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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
Hi Adam, A quick Google finds this tidbit: Maryland State Archives, Guide to Special Collections. The Sharpsburg Enterprise began publication in 1878 and...
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...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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"...
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:...
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. ...
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...
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...
Tom, Thanks! That helps somewhat. According to Moxley Sorrel (pg. 125, At the Right Hand of Longstreet: Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer,...
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,...
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...
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
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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...
Dear Jill; Thanks. But Tom Clemens posits, according to Krick's book, someone else was the AAG/Chief of Staff for Hill during the MD Campaign. So, who is...
Guys -- if I may for once be so bold... If anyone got a Kindle for Christmas (I know you're ALL huge Oprah fans), "To Make Men Free" has been made available by...
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RoteBaron
RoteBaron@...
Dec 29, 2008 3:08 am
The WASHINGTON POST provided this article: A visitor who was walking the battlefield in mid-October,strayed off the Corn Field Trail and saw some bones on the...
Richard, Congratulations! 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...
I walked right by that groundhog hole on October 25. There were a lot of rocks and other debris around the entrance, as it had been bypassed by the plowing...
Wonderful! I hope there's more of that story to come!!! ... From: RoteBaron To: TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 10:06 PM Subject:...
