In preparing for a tour I'm giving next week, I've been reading Unfurl Those Colors, Chapter 10. Vince has an interesting take on the mediation of McClellan...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Nov 29, 2009 6:39 pm
Dear Stephen, Re Carman... I think maybe I can save you the trouble, as the following is from Carman's Battle History: Walker, in his "History of the Second...
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Stephen Recker
s_recker
Nov 30, 2009 1:33 am
Thanks! Stephen ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Nov 30, 2009 2:15 am
Dear Stephen, Not sure if it answered your question viz Armstrong, but hope it did help! Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth,...
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eighth_conn_inf
Dec 29, 2009 4:33 pm
I have a couple dozen duplicate older Civil War History Journals. I would like to trade for a few issues I still need to complete my collection: volumes 49,...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Dec 29, 2009 4:35 pm
Where is Cacapon Mtns? Recd a bunch of Civil War books for Christmas. Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption,...
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Robert Moore
cenantua
Dec 29, 2009 4:45 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacapon_Mountain ________________________________ From: G E Mayers <gerry1952@...> To: TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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Robert Moore
cenantua
Dec 29, 2009 4:47 pm
I'm interested... what are you reading that deals with Cacapon? I'm rather focused on that area lately with my work on Cole's Cavalry. Robert Moore ...
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eighth_conn_inf
Dec 29, 2009 5:30 pm
I live on the east side of Cacapon Mountain just west of the break in Warm Spring Ridge at Rock Gap at about 1210' elevation. It is easy to see on Google...
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Matt Reardon
mreardon1862
Dec 29, 2009 5:44 pm
Larry, Â What's your connection to the 8th CT? Â Matt ... From: eighth_conn_inf <eighth_conn_inf@...> Subject: [TalkAntietam] Re: Civil War History...
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eighth_conn_inf
Dec 29, 2009 6:05 pm
Matt, I lived the first 40 years of my life in Conn. plus the 8th did the best fighting of any Conn. unit at my favorite battlefield, Antietam, in the most...
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eighth_conn_inf
Dec 29, 2009 6:29 pm
Robert, As you very likely know, Cole and his cavalry did well at Harpers Ferry before and during the cavalry breakout on 14/15 September 1862. One reference I...
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Robert Moore
cenantua
Dec 29, 2009 6:42 pm
Larry, I'd be happy to look it over. Newcomer is a primary reference, but there are gaps in his history. Not surprisingly, he focused more from his personal...
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Matt Reardon
mreardon1862
Dec 29, 2009 7:53 pm
Larry,  Oh yes it is. Not only that but my g-g-g grandfather Michael Farley, served in Company G.  Matt ... From: eighth_conn_inf...
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eighth_conn_inf
Dec 29, 2009 8:29 pm
Thanks Robert, I was aware about the 4th company when I believe that you told Don C. or Brian D. about the missing company. Thanks for the lead on the masters...
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eighth_conn_inf
Dec 29, 2009 10:16 pm
Their library does have a copy but they are on their semester break....
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Dec 30, 2009 6:01 am
Larry, I have found some good letters from Heysinger, who was with the 7 Squadron RI Cav, and also born & raised near Sharpsburg. He is adamant about the...
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eighth_conn_inf
Dec 30, 2009 3:29 pm
Tom, I would like to see them or get copies. Let me know how we could do this. I've read on Google Books his book, Isaac W. Heysinger, "Antietam and the...
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Dean Essig
dean_essig
Dec 30, 2009 4:03 pm
Hi Everyone! I know there are several cavalry experts here, so I thought I'd cast a line in the water and see if somebody knew the answer. On the evening of...
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eighth_conn_inf
Dec 30, 2009 10:23 pm
Dean, Until a real expert replies, here is what I have: Carman says that on the evening of the 17th they "returned to the bivouac near Keedysville," 320....
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Matt Reardon
mreardon1862
Dec 31, 2009 12:51 am
In Coffin's report he said he was ordered "200 yards in advance of the column" during the IX Corps assault. Did he move ahead and begin firing at the...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Dec 31, 2009 1:15 am
Dear Matt, I looked in the Carman battle manuscript for any mention of Coffin's section, Eighth Massachusetts. Here is what I found: "Welsh had a greater...
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jeffcowvplanning
jeffcowvplan...
Dec 31, 2009 3:18 am
Tom... Could you contact me off line please? I don't have your current email. I want to ask you a question about your research on Col. Wm. Fitzhugh (Mex....
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Ian Workman
workman_ian
Dec 31, 2009 4:59 am
Fitzhugh Lee? On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 10:18 PM, jeffcowvplanning < ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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csh_2088
Dec 31, 2009 6:16 am
With the new Sherlock Holmes movie coming out I thought I would point out an interesting connection between the detective and the battle of Antietam. Sir...
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Dean Essig
dean_essig
Dec 31, 2009 3:15 pm
Thanks, Larry! That is a lot more detail than I had unearthed. Your suppositions seem correct to me. Reoccupying the original encampment (especially at night)...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Dec 31, 2009 4:25 pm
No, different guy. Thomas G. Clemens D.A. Professor of History Hagerstown Community College...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Dec 31, 2009 4:28 pm
Do you have a citation on that? It strikes me I read an article years ago explaining how Doyle named the famous detective after two gunners in the royal...
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csh_2088
Dec 31, 2009 7:55 pm
I found this on a website which gives a short biography of Sir Athur Conan Doyle: Shortly after the marriage, Dr. Doyle began practicing medicine as an eye...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Dec 31, 2009 8:15 pm
Tom, Interesting theories, no matter which way you look at it. I agree with you as regards Jeremy Brett...by far the "BEST" Holmes ever! Yr. Obt. Svt. G E...
