Teej, Yeah, you are probably right. Oh, well, at least there is another new book for my Christmas list. Thanks. Stephen ... [Non-text portions of this message...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Dec 1, 2008 1:30 pm
Dear Brian; That does help. So, according to Cope, Evans' Independent Brigade (which might have been under command of the Colonel who led the organization at...
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cowie_steve
Dec 1, 2008 8:35 pm
Gerry and Stephen, John Keplinger, per Ernst, resided near the Sunken Road and was killed by a shell blast after the battle while handling a projectile found...
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njrebel1999
Dec 2, 2008 5:01 am
Steve, Did his farmstead match as shown in McElfresh map? And why, if it was there during the battle, does it not show up on so many other maps of the battle? ...
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njrebel1999
Dec 2, 2008 8:59 pm
Gang, After the 1862 Maryland Campaign, Robert Chilton seems to quietly fade away from being involved with affairs at ANVA HQ. Was he quietly sent elsewhere by...
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cowie_steve
Dec 2, 2008 9:27 pm
Gerry, The info below unfortunately does not answer your questions, but will hopefully provide you with a lead. It's from Ernst's TATC, p. 186: "Mr. John...
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jeffcowvplanning
jeffcowvplan...
Dec 2, 2008 11:33 pm
Happy Tuesday, folks. Question slightly off topic...the Monocacy Campaign. I am reading recently of a skirmish at George Blessing's Farm near ...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Dec 3, 2008 12:09 am
Steve, Could the farmstead have been built after the war? I have Kathleen Ernst's book here and will try to find that passage. Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers...
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njrebel1999
Dec 3, 2008 2:27 am
Steve, The only thought that comes to my mind immediately is that the cavalry involved must have been part of McCausland's command. Does this help? McCausland...
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cowie_steve
Dec 3, 2008 7:05 pm
Gerry, Yes, the documentation, or lack thereof, seems to support the theory that the Keplinger farm was a post-battle property. Perhaps Brian at the VC could...
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njrebel1999
Dec 3, 2008 8:25 pm
Steve, Thanks! I hope Brian is keeping an eye on this thread and can comment herein! Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth,...
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Adam Zimmerli
gtmcftsotcwgrad
Dec 8, 2008 6:22 pm
Hello, all. It's been quite a while since I have posted on here, but I always enjoy reading everyone's comments and questions. I finally have a question of my...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Dec 8, 2008 6:25 pm
Adam, Did you think to try the Washington County Public Library History Reading Room in Hagerstown, MD? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian,...
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Brian Downey
antietam1862
Dec 8, 2008 6:37 pm
Hi Adam, A quick Google finds this tidbit: Maryland State Archives, Guide to Special Collections. The Sharpsburg Enterprise began publication in 1878 and...
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DPowell334@...
dpowell334
Dec 8, 2008 8:09 pm
World Cat lists two libraries that have copies, but from 1878 to the 1880s, no wartime papers. Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, and the Maryland...
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Stephen Recker
s_recker
Dec 9, 2008 12:05 am
The Western Maryland Room has Antietam Wavelet and Antietam Valley Record. I don't think they have the Sharpsburg Enterprise. Stephen ... [Non-text portions of...
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Stephen Recker
s_recker
Dec 9, 2008 12:06 am
Exciting stuff. Congrats. How does one get to read your award-winning thesis? Stephen ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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njrebel1999
Dec 16, 2008 5:01 am
All, I spent some time carefully re reading Ms Ernst's book Too Afraid to Cry recently. What really struck me this time around was the salient fact that, ...
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jeffcowvplanning
jeffcowvplan...
Dec 17, 2008 2:59 am
Gerry... That is my experience too, as I have been researching my Middletown project. The most amazing thing to me is actually the long term effect of the war...
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njrebel1999
Dec 17, 2008 3:06 am
Dear Steve, Research always is a killer (sometimes). Non fiction of historical topics can be easier to write than historical non fiction. (Been working on a...
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njrebel1999
Dec 19, 2008 4:09 pm
Gang, Can anyone tell me the proper ranks during the Maryland Campaign for T J Goree and Thomas Walton of Longstreet's staff? Thanks! Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry"...
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Brian Downey
antietam1862
Dec 19, 2008 5:10 pm
Hi Gerry, I've got Goree as Lieutenant (Capt by war's end), but no entry for a Thomas Walton. I'll look for him tonight. Brian ... From: G E Mayers Sender:...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Dec 19, 2008 9:26 pm
Walton was promoted July 11, 1862 effective May 27, 1862, to Major and Commissary of Subsistence. Krick's Staff Officers in Gray. Thomas G. Clemens D.A. ...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Dec 20, 2008 1:42 am
Dear Tom and Teej, Thanks for your information. Did Goree think Walton somehow prevented his being promoted to Major? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Dec 20, 2008 2:33 am
All, Did T J Goree write a memoir after the war? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption, or even on one's...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Dec 20, 2008 3:49 am
Tom, Thanks! That helps somewhat. According to Moxley Sorrel (pg. 125, At the Right Hand of Longstreet: Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer,...
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Brian Downey
antietam1862
Dec 20, 2008 7:15 pm
Hi Gerry, I've not seen any sign of a memoir, but there is a publication: Longstreet's Aide: The Civil War Letters of Major Thomas J. Goree (Thomas W. Cutrer,...
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njrebel1999
Dec 20, 2008 7:23 pm
Dear Brian, Thanks. What does Cutrer say about Goree's ranks during the war? Is the book available via Google Books? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A...
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njrebel1999
Dec 28, 2008 7:08 pm
Gang, Can anyone tell me who was Harvey Hill's AAG/Chief of Staff during the 1862 Maryland Campaign? Also, was not someone on Hill's staff wounded during the...
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Jill Mitchell
jill.mitchell@...
Dec 28, 2008 11:10 pm
D. H. Hill's AAG/Chief of Staff: Maj. James Wylie Ratchford (Source: Joseph L. Harsh. Taken at the Flood: Robert E. Lee & Confederate Strategy in the Maryland...
