Guys; In all fairness to Mac, this area...logistics....was one of the major problems with why he could not effectively pursue the ANVa following...
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Scott D. Hann
antietamcoll...
Nov 3, 2009 3:02 am
Tom, excellent point. In the writings of Colonel Edward Cross of the 5th New Hampshire he mentions a good number of his men were without shoes at Antietam. ...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Nov 3, 2009 2:05 am
And that's exactly the point Dave. Too many authors often make assumptions that the Union army was always well fed and well suplied. Reading these letters to...
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david lutton
dplutton
Nov 3, 2009 12:49 am
Tom, Imagine yourself on this campaign.... Hot dusty marches..Commissary wagons not keeping up or lost...I think that after a few days that Hard Tack would...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Nov 2, 2009 3:06 pm
Tom, interesting stuff. As to the hardtack, it depends on how made etc..... From all the years I have been making it, I have found it is as much an art as...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Nov 2, 2009 3:00 pm
I am not able to access my sources right now, but yes, I think we are talking about two cabins, one disappearing much earlier than the other. Also, IIRC,...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Nov 2, 2009 1:12 pm
Stephen and Tom, Are you not talking about two separate cabins? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption, or...
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Stephen Recker
s_recker
Nov 2, 2009 11:09 am
This is great stuff. Thanks! Was it one building with the Summers and the Lowman family sharing? Stephen ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Stephen Recker
s_recker
Nov 2, 2009 10:41 am
I just found another article that says the Em's wife died in 1937 and that she was the wife of a Piper Slave. Hmm, maybe him and his mom were slaves there? ...
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Stephen Recker
s_recker
Nov 2, 2009 10:35 am
Gerry, Yes, that's the one. It was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emory "Em" Summers. Em's mother was a slave of the Henry Piper family. Thanks, Stephen ... ...
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RoteBaron
RoteBaron@...
Nov 2, 2009 2:03 am
Stephen, Here is a posting that I saved from Ranger Brian Baracz on Aug 28, 2006 regarding Lowman cabin.... A recent question to the group asked about a...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Nov 2, 2009 1:31 am
Stephen, Are you referencing the cabin along the southern side of the Sunken Road in the famous post war photo? IIRC that was the home of Jerry Summers, a...
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Stephen Recker
s_recker
Nov 1, 2009 4:13 pm
Anyone know when that log cabin went up? The one just behind the 130th PA monument. Thanks. Stephen...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Oct 31, 2009 8:07 pm
Dear Larry, I have Brown in the reprint volume. A weighty and thick book but well worth the read! You learn a whole lot about CW signals and even pre War...
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eighth_conn_inf
Oct 31, 2009 5:45 pm
If this link works, you may read Brown online: http://www.archive.org/stream/signalcorpsusain00brow#page/n7/mode/2up Larry...
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dwgaddy
flagflop
Oct 31, 2009 1:57 pm
In re Digest 1278, item 1b (Mayers): Yes, Gerry. I have "Brown," the standard ref for signal matters. (Centennial facsimile edition was co-produced by our...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Oct 30, 2009 4:55 pm
Dave, I have seen a map online that purports to show a CS signal station just north of Lee's GHQ as well as one in the Lutheran steeple. I would presume the...
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flagflop
Oct 30, 2009 4:08 pm
I've been following the recent exchanges concerning Anderson and McLaws with interest. In the approach march to Harper's Ferry, McLaws followed the Pleasant...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Oct 30, 2009 5:55 am
All; Which Newcomer was it that had the small farm where the Piper Farm Lane/Sunken Road joined up with the Boonsboro - Keedysville Road? The Trailhead...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Oct 29, 2009 6:51 pm
Dean; Sometimes that is all there is to go on. With historical fiction you can take some liberties but I would prefer not to take too many with actual...
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Dean Essig
dean_essig
Oct 29, 2009 6:47 pm
... Seems a bit early to me... not impossibly so, that depends on how long it took the rear of McLaws to close up west of town. My gut says they were still in...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Oct 29, 2009 6:33 pm
Dear Dean, The book is historical fiction but am trying to get all the little nuances _accurate_ as possible and it covers the entire 1862 MD Campaign from...
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Dean Essig
dean_essig
Oct 29, 2009 6:25 pm
... Gerry, Looking forward to the book. My 0900 time is from the Carmen-Cope map (only)... there it not only shows the division straddling Michael, but has an...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Oct 29, 2009 6:18 pm
Dean, IIRC Anderson does not get the order to move to Sunken Road and actually start doing so until around 1000... which might give him plenty of time. Trying...
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Dean Essig
dean_essig
Oct 29, 2009 6:11 pm
... Gerry, Not sure what to make of Gibson's time hack. The time may be accurate (who knows?), but the location "near the battlefield" is very vague. No way of...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Oct 29, 2009 5:55 pm
Dean, Again thanks. However, I have Sounding the Shallows, so will need to find that and look up the citation. If you look up the last paragraphs of that...
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Dean Essig
dean_essig
Oct 29, 2009 3:40 pm
... You can't, you can only look at the available evidence. ... McLaws didn't imply that Anderson was under his command, that I can see... he was just carrying...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Oct 28, 2009 7:37 pm
Dear Dean, Good points etc. But how can we really be sure? Anderson was not really part of M'Laws once he reaches Sharpsburg, regardless of what M'Laws says in...
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Dean Essig
dean_essig
Oct 28, 2009 4:21 pm
... Hi Gerry! I see the Carmen recording of McLaws' instructions to Anderson from Longstreet to move "down the road to the hill beyond the town" where he'd...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Oct 28, 2009 2:19 am
Dean, Thanks. It does. But where was Dick Anderson's division before then 0830 time? In Carman it notes his is ordered to move from Shepherdstown Road "north...
