Reading you very clearly, Stephen. 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...
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Stephen Recker
s_recker
Mar 19, 2007 9:36 pm
This is just a test. Thanks....
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robert blama
rblama
Mar 11, 2007 1:37 pm
I agree, I ususally dont say much< i just listend and pick up great info but I want it concentrated on Antietam, Would discuss other topics in another forum. ...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Mar 11, 2007 4:08 am
... From: "Scott Mingus" <scottmingus@...> To: <TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 10:08 PM Subject: [TalkAntietam] Re: Human...
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Scott Mingus
scottmingus
Mar 11, 2007 3:11 am
Lee authorized the executions for direct violations of his strict orders not to pilfer things from private citizens. The two Rebs were left rotting in the...
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Brian Downey
antietam1862
Mar 10, 2007 3:48 pm
Greetings friends, The recent discussion topic about slavery is well outside the scope and charter of this goup. Besides, you all know where it'll go... Not...
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Mark Holt
que182001
Mar 10, 2007 2:30 pm
Human dignity was a big thing in the 19th century. Many slaves were treated not only with dignity but with love. This was especially true in relationships in...
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T.R.Livesey
westwood_ent...
Mar 10, 2007 1:42 am
Aspiring to something is different than actually practising it. Or, failing in something doesn't mean you never meant to succeed. Atrocities continue to the ...
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James W. Durney
james2044
Mar 10, 2007 12:27 am
... saying that ... century? TR, my Irish family history will answer your question with a resounding 'YES'. Read "The Harp and the Eagle" by Susannah Ural ...
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T.R.Livesey
westwood_ent...
Mar 9, 2007 6:40 pm
... This 'tiger by the tail' thing is a bunch of nonsense. None of the major conflicts over slavery were about slavery in the south; it was all about slavery ...
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dickeyr46
Mar 9, 2007 1:38 pm
All, The Park Service has posted events scheduled for the spring and summer at http://www.nps.gov/anti/planyourvisit/events.htm. I haven't seen a news release...
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James W. Durney
james2044
Mar 8, 2007 8:04 pm
... the Union perspective, together with Confederate trilogy, they would be definitive. But very long. ... I would only argue it would be very very very long....
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Mar 8, 2007 7:33 pm
I'd agree that Sears is very well written. Would also agree that no single volume is definitive, however I would argue that had Joe Harsh finished his...
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James W. Durney
james2044
Mar 8, 2007 6:56 pm
... I would be inclined to require more than one book on Antietam. The battle has not produced a "Coddington", that I know of. Joseph Harsh has done some...
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Brian Downey
antietam1862
Mar 8, 2007 5:25 pm
Greetings Quentin, Among many more significant things, you wrote "... A Landscape Turned Red by Stephen W. Sears... is the complete story of the ...
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Quentin Holt
que182001
Mar 8, 2007 6:58 am
... To T.R. Livesey and All: Yes, it was a strange kind of a freedom that allowed someone to own someone else. I gave it a lot of thought when I was a child...
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Mark Holt
que182001
Mar 8, 2007 5:07 am
To Thomas Klemons and All, Actually, I was quite sheltered from action during the First Gulf War. My company was in Khobar Towers, Daharan when the war...
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jeffcowvplanning
jeffcowvplan...
Mar 7, 2007 11:00 pm
Scott... Thanks. I'll be ordering a copy. Steve ... Scott's ... from an...
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T.R.Livesey
westwood_ent...
Mar 7, 2007 7:01 pm
When I visit battlefields, I too am saddened by the ways that Americans used to regard and treat one another. Specifically, I am saddened how it was once...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Mar 7, 2007 6:17 pm
Dear Mark, Your post was very moving. I feel a sadness at many of the Civil War battlefields and especially if I tramp through a cemetery which has Civil War...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Mar 7, 2007 4:27 pm
Hi Quenton and thank you for that heartfelt message. I think many of us "feel" the war as well as read about it. Battlefields of any sort are special places,...
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Mark Holt
que182001
Mar 7, 2007 5:30 am
To All: I am Quentin Holt of Renton, Washington State. I have been an amateur historian since deep into my childhood, and I am now 58 years old. I am...
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Tom Shay
RoteBaron@...
Mar 7, 2007 1:14 am
On page 6 of Kauffman's AMERICAN BRUTUS, it states: "Major Rathbone, of the 12th U.S. Infantry....." and "He commanded a company under Burnside at Antietam and...
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Brian Downey
antietam1862
Mar 6, 2007 8:34 pm
Hi Tom, According to "Military record of civilian appointees..." (Guy Vernor Henry, 1873, D. Van Nostrand): He had been in New York State Militia (Colonel,...
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RoteBaron@...
Mar 6, 2007 6:49 pm
Henry Rathbone was with President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre that fatal night in 1865. He was wounded by JW Booth. It appears Rathbone was at Antietam in 9th...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Mar 6, 2007 2:43 pm
Yup. 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 introduction to any state...
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Brian Downey
antietam1862
Mar 6, 2007 2:41 pm
Stealing apples was a hanging offense? Brian...
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Brian Downey
antietam1862
Mar 6, 2007 2:37 pm
Hi Gerry, Yahoo was singling out your responses as Spam and stopping them from posting. I didn't know it was happening at first - sorry to leave that message...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Mar 6, 2007 2:31 pm
This took six days to arrive....geesh! Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption, or even on one's mother's side,...
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Scott Mingus
scottmingus
Mar 6, 2007 2:11 pm
... Steve, There are 4-5 anecdotes and stories regarding Middletown and its environs, including the hanging of two Rebs for stealing apples from an orchard in...
