Union or Confederate? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption, or even on one's mother's side, is an...
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Stephen Recker
virtualgetty...
Jan 12, 2007 3:50 pm
Union. Maybe served around Alpheus Williams....
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Jan 12, 2007 5:18 pm
Steve, There is no General E.C. Williams in Warner's Geneerals in Blue or Generals in Gray, nor in Hunt and Brown's Brevet Brigadiers in Blue. Eicher & Eicher...
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RoteBaron@...
Jan 12, 2007 5:38 pm
Perhaps this URL can help: http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/infantry/10th/10thorg.html It notes that the 10th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers moved to Harper's...
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jdpolaski@...
jdpolaski
Jan 12, 2007 5:48 pm
In "The Signal Corps USA // J. Willard Brown there is a Clark Williams Died at Antietam, MD . Nov 15,. 1864 Enlisted Feb 29, 1864 Columbus, OH. [Non-text...
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Stephen Recker
virtualgetty...
Jan 13, 2007 1:33 am
Not him, but at least he was at Antietam! Thanks. Stephen...
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Stephen Recker
virtualgetty...
Jan 13, 2007 1:34 am
Tom, Thanks so much. Guess this guy is pretty obscure. Cheers, Stephen...
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G E Mayers
gerry1952@...
Jan 13, 2007 1:36 am
Stephen, Are you sure he was at Antietam in 1862? There were some Union units stationed in the Sharpsburg area in mid to late 1861. Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry"...
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Stephen Recker
virtualgetty...
Jan 13, 2007 1:36 am
Tom, Interesting. Thanks! Stephen...
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Stephen Recker
virtualgetty...
Jan 13, 2007 3:22 am
I have no idea that he was ever in Sharpsburg. I just know that he was at Harpers Ferry at some point. Stephen...
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Darmok4349@...
darmok4349
Jan 13, 2007 5:35 am
In doing my research I had found a statistic that stated that there were over 50,000 artillery rounds fired at the Battle of Antietam. I thought I saw it on...
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bdowney@...
antietam1862
Jan 13, 2007 6:43 pm
Hi Mike, I've not seen the 50,000 figure in print, that I can recall. I thought at first that the number must be way too high, but perhaps not. Using ...
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Tom Shay
RoteBaron@...
Jan 13, 2007 11:22 pm
Here is the info that I had found on NPS Antietam website. I think it had appeared as a factoid at bottom of the screen (including the spelling mistake): "Over...
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Stephen Recker
virtualgetty...
Jan 14, 2007 2:34 am
I went to Poolesville today trying to get my head around the early part of the campaign. The Civil War Trails marker map has Fitz-Hugh Lee crossing the Potomac...
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bdowney@...
antietam1862
Jan 14, 2007 3:35 am
FWIW I agree with your interpretation. Cavalry crossed at White's on the afternoon of the 5th behind most of Jackson's Command. They then turn south/east...
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Darmok4349@...
darmok4349
Jan 14, 2007 5:05 pm
Thanks, Any Idea on how to find out what the NPS source for this information is? Mike [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Stephen Recker
virtualgetty...
Jan 14, 2007 5:11 pm
Thanks! Stephen...
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G E Mayers
gerry1952@...
Jan 14, 2007 7:35 pm
Stephen, Is it possible Fitz Lee could have divided his command to efficiently cross at both places? And, could it also be possible, the cavalry crossing where...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Jan 14, 2007 9:31 pm
Steve, I am convinced that the cavalry crossed behind Jackson at White's Ford. it may be confusing for some since there is a White's Ferry too, and of course...
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Stephen Recker
virtualgetty...
Jan 15, 2007 2:14 am
Tom, Thanks. I was wondering about the name change. I just saw an old map and it had an arrow towards Conrad's Ferry. I'm thinking, sheesh, not ANOTHER...
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Cory Newby
corykv
Jan 21, 2007 2:19 am
Tom, I love the new Antietam web site, but those bottom-of-the-page factoids are not always accurate. This is a cut-and-paste from one seen today: William...
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Tom Shay
RoteBaron@...
Jan 21, 2007 11:15 pm
Cory, I forwarded your comments to Stephanie Gray at Antietam NPS. Thanks for pointing them out. Tom Shay ... From: Cory Newby To: TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 22, 2007 2:05 pm
Cory; Tom said he has already taken care of this.......... Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption, or even on ...
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Mark A. Pflum
ringgold61
Jan 27, 2007 7:13 am
... is? ... Well, I can't say that this figure is definitive or nay. However, if you take into consideration that every piece that went into action during the...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Jan 27, 2007 1:25 pm
I think Mark has it right. If someone REALLY wanted to know they could go to the National Archives and pull out the quarterly returns for the units involved,...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 27, 2007 1:48 pm
Dear Mark, Glad to hear from you after all this time! Hope you are healthy, etc. Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage,...
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Tom Shay
RoteBaron@...
Jan 28, 2007 1:20 am
In his book "Antietam Revealed", Dennis Frye states the following on page 106 (note 1084): General Israel Bush Richardson "was the son of Revolutionary War...
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barringer63
Jan 28, 2007 2:22 am
... Gen. Israel Putnam." Almost right, Tom. Gen. Richardson's obit in the Nov. 5, 1862 "Detroit Advertiser and Tribune" stated that Richardson was the son of...
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Scott Mingus
scottmingus
Jan 28, 2007 2:51 pm
There are a number of period biographies of Putnam available on the internet (published between 1818 and 1900). I scanned through a number of them, but find no...
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Scott Mingus
scottmingus
Jan 28, 2007 3:05 pm
Anyone been to the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg? There is a nice 54mm diorama of the storming of Burnside's Bridge by the two 51sts. It is one of...
