Gerry, Yes, this is a tall order, How much material from the Official Records have you studied and documented? That is where my research on the battle stands...
4026
G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 27, 2008 2:48 pm
Dear Bill, I recd. your note last evening and spent the night contemplating it. Unlike you, I have not been perusing the Confederate and Federal reports in the...
4027
dean_essig
Jan 27, 2008 4:21 pm
Hi Everyone! I'm busy trying to figure out the ammunition available to the 20-pdr Parrot rifles on the 17th. Based on the need (during the day) to request an...
4028
Stephen Recker
s_recker
Jan 27, 2008 7:38 pm
Gerry, Have you checked out the book "As You May Never See Us Again: The Civil War Letters of George and Walter Battle, 4th North Carolina Infantry"? I've been...
4029
Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Jan 27, 2008 7:42 pm
Dean, The Instructions for Field Artillery manual, updated in 1864 to include the rifled guns, says this about the 4 chests of ammunition accompanying 20 pdr....
4030
dean_essig
Jan 27, 2008 9:40 pm
... Parott carrys 25. The proper assortment of ammunition and the method of packing for rifled guns, being still on experiment, is as yet still be...
4031
G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 27, 2008 9:43 pm
Dear Stephen, Believe it or not, I know about the Battle brothers and have a copies of some of their letters. I was not aware about that particular book. I am...
4032
RoteBaron
RoteBaron@...
Jan 27, 2008 9:53 pm
I assume the sender (Dean Essig) is the designer from MMP (formerly The Gamers), which does a grand job publishing boardgames, including Civil War games. With...
4033
Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Jan 27, 2008 10:37 pm
Dean, It sounds like you're doing good work, and I hope you'll share it with us when you're finished. BTW, the information i cited was from p.11 of the manual...
4034
RoteBaron
RoteBaron@...
Jan 27, 2008 10:37 pm
I'm looking for the best map detailing AP HIll's route of march from Harpers Ferry to Antietam. The roadside marker in Beverton, WV has a decent map, but not...
4035
bdowney@...
antietam1862
Jan 27, 2008 10:45 pm
Hi Dean, Just checked on these guys. I have some details, clarification, if that'll help. My favorite source for guns on the Maryland Campaign is Anderson &...
4036
dean_essig
Jan 27, 2008 11:09 pm
Tom, Yes, that's me... secret identity blown, now I know how Batman feels. ;-) ... does a grand job publishing boardgames, including Civil War games. With...
4037
dean_essig
Jan 27, 2008 11:12 pm
... finished. Thomas, Thank you and certainly. The OOB work has come a long way and I have some remaining loose ends to tie up. Tracking down all the elements...
4038
dean_essig
Jan 27, 2008 11:19 pm
... Artillery Hell was the base source. ... Sorry, I didn't list the rest of the battery, just the 20-pdrs I was tracking. ... I was looking at 4 ME Lt ... ...
4039
dean_essig
Jan 27, 2008 11:23 pm
Actually, I could use this information as well... I'm going to physically measure the Hill route and compare it to the routes taken by McLaws and Anderson on...
4040
Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Jan 27, 2008 11:33 pm
Yes the OOB looks more organized that it was at the time. A lot of that cavalry sort of straggled in during the campaign, some as late as the 17th. Thomas G....
4041
dean_essig
Jan 28, 2008 12:26 am
Here's what I've got: !5 PA Cav (Dismounted)... in PA, probed south to Hagerstown during the battle, lost one man. 1 ME Cav... at Frederick MD 1 Bde 5 US...
4042
The Mills
mothernature...
Jan 28, 2008 1:33 am
Hello All: I was wonering if anyone knows how you actually take the Sherrick Farmhouse trail? I was at Antietam this today and wanted to walk to the Sherrick ...
4043
The Mills
mothernature...
Jan 28, 2008 1:57 am
Hello All: I walked the Union Advance trail today and as I was on the hill behind the Burnside Bridge, I was wondering. How the heck did 500 Georgians hold...
4044
barringer63
Jan 28, 2008 2:35 am
... Civil ... Infantry"? ... opinion. ... went to ... Stephen, Col. E. A. Osborne wrote the sketch of the 4th N.C. that appears in Walter Clark's "Histories of...
4045
david lutton
dplutton
Jan 28, 2008 2:48 am
Tom, About 10 years ago I was interested in the Hill's march and got a map of the route from the Park Service. I had my wife drop me off in Harpers Ferry and...
4046
Stephen Recker
s_recker
Jan 28, 2008 2:54 am
Once you cross the road, you turn right and walk north along the base of the hill. Up a few hundred feet you will see a trail leading up the side of the hill,...
4047
Stephen Recker
s_recker
Jan 28, 2008 2:55 am
Thanks Teej. I'll check it out then. Stephen...
4048
RoteBaron@...
Jan 28, 2008 1:21 pm
I have a printout from NPS that gives directions to Harpers Ferry. It also has a map also showing Hill's route, but there is minimal detail and not worth...
4049
The Mills
mothernature...
Jan 28, 2008 3:00 pm
Stephen: Thank you for the info, but I am a little confused and hope you don't mind some follow up questions. Once I cross the road, you are saying I turn...
4050
Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Jan 28, 2008 3:11 pm
The Sherrick trail crosses the bridge from east to west, then turns right and follows the western bank of the creek. It is easier if you start at the other end...
4051
Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Jan 28, 2008 3:45 pm
Yes it does. Hunt liked to have 100 rounds per gun in the ammo trains, but especially with this campaign it was a goal more than a reality. Dr. Thomas G....
4052
dean_essig
Jan 28, 2008 6:43 pm
Hi Andy! It's important to remember that 9th Corps wasn't lined up en masse and storming this area (even when it did, finally, carry the bridge). I don't want...
4053
G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 28, 2008 6:46 pm
Dear Dean, You also left something out... Jacob D Cox was actually the IX Corps commander...Burnside still considered himself as Wing Commander..... There is...
4054
Scott Hann
antietamcoll...
Jan 28, 2008 6:50 pm
Does anyone have information about pre-Centennial (1962) reenactments of the battle of Antietam? I'm not talking about military "exercises" near Bloody Lane,...
