Dear Tom, I will send it to your home email address. Thanks! I think you probably will be able to send it to me by snail before March. Yr. Obt. Svt. G E...
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Dean Essig
dean_essig
Feb 12, 2010 2:31 pm
... Yes, as far as I can determine (or was told to me, I don't recall which), he may have been present, but just too ill to command. I still need to find out...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Feb 12, 2010 1:52 pm
Dean Essig, Did you ever get an answer to Cadmus Wilcox's absence duringthe MD Campaign? Thomas G. Clemens D.A. Professor of History Hagerstown Community...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Feb 12, 2010 2:49 am
Sure, send me your mailing address. It won't be until I get back to the office again. At this rate, maybe March? Thomas G. Clemens D.A. Professor of History ...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Feb 11, 2010 5:58 pm
Dear Tom, I asked my wife about the fax number for her work etc. She said it is not exactly a good idea. Can you drop the information in the mail to me if I...
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128thpa@...
pa128th
Feb 11, 2010 4:48 pm
This program has been postponed until March 11th, due to the weather. FYI: Cheltenham Township Historical Commission Presents “Black Soldiers in Blue” a...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Feb 7, 2010 7:04 pm
Dean, Thanks. I was hoping someone like Stephen Recker or Tom C might weigh in on this question. It should not be too difficult to find the spot where it was,...
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Dean Essig
dean_essig
Feb 7, 2010 5:56 pm
Hi Gerry! My Jerry and I tried to find the spot. It is decidedly not there anymore, and we couldn't find a spot north of the field that seemed "right". Dean ...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Feb 7, 2010 5:54 pm
Was just looking at the Morning Phase map by McElfresh of Sharpsburg and noticed the Ground Squirrel Church to the north of the Middlekauf Farm. The church...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 31, 2010 4:03 pm
It's possible they sang only the chorus... but knowing the soldiers...they most likely would have sung the entire song. After all, that is what they did with...
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flagflop
Jan 31, 2010 3:56 pm
Gerry, The older one is pretty tacky to my eye and ear -- I suspect they only sang the chorus on the march, or even had a "soldier's version" of the verses....
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 31, 2010 3:11 pm
Thanks! A huge difference between the 1875 song and that one. Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption, or even ...
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flagflop
Jan 31, 2010 1:43 pm
Gerry, That's it. Dave...
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flagflop
Jan 31, 2010 1:38 pm
Gerry: That's it. Dave G....
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 30, 2010 9:03 pm
Dear Dave, Apropos to your earlier email, would you review the attached link and inform me if this is the song you referred to: ...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 30, 2010 8:44 pm
Dear Dave, If you could send me the lyrics to the older version, I would be most appreciative. Thank you for clearing up the confusion! Yr. Obt. Svt. G E...
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flagflop
Jan 30, 2010 3:59 pm
Gerry, The problem is caused by confusion between the former (postwar) Virginia "Carry Me Back..." anthem and the one of the 1860s, which was totally...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 29, 2010 6:12 pm
Gang; While doing some supplemental research for my book manuscript, I came across the mention that, when Lee's army retreated across the Potomac into...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Jan 28, 2010 2:35 pm
I have a print out from our library with the MLA format for citing all kinds of stuff. Give me a fax # and I can send you a copy. Dr. Thomas G. Clemens ...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 28, 2010 2:25 pm
Ok. BTW did you ever find the sources you mentioned to me the other week on proper citations for books or other media found on the Internet? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Jan 28, 2010 2:21 pm
No, I don't have time for the inevitable argument that would ensue. Dr. Thomas G. Clemens Professor of History Hagerstown Community College ... Tom, Thanks for...
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RoteBaron
RoteBaron@...
Jan 28, 2010 12:03 am
My thanks to the group for their opinions regarding the SO 191 "ruse" theory. I was puzzled by many of the author's points and am glad others seemed as...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 27, 2010 10:26 pm
Dave, Harsh makes a convincing case that something important happened to make Lee realize the passes at South Mountain were in danger, especially Turner's and...
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Dave
akula77
Jan 27, 2010 10:18 pm
I think just on it's face, without all the other evidence, it would be hard for me to believe Lee planted the orders: One, what are the odds an enlisted man...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 27, 2010 9:48 pm
Tom, Thanks for the link to the footnotes. You might want to contact the author directly via his email link at the end of his piece. Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry"...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Jan 27, 2010 9:45 pm
Gerry, Go to the bottom and click on the button for the end notes. It confused me at first. Echoing Gerry, Ryan ignores a number of things that trouble me....
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 27, 2010 9:31 pm
As to Ryan's description of what constitutes a General Order vs a Special Order, he only gets half of the definition of a Special Order right. A Special Order...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 27, 2010 9:26 pm
Tom, It bothers me very much that the article is there but not the sourcing for the numerous footnotes. Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian,...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jan 27, 2010 9:25 pm
Tom, Personally I think that is a crock. If Lee "had" personally taken efforts to plant SO 191, he would not have been so upset when D H Hill wrote an article...
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RoteBaron@...
Jan 27, 2010 5:21 pm
Joseph Ryan has posted an interesting article online entitled "Special Order 191: Ruse of War?" You can find it at the MHO website...
