Paula, "Cooper Union" and "Cooper Institute" functionally mean the place where Lincoln spoke. Technically, according to Holzer in "Lincoln at Cooper Union" on...
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128thpa@...
pa128th
Feb 6, 2008 11:47 pm
Thanks Larry - great info! Paula ... From: "eighth_conn_inf" <eighth_conn_inf@...> Paula, "Cooper Union" and "Cooper Institute" functionally mean the...
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david lutton
dplutton
Feb 7, 2008 12:08 am
I have always wondered about the war-time width of the Hagerstown Pike. Looking at Kern's turn of the century photo from the Park Serivce webpage taken at...
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Bill and Glenna Jo Ch...
gwjchris
Feb 7, 2008 12:53 am
Tom, I do not know if Swift ever visited Antietam and spoke directly to Carman. I do know that when Swift spoke to the Seventeenth veterans at their 1890...
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128thpa@...
pa128th
Feb 7, 2008 2:27 am
Thanks Steve! This is great info. Anna's letter is dated 11/11/1862, and she specifically writes "Sharpsburg Hospital" Paula To answer your question about...
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Dean Essig
dean_essig
Feb 7, 2008 2:33 am
Gerry, This is correct, the 6th Wisc ended up in the upper (northern) corner of the cornfield and then moved further west to the _other_ side of Battery B. ...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Feb 7, 2008 2:52 am
Dear Dean, If you can get your hands on the booklet, "Tyler to Sharpsburg -- The War Letters of Robert H. and William H. Gaston, Company H, First Texas...
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jeffcowvplanning
jeffcowvplan...
Feb 7, 2008 3:33 am
Bill... In your research, have you ever run into any mention more than passing of Middletown by members of the 17th Michigan in the diaries you have found? I...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Feb 7, 2008 4:00 am
Dave, I can't give it to you exactly but digging into records of the Turnpike Co. will have it. I understand what you're saying and it frustrates me too. We...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Feb 7, 2008 4:03 am
You're welcome Steve, and please call me Tom. I only use the "Dr. Clemens" professionally or if I really don't like somebody. :-) It is just the automatic...
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Dean Essig
dean_essig
Feb 7, 2008 2:41 pm
Hi Gerry! I have Dawes (I used to re-enact in the 6th Wisc). I'll see ehat I can do about the 1st Texas book... if I can't find it, I'll be in touch. Thanks! ...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Feb 7, 2008 2:49 pm
Dear Dean, Cool on reenacting, formerly, with the Sixth Wisconsin. I reenact with Chesapeake Signals Detachment and do living history as one of Longstreet's...
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Dean Essig
dean_essig
Feb 7, 2008 2:54 pm
Huh... no I didn't see that one. I have initiated an interlibrary search for the 1st Texas letters. Please drop me the Dawes sections you sent to ...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Feb 7, 2008 3:13 pm
It's on its way to you privately. 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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eighth_conn_inf
Feb 7, 2008 3:17 pm
I see on Amazon that there are two Meier's Antietams, one from 1997 which is called "Antietam"; and a newer one, "Sid Meier's Civil War Collection which also...
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James W. Durney
james2044
Feb 7, 2008 3:44 pm
... reviews on ... but ... old ... for ... research ... These games are not historical battle games. If you want a historical battle Antietam PC game take a...
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James W. Durney
james2044
Feb 7, 2008 3:47 pm
... Sorry, I am wrong about this game. John Tiller did an Antietam game for the PC that is no longer in print. You might find it on eBay, it will paly on XP....
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
Feb 7, 2008 5:37 pm
That's because he posted it to the wrong group. ... From: TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dean Essig Sent:...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Feb 7, 2008 5:46 pm
Sorry, Harry! 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...
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Joseph Pierro
joseph_pierro
Feb 7, 2008 9:16 pm
As a research tool? No. It will give you the unedited text of the Sept 17 portions of the Carman mss., but nothing else of a primary source nature. (Though as...
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RoteBaron
RoteBaron@...
Feb 8, 2008 12:30 am
Dean, In regard to 1st Texas Infantry, I assume you have these two items: 1) "ANTIETAM: THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN OF !862" (SAVAS Publishing), which contains a...
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eighth_conn_inf
Feb 8, 2008 12:40 am
Thanks Jake and James, Since its unit ratings and strengths aren't sourced, I will hold off investing in old Antietam games and wait for Dean's. Larry ... Sept...
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Dean Essig
dean_essig
Feb 8, 2008 1:33 am
Hi Tom! I don't have the SAVAS book... what's its publication date? I do have the Blue & Grey issue. Thanks! Dean ... ...
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RoteBaron
RoteBaron@...
Feb 8, 2008 1:50 am
Dean, It's part of the SAVAS series: Civil War Regiments, Vol 5, No 3, Copyright 1997. Although sold out, more info on the book is at: ...
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Dean Essig
dean_essig
Feb 8, 2008 2:17 am
Too bad... looks interesting. I'll do some searching. ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better...
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eighth_conn_inf
Feb 9, 2008 2:53 am
Tom, Any indication where he got the numbers from? Thanks again, Larry ... 6 Ordnance, 121 Elite troops ... Ordnance, 116 Crack troops ... Crack troops ... ...
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RoteBaron
RoteBaron@...
Feb 9, 2008 3:53 am
Larry, As Joe has noted, the numbers are not from Carman, but from the software developer (Sid Meier). No source for the numbers is mentioned. I sent you...
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Stephen Recker
s_recker
Feb 9, 2008 1:05 pm
In John Schildt's "Monuments at Antietam", John notes that the procession to dedicate Simon left the Sharpsburg Square at 2pm. There is no footnote and it is...
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eighth_conn_inf
Feb 9, 2008 1:06 pm
Tom, Sorry, I should have checked my mail--yes, I have your e-mails about Sid's game which should be useful especially if I can pin down his sources through...
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Stephen Recker
s_recker
Feb 9, 2008 1:48 pm
I am trying to date these photos/stereoviews taken by Hagerstown's own E.M. Recher. SUNKEN ROAD http://www.virtualantietam.com/dan_transfer/recher1.jpg I...
