Oh, if you change the FORMAT, it could be done (in theory). I was merely speaking about the impossibility of ever seeing the Antietam Atlas ever reprinted in...
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James
james2044
Jan 13, 2010 4:53 pm
How did the town goverment of Sharpsburg support itself?...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 13, 2010 8:55 pm
James, What period of time are you talking about? Are you talking about the war-time period? It is possible that the village might have been an unincorporated...
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James
james2044
Jan 14, 2010 12:22 am
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njrebel1999
Jan 14, 2010 12:42 am
James, First of all, Sharpsburg was a small farming related village in the 1850s. It was not then, nor now, anything approaching a "city". Second, I doubt very...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 14, 2010 2:17 am
Gang, While reading the Carman MS for the Sunken Road fight, I noticed his mention of Captain M B Miller (Third Company, Washington Artillery) having some...
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joseph_pierro
Jan 14, 2010 2:55 pm
Gerry: I'm not sure EXACTLY what section of the Carman mss. you're looking at (can you quote a line, so I can word-search it?), but my sense of that passage is...
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njrebel1999
Jan 14, 2010 3:01 pm
Jake; Here it is: "After great effort parts of each division were rallied and charge northeast through the orchard and corn to attack Richardson's left; ...
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joseph_pierro
Jan 14, 2010 3:40 pm
OK, I see it (p. 294 in my edition). As I said, it's a loose term. Picture the scene. The CS line in the Sunken Road has been cracked. Senior commanders are...
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njrebel1999
Jan 14, 2010 3:45 pm
Jake, Thank you for your comments. I am working on the chapter of the book that deals with the aftermath of the Federal cracking the Sunken Road line and I...
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joseph_pierro
Jan 14, 2010 3:49 pm
Gerry, given the numbers involved in the overall counterattack, this "infantry support" is probably the size of nothing greater than a squad or two. Just...
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njrebel1999
Jan 14, 2010 3:54 pm
That is what I was thinking too. 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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joseph_pierro
Jan 14, 2010 8:48 pm
It's worse than chaotic. Even talking in terms of unit types, in regard to the Confederates, can be a misnomer at Antietam. You have some brigades that started...
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njrebel1999
Jan 14, 2010 8:59 pm
Jake; Good points and assessments. As Carman says so succinctly, as long as the line in the road holds, it is a good defensive point. But, once the...
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James
james2044
Jan 15, 2010 1:49 pm
Where did the money come from to build the bridges over Antietam creek?...
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Marc73@...
marcr732003
Jan 15, 2010 2:43 pm
Been following the comments on how taxes were collected in the 19th century. Basically as follows: At the end of the nineteenth century, federal taxes only...
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njrebel1999
Jan 15, 2010 4:08 pm
Marc, Good to hear from you! Could not help contrasting how the overall taxation and economic apparatus of the US during the 19h century fueled the tremendous...
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njrebel1999
Jan 15, 2010 4:08 pm
James; IIRC the bridges were built out of limestone quarried locally to where the bridges were being built. This is a known fact because the stone for the...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Jan 15, 2010 5:06 pm
Ah, that is different than Sharpsburg since the bridges are out of the town limits. Some bridges were constructed, like the roads, by private entrepreneurs....
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eighth_conn_inf
Jan 15, 2010 5:08 pm
This website has info about bridges in Washington County: http://bridges.marylandmemories.org/leitersburgNo2.html An explanation of each bridge under the...
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njrebel1999
Jan 18, 2010 2:22 am
Why would Carman make mention of a bridge in W. Va? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption, or even on one's...
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Ian Workman
workman_ian
Jan 18, 2010 3:51 am
Larry, I believe that bridge is on the 1850 map of Jefferson County. If i get a chance I will check it out. There were sideloader shells recovered from under...
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njrebel1999
Jan 18, 2010 4:10 am
What are sideloader shells? Ones that would be loaded into a Henry rifle? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage,...
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eighth_conn_inf
Jan 18, 2010 1:28 pm
Ian, Thank you. I e-mailed the Jefferson County Historical Society but have nothing yet. I see one of their journals I see on the 1852 map of Jefferson County...
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njrebel1999
Jan 18, 2010 1:40 pm
Dear Larry, I stand corrected re Carman using it in his MS for the Maryland Campaign. Yes, I do know W Va was not yet a state in 1862, but what was it called...
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njrebel1999
Jan 18, 2010 2:23 pm
Larry; I recall something using the word "Kanawha" but not sure..... Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption,...
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eighth_conn_inf
Jan 18, 2010 3:02 pm
Gerry, That was one of the names suggested for the new state carved out of Virginia: State of Kanawha From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Unrecognized state...
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128thpa@...
pa128th
Jan 18, 2010 6:42 pm
FYI: Cheltenham Township Historical Commission Presents “Black Soldiers in Blue” a video documentary about Camp William Penn (the largest training camp for...
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njrebel1999
Jan 18, 2010 6:55 pm
Paula, On a separate issue, could you tell me...privately if you wish...where Croasdales Knoll on the Antietam battlefield is? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers...
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128thpa@...
pa128th
Jan 18, 2010 7:29 pm
Hi Gerry, it's not a secret, the Knoll is located where the 12th Pa Cav monument is on Mansfield Ave. Years ago a group of us went looking for it...
