Going over Carman's manuscript, Chap. 10, p. 576-77, I am stumped by a statement he makes that I cannot reference. Please read the following excerpt: At the...
Tom, Did you check Tim Reese's book - the paperback one? Also any JCCW testimony of Franklin? Harry ... From: Thomas Clemens To: TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com ...
Not in Reese's book. Do not have access to JCCW records right now. Thomas G. Clemens D.A. Professor of History Hagerstown Community College ... Tom, Did you...
Tom, You can find all the JCCW volumes on Google books. Harry ... From: Thomas Clemens To: TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 5:18 PM ...
Yes, and No. Thomas G. Clemens D.A. Professor of History Hagerstown Community College ... Tom, Have you talked to Mark Snell? He edited Franklin's papers, and...
Is there a familiar face on page 21 of the August 2009 "Civil War Times" described as "Tom C., History Buff, Antietam Battlefield, Md.?" Go Tom and "Gozaic." ...
And not a terribly flattering picture either. How did that guy with dark curly hair get all gray and wrinkled? Must be a special lens they used. Thomas G....
Does anyone have access to the Broadfoot SC Rosters? I am trying to write a mini-biography of Capt. Robert Boyce, Macbeth Battery. Any help wiould be...
Tom; Did a Google search and came up with this site: http://batsonsm.tripod.com/b/arba2.html You have to scroll way down on the page but in the box with ...
Thanks Gerry. I saw that too and it just re-hashes what I already knew. WIsh I could find birth/death dates, occupation, etc. Thomas G. Clemens D.A. ...
Dear Tom, Ok. Not sure if you had seen that, but I was thinking maybe some of the books mentioned might be of help? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A...
... Tom, I have a suggestion, but it could take some time and connections. The South Carolina message board on "History-Sites dot com" may get a quick answer...
I don't know if anyone would have seen this article, the link for which is below. It includes a an overview of the unit history of the original unit and a...
Thank you Jill. Through a common friend, I have a message in to him now. Thomas G. Clemens D.A. Professor of History Hagerstown Community College ... I don't...
I did a bit of digging through a source I have, in combination with a bit of Internet research, and can offer the following: Source: Recollections and...
Gang, Murfin describes a second Confederate battle line just behind the Sunken Road itself, on the edge of the Piper cornfield, in his chapter on the Sunken...
Part of R.H. Anderson's division halted back there on its way forward. This is mentioned in Collins' Rodes biography (and probably others I don't have handy at...
Dean, Thank you for that. However, if you have a copy of Murfin, see p. 250. For those who do not, here is what Murfin says, and I believe he is describing...
Gerry, Do you have Unfurl those Colors? Mine isn't handy at the moment, but he goes into great detail about the ins and outs of the 2nd Corps attack and what...
Dear Dean, No, I do not have "Unfurl Those Colors". What does Vince Armstrong mention about French's attack and any possible secondary line in the Piper fields...
Gerry, Carman (Pierro p. 294) states: "The Confederate line went back from the sunken road in some confusion, and when Caldwell followed into the corn the...
Larry; What Murfin is saying in his book appears to be about when the initial Federal attacks occurred...not later. Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A...
Gerry, I haven't found anything about a second Confederate line to the rear of the sunken road so it is curious that Murfin makes a small point about this on...
Dear Larry; I think what Murfin is trying to say is the fight in the Sunken Road developed into much the same type of slugfest as had happened in The Cornfield...
Larry and Gerry – there was a second Confederate line for a brief amount of time behind the Sunken Road. This line was composed of Pryor’s brigade, under...
Dear Michael, Thank you for that post; it was very helpful. Was not Coppens mortally wounded or killed at the Sunken Road? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To...
For Immediate Release – June 23, 2009 Shepherdstown, West Virginia For more information, contact: Edward E. Dunleavy President, Shepherdstown Battlefield...
Perhaps I have my battles mixed up, but I thought it was Maj.-Gen. Hooker who referred to the morning of the battle of Antietam as a "dark and leaden day" or...
Scott, No, it does not show up in his OR rreports, Herbert's bio or any letters to the Battlefield Board that I have seen so far. Sorry. Tom Thomas G. Clemens...
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