:33 pm
Right you are sir! I'll just send one myself if that's all right with you -- after I get all the poop. I just noticed your Iron Brigade nomer. When I make...
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richard@...
richcro1862
Dec 6, 2004 2:32 am
Pardon by brazen self promotion here, but if I think this is a pretty neat promotion..... Richard ... From: Chapter 11 Bookstore To:...
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richard@...
richcro1862
Dec 6, 2004 2:53 am
Whoops -- that didn't work. I'll figure it out and try again later....... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Dec 8, 2004 5:14 pm
From today's Hagerstown Herald-Mail.... BATTLEFIELD ROADS MIGHT BE REPAVED Antietam National Battlefield's tour roads could be repaved for the first time in 30...
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david lutton
dplutton
Dec 9, 2004 2:15 am
Tom, Thanks for the post, Tom. I have two questions for the group. 1. Whatever happened to the plan to return some of the roads (I'm thinking here of the...
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richard@...
richcro1862
Dec 9, 2004 2:24 pm
I THINK that the meeting site is privately owned, but not histile to visitors. But jeeze, my memory is from so long ago that much may have changed. They once...
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darinb20855
Dec 13, 2004 6:56 am
This is a little surprising to read. I made many visits nearly all parts of the park in April-July 2004 making photographs for a book/art project. I was there...
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rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Dec 16, 2004 1:35 am
FYI....the latest Blue & Gray Magazine's feature article is "The Iron Brigade in the Maryland Campaign" by Alan Nolan and Marc Storch. Tom Shay [Non-text...
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Brian Morris
mrbeankc
Dec 20, 2004 12:32 am
This Tuesday afternoon the History Channel is running two episodes of Battlefield Detectives. One is Gettysburg and the other is Antietam. Ok, their...
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Brian Morris
mrbeankc
Dec 20, 2004 4:49 am
Oops! I misread that on my onscreen program guide. The shows are on Monday night twice, not Tuesday. I misread the showings at 11 pm and midnight CT Monday as...
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rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Jan 8, 2005 2:57 pm
FROM ANTIETAM'S NPS WEBSITE: Battlefield Receives Grant from Kodak for a new Professional Camera Date: January 06, 2005 Superintendent John Howard announced...
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jeffcowvplanning
jeffcowvplan...
Jan 14, 2005 1:30 am
Hello group...new to this room. Two question to pose.... I live on Main Street in Middletown. I am currently compiling information to determine whether I have...
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richard@...
richcro1862
Jan 14, 2005 2:56 am
You've come to the right site -- There are some wonderful historians in the room. I did some pretty serious research and don't recall any mention of Hooker...
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Brian Morris
mrbeankc
Jan 14, 2005 3:03 am
Hooker was very much the self promoter. His wounding reminds me of Sickles after Gettysburg. He would have wasted no time in getting to Washington to make the...
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Tim Reese
tjrhys62
Jan 14, 2005 2:28 pm
Welcome aboard, Steve. Fasten your seat belt. You have your work cut out for you regarding a wartime Middletown narrative. I don't envy you; slim pickin's. ...
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G E Mayers
gerry1952@...
Jan 14, 2005 2:50 pm
Dear Tim, Welcome Back Aboard. I hear good things about your new book about Antietam and agree with many of your conclusions, as summarized recently by Ted...
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Tim Reese
tjrhys62
Jan 14, 2005 3:20 pm
Hey, Gerry. You survived the holidays! Seems everyone I know was sick with colds and what not, myself included. Bother. Sniff. Many thanks for the kind words....
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richard@...
richcro1862
Jan 14, 2005 10:41 pm
Actually I already checked Herbert -- nothing there. Brian's is a very astute observation. Hooker had several meetings with Salmon Chase while recouperating...
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rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Jan 31, 2005 4:48 pm
From today's HAGERSTOWN HERALD-MAIL.. A former Civil War hospital that now is a vacation rental property will be featured on the Travel Channel's Amazing...
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rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Feb 19, 2005 2:51 am
From Antietam NPS website... Beginning on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 the entrance fee to Antietam National Battlefield will increase to $6 per family or $4 per...
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G E Mayers
gerry1952@...
Feb 19, 2005 3:04 am
Dear Tom, Thanks! Good information to know! How are your eyes progressing? Are you managing any better? I know you have had a tough row to hoe over the last...
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Brian Morris
mrbeankc
Feb 19, 2005 3:24 am
I was actually surprised on my first trip to Antietam that there was a charge. I was use to Gettysburg which is free of course. Not a big deal. I'd pay $20 to...
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rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Feb 19, 2005 3:26 am
In a message dated 2/18/05 10:08:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, gerry1952@... writes: Good information to know! How are your eyes progressing? Greetings,...
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Tim Reese
tjrhys62
Feb 19, 2005 4:12 pm
True, a bargain by today's standard. But as an American taxpayer you've already paid several times over via the Dept. of the Interior and NPS budgets, not to...
