James, Priest is good also, but a lot of what he writes or cites is just plain wrong.... There are many instances of his citations being wrong or incorrect. He...
Having read Sears, as much as Priet as I could wade through, and Harsh, I favor Harsh. I think if you are going to read Harsh it is helpful to Read Confederate...
Dear Stephen, Your point about Harsh is definitely well taken. However, Sears' maps are not as good as those in Murfin's Gleam of Bayonets. Yr. Obt. Svt. G E...
I agree with Gerry: Murfin's maps are better than Sears'. Priest's maps are better than Sears'. The Carman-Cope "Atlas of the battlefield of Antietam", of...
Dear Todd, IIRC Murfin used the Cope maps for his book.... Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption, or even on...
Gerry, In Murfin's introduction, he states that the maps are the work of James D. Bowlby, the result of 10 years of field surveys, a revision of the Cope maps....
Thanks Todd. BTW the Trailhead Graphics map of Antietam is simply superb... but unfortunately not possible to put in a book. Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers ...
TR, I couldn't agree more! The P&H map is the base map of the Carman/Cope maps, but they do indeed leave out the elevation markings. Great if you want to...
... example, ... appreciate ... think ... more ... I think Anitetam cannot be understood w/o elevation markings. My first chance to walk the battlefield was a...
Murfin's maps also suffer somewhat from the problem that there is no image of the whole battlefield, making orientation difficult. Since I owned a copy of the...
Stephen, What other information do you have about his unit? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption, or even on...
I seem to remember hearing/reading somewhere that Stonewall Jackson, some time around the morning of September 15th, wrote Lee from Harper's Ferry that, "I...
Steve, 1st lt. James E. March mustered in with te regiment, mustered out 10/27/1864 on expiration of service, was "recommissioned from civil life" 12/1/1864....
Steve, The only message recorded as sent by Jackson to Lee on the 15th was the announcement of the surrender of HF. In that message, OR, Vol. 19, pt. 1, p....
Gang, Thanks to Teej Smith who kindly transcribed a copy of a letter written by Captain William T. Marsh, Company H, Fourth Regiment Infantry, North Carolina...
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Dear Paula, Thanks for the comments. As to Captain Marsh's notations about being in the autumn of life and his female cousin being so young, from the manner in...
Gerry, Some times "cousin" was used as a greeting in letters to a distant relative or even a friend--perhaps a close one. I found the following information...
Dear Bill, Thanks for the info. What does Co S mean for E S Marsh? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption, or...
Wow Gerry and T -- Thank you for that! These are the things that make history real! ... From: G E Mayers To: TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June...
Just curious... How many people are going to be on this year's seminar? I hear that Tom Clemens is doing the Antietam tour, and I'm going to be there. Anyone...
No idea! 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...
John M. Coski Dr. Michael Birdwell Dr. Thomas Clemens Cr. William Blair Dr. Roger Davidson Kevin M. Levin Dr. G. Kurt Piehler Dr. Mark Snell The web site for...
great letter makes you feel part of the story ... From: "G E Mayers" <gerry1952@...> To: "Talk Antietam" <TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday,...
Having just joined the group, I realize I'm coming into this discussion a tad late (so please forgive). For anyone interested in a broad study of the entire...
Dear Adam (and Gerry): There seems to be a little confusion about this book. It is not a study ABOUT Carman or his work (a biography of Carman was written soem...
Dear Joseph, I think I understand now what you meant in your previous email to which I responded. Carman was the unofficial official Historian of the Battle of...
Dear Gerry: Please call me Jake. All my friends do. My apologies if i misquoted your earlier statement. As I read the post, someone made reference to the...
