In a message dated 2/26/05 9:20:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, gerry1952@... writes: Where was the Toll Gate House located and is it still standing today? ...
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G E Mayers
gerry1952@...
Feb 27, 2005 2:20 am
Dear Tom, Where was the Toll Gate House located and is it still standing today? Very respectfully, G E "Gerry" Mayers Confederate Signal Corps, Longstreet's...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Feb 27, 2005 1:27 am
Tom, Neither one is the extension of Porterstown Rd. Porterstown Road runs from the Pike just west of the tollgate house, and runs over Red Hill to intersect...
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rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Feb 27, 2005 12:52 am
Yet another question regarding action east of the bridge: The road from Porterstown came south to Rohrbach Farm. At the farm, the road branches off to right...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Feb 26, 2005 1:12 am
I cannot find where Tucker identifies which two companies served as skirmishers. Priest cites the Ohio monuments Commission 1904 for his information. I don't...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Feb 25, 2005 6:24 pm
I reviewed it for somebody a while back. his facts are generally OK, but there were a few inaccuracies. His tone bothered me more than his details. The...
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G E Mayers
gerry1952@...
Feb 25, 2005 4:29 pm
Tom, By the Antietam Monuments book, do you mean a book with all the text of all the battle field markers? I have a paperback from Geo R Large and Jos. A...
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rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Feb 25, 2005 4:22 pm
<<Interesting you mention Priest. Priest's work, while valuable in many respects, is also flawed.>> Indeed I found that out when trying to piece together the...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
Feb 25, 2005 1:17 pm
I don't disagree. The reason I mentioned Priest was because Tom listed his as one of the two works to which he referred. There may be similar problems with...
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G E Mayers
gerry1952@...
Feb 25, 2005 12:59 pm
Harry, Interesting you mention Priest. Priest's work, while valuable in many respects, is also flawed. I have found instances in his Antietam: A Soldiers'...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
Feb 25, 2005 2:13 am
Gerry, I don't know, I don't own that book ("9th Corps at Antietam", I think). It's probably best to check his sources and those of Tucker and Priest as well. ...
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rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Feb 25, 2005 1:32 am
In a message dated 2/24/05 5:51:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, wm4oneunion@... writes: It was the 11th Connecticut, I believe, not 11th Ohio who initiated...
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rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Feb 25, 2005 1:20 am
In a message dated 2/24/05 6:46:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, gerry1952@... writes: I saw something on History Channel about Antietam and the Irish Brigade...
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rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Feb 25, 2005 1:18 am
In a message dated 2/24/05 7:54:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, gerry1952@... writes: How accurate is his information? I found nothing to answer my question...
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G E Mayers
gerry1952@...
Feb 25, 2005 12:48 am
Dear Harry, How accurate is his information? Very respectfully, G E "Gerry" Mayers Confederate Signal Corps, Longstreet's Corps ... From: "Harry Smeltzer"...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
Feb 25, 2005 12:41 am
Tom, Check Schildt to break the tie. Harry ... From: rotbaron@... [mailto:rotbaron@...] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 1:18 PM To:...
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G E Mayers
gerry1952@...
Feb 24, 2005 11:43 pm
Dear Tom, Perhaps this is something we can work on together! Also, I saw something on History Channel about Antietam and the Irish Brigade which seemed to ...
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rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Feb 24, 2005 11:35 pm
Greetings, Gerry! I still have my compiled notes from the West Woods tour that I gave several years ago. Only problem is that it's handwritten. This inspired...
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William
wm4oneunion
Feb 24, 2005 10:54 pm
They were involved in the advance of the 9th Corps after the bridge was taken, not in the attack on the bridge itself. Crook somehow managed to get his troops...
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William
wm4oneunion
Feb 24, 2005 10:38 pm
It was the 11th Connecticut, I believe, not 11th Ohio who iniatated the attack. I will try to find out the companies involved. They might be on the 11th Conn....
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G E Mayers
gerry1952@...
Feb 24, 2005 6:48 pm
Tom, Ever consider doing a "staff ride" sort of thing for Sunken Road? Maybe we could do something like that together? Very respectfully, G E "Gerry" Mayers ...
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rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Feb 24, 2005 6:23 pm
I am trying to put together a "Staff Ride' type document for XI Corps' attack at Antietam. This should come in handy now that the ground west of the bridge is...
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rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Feb 24, 2005 6:22 pm
QUESTION #2 Did the 36th Ohio (Crook's Brigade) participate in the attack on the bridge? Some accounts have them kept in reserve near Rohrbach Farm, while I...
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rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Feb 21, 2005 2:40 pm
News from Antietam NPS website: "Federal Highway Administration Conducts Engineering Studies of Battlefield Tour Road" Antietam National Battlefield...
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rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Feb 20, 2005 4:12 am
The current issue of Blue & Gray Magazine (Winter 2005) contains a rebuttal to the sidebar "The Strange Story of the 6th Wisconsin's Flag at Antietam," which...
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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...
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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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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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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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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...
