Hello John, There is some additiona information in the TIME LIFE series of books about some of these men. I have the complete set and within the "Master Index"...
Thanks for you help, troops. David, I do have the TimeLife Series and the Frassanito book. I appreciated your willingness to assist me in my quest. ... books ...
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RoteBaron@...
Mar 20, 2006 4:59 pm
This was announced by NPS on February 28, 2006: ANTIETAM NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD TO FUND A VARIETY OF PROJECTS USING RECREATION FEE PROGRAM FUNDS Antietam...
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NJ Rebel
gerry1952@...
Mar 20, 2006 5:03 pm
Good deal! Nice to know some of the monies visitors have been paying are being put back to the use of the park. Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers "....the...
I've uploaded a photograph of an old 1961 National Park Service Handbook for Antietam. This one was printed up in 1961 when I lived there at South Mountain as...
Some of you may remembr the "Blair Witch" project that came about back in 1999. I happend to keep my copy of the Newspaper with the 'article' about this and...
I own a copy of this 'illustrated historic' book that was published in 1895. So my copy states. For our group, I am willing to 'scan' and 'upload' these...
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NJ Rebel
gerry1952@...
Mar 20, 2006 10:13 pm
David, I think it would be far easier to take a photo of the images than to try to scan them in. Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers "....the powers granted under...
Thanks Gerry, you are right. Since, my digital camera has gone 'belly-up' and all I've gotten uploaded are 4 images. My warrantly has expired, so.....as the...
Where is the best quick and dirty explanation of how a gun team on an artillery piece would work at the Battle of Antietam? I need to run a drill with a group...
My "go to" reference on such questions is "Arms and Equipment of the Civil War" by Jack Coggins. It is fairly comprehensive (I learned how to build a pontoon...
Richard Croker wrote: <Snip> ... LOL..the other day I was reading a letter that included a complaint about the Belgian muskets issued to certain Federal...
Stephen, Griffith's "Battle in the Civil War" has a good drawing of a deployed battery including parked caissons on page 26. Drury's "The Civil War Military...
Which ear, which Bull Run? ... You know John Imboden went deaf in one ear because he was too close to the muzzle of a gun at Bull Run. ... From:...
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gerry1952@...
Mar 29, 2006 8:22 pm
Harry and Tom, Would it make more sense for First rather than Second? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers "....the powers granted under the Constitution, being...
Hey All~ Been trying to figure out Colonel Eliakim Scammon's role at the battle of Antietam. I know he had nominal command of the Kanawha Division (4th/9th...
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RoteBaron@...
Mar 30, 2006 1:58 am
While commanding an artillery battery at the First Battle of Bull Run, he perforated his left eardrum firing an artillery piece, causing subsequent deafness in...
Wow. Thanks a million for all of the great suggestions. This is a great help. I knew I should've paid more attention all of those times that I saw Tom Clemens...
Aw man! I haven't seen it yet!!!!!!!!!! How'd I do? You never know how those damned TV producers (I used to be one) are going to edit you...... Richard ... ...
Left ear. First Bull Run. After ramming home a charge himself.so I think that makes sense as his left side would have been toward the muzzle if he was facing...
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G E Mayers
gerry1952@...
Mar 30, 2006 3:33 am
Harry; Was he firing the piece? If so, his left ear would have been toward the breech rather than the front. But, if he was acting as a loader, his left ear...
From B&L, Vol. I, p 235: "I asked permission to fire the three rounds of shrapnel left us, and he [Jackson] said 'Go ahead.' I picked up a charge (the fuse...
Left ear. First Bull Run. After ramming home a charge himself.so I think that makes sense as his left side would have been toward the muzzle if he was facing...
As I said Gerry, it was after he rammed home the charge. ... From: TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of G E Mayers ...
