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...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Dec 29, 2008 3:20 am
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...
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Dave
akula77
Dec 29, 2008 6:16 am
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...
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richard@...
richcro1862
Dec 29, 2008 2:43 pm
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:...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Dec 30, 2008 2:17 am
Obviously since Anderson ranked Ratchford, he was the Chief of Staff but it became the Ratchford after Anderson was wounded, most likely at South Mountain. ...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Dec 30, 2008 3:06 am
Per Teej's citing of the OR's, I stand corrected. He was wounded at the Potomac crossing, Sept. 4. Thomas G. Clemens D.A. Professor of History Hagerstown...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Dec 30, 2008 4:38 am
Tom; Good to know, but IIRC D H Hill in his OR report mentions something about either Ratchford or Anderson being wounded while the division was crossing the...
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thirdpaclugh
Dec 30, 2008 11:04 pm
... off the Corn Field Trail and saw some bones on the ground that he later left at the visitors' center. He didn't give his name, saying only he had found...
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RoteBaron@...
Jan 2, 2009 6:43 pm
FROM: Antietam NPS News DATE: December 31, 2008 On June 4, 2008, an early summer storm ripped through the battlefield. In addition to over 100 trees being...
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RoteBaron@...
Jan 2, 2009 6:47 pm
From: Antietam NPS News Date: December 31, 2008 East Woods reforestation planting will begin on the weekend of March 14 and extend to the first week in May....
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RoteBaron@...
Jan 2, 2009 7:36 pm
One Antietam-related name that often varies in the spelling is J. William Hoffman (Brevet Brigadier General). His tombstone has "Hoffman", yet I see it often...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 2, 2009 7:45 pm
Tom, There is a photo of him in this weblink page: http://www.generalsandbrevets.com/bh/bh6.htm Kerry Webb spelled his surname with the two nn's. Yr. Obt. Svt....
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Stephen Recker
s_recker
Jan 3, 2009 2:30 am
It is spelled Hofmann on all four Antietam war department tablets that bear his name. There used to be a marker at the corner of Rt. 65 and Mansfield Avenue...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
Jan 3, 2009 2:52 am
His modern flat marker in Laurel Hill cemetery says Hoffman, but the entry in Findagrave, where I saw the photo, says Hofmann. Hunt's book spells it Hofmann,...
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128thpa@...
pa128th
Jan 3, 2009 3:21 am
I wish I knew sooner that he was buried in Laurel Hill, I was there on Dec 31st to celebrate Gen. Meade's birthday along with the Meade Society. I believe...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
Jan 3, 2009 3:49 am
Paula, You're right. As a matter of fact, Irvin McDowell's name is misspelled on his tombstone at the Presidio. They spell his first name Irwin. I'm reading...
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128thpa@...
pa128th
Jan 3, 2009 4:36 am
Harry, I have been to McDowell's grave and someone had pointed out to me prior to going that his name was mispelled. The problem is once a mistake is made...
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Bill and Glenna Jo Ch...
gwjchris
Jan 3, 2009 2:59 pm
Posted by: "Harry Smeltzer" Fri Jan 2, 2009 7:49 pm (PST) . . . As a matter of fact, Irvin McDowell's name is misspelled on his tombstone at the Presidio....
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Stephen Recker
s_recker
Jan 3, 2009 3:58 pm
I popped down to the battlefield this morning and Ranger Keith Snyder suggested that I take the new Three Farms Trail. It was unbelievable! I did not even know...
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Dean Essig
dean_essig
Jan 3, 2009 5:01 pm
A cool walk is to go to the Park Farm and then head due West... you'll climb a hill and you are right on top of the hill adjacent to the observation tower at...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 3, 2009 7:57 pm
Stephen, Where does that new trail start? Where does it go to? Etc? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption, or...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 3, 2009 8:41 pm
To our esteemed members: While reading the relevant chapters in John Michael Priest's book Antietam: The Soldiers' Battle (Oxford University Press paperback ...
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Dave
akula77
Jan 3, 2009 9:48 pm
Gerry, Fuller's book is not available at Google books, but is cheap enough at Abebooks 9-10 bucks. Might be worth picking up. ...
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RoteBaron
RoteBaron@...
Jan 3, 2009 10:22 pm
Stephen, Several years ago, I had posted photos from a hike to Park Farm. URL is: http://home.comcast.net/~schuylkillcwrt/antietam_2005_05_01/report_page6.htm ...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Jan 3, 2009 11:34 pm
Yes, still standing, and looking much like they do in your photos. The west end of the barn was damaged by the winds, and has been repaired. It is, as Dean...
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128thpa@...
pa128th
Jan 4, 2009 5:42 pm
Hello all! I contacted Andy Waskie who was involved in getting the new marker for Gen Hoffman: Here is what he wrote me back. Re: Bvt. Brig. Gen J....
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Dean Essig
dean_essig
Jan 4, 2009 7:26 pm
Excellent work, Paula! Unless the General couldn't spell his last name (and even if that were the case, I'd go with his personal spelling if known), I think ...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 4, 2009 8:28 pm
Dear Dean, And birth certificates are known to be wrong on occasion! Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption,...
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Dean Essig
dean_essig
Jan 4, 2009 8:35 pm
Trouble maker! ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
