... 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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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Feb 12, 2010 2:38 pm
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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edunleavy921
Feb 17, 2010 2:19 pm
For Immediate Release – February 17, 2010 Shepherdstown, West Virginia For more information, contact: Edward E. Dunleavy President, Shepherdstown Battlefield...
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Ian Workman
workman_ian
Feb 17, 2010 10:05 pm
The true core of the battlefield would be the Ellis farm, the Rider Farm, and the portion of land that the octagonal house sits on along with the ravine. There...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Feb 18, 2010 2:27 pm
HI Ian, I understand what you're saying however, the areas alluded to in the Press Release represent the study done by American Battlefield Protection Program...
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s_recker
Feb 21, 2010 12:53 am
I am looking for information about S.F. McFarland, Surgeon of the 43rd Regt, N.Y.S.M. He is from around Binghampton/Oxford New York. Funny thing is, I can't...
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Brian D
antietam1862
Feb 21, 2010 1:41 am
Hi Stephen, If that's Solomon McFarland, I found him in Phisterer as Asst Surgeon, 83rd NY Vols....
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jeffcowvplanning
jeffcowvplan...
Feb 21, 2010 5:43 am
Howdy everyone. Looking for a needle in a haystack. In "Stonewall Rode With Me" (grin), Henry K. Douglas related that in 1884 he arrange for Little Sorrel to...
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s_recker
Feb 21, 2010 1:53 pm
Steve, What a great tidbit. I don't remember having read that. I am not aware of the image, but know who to ask and will report. If Recher took an outdoor...
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jeffcowvplanning
jeffcowvplan...
Feb 21, 2010 2:50 pm
Thanks, Stephen. I found the reference on the net when I googled "Little Sorrel" and "Hagerstown"...didn't actually read it in a hard copy of the book. I am...
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jeffcowvplanning
jeffcowvplan...
Feb 21, 2010 2:55 pm
Hello again... I am working on a book on behalf of the City of Hagerstown (my employer). It is an Arcadia photo/illustration history of Hagerstown in the...
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s_recker
Feb 21, 2010 4:22 pm
Steve, That's great about the book. Looking forward to it. I heard about it last week when I went by your office trying to find info on the location of photo...
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s_recker
Feb 21, 2010 4:32 pm
Thanks a million! With that first name I was able to confirm that he is my guy: "Solomon F. McFARLAND was born in Oxford, July 12, 1828, and received his...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Feb 21, 2010 6:33 pm
I have a few 83 NY letters to Carman. Will you be at work this week? Thomas G. Clemens D.A. Professor of History Hagerstown Community College ... Thanks a...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Feb 21, 2010 6:44 pm
Steve, I ran across Judge Alvey when I was working on the Lt. John H. Stone diary. Stone, Co. B. 2nd MD Inf. CSA stopped to visit Alvey when they passed...
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s_recker
Feb 21, 2010 7:29 pm
Tom, I'll be mostly out this week. I'll drop by and see if you are around. Thanks so much. That is great. Stephen...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Feb 23, 2010 3:07 am
Gang, In the TimeLife Voices of the Civil War volume dedicated to Antietam, on page 113, there is a photograph showing First Lieutenant Franklin H Weaver,...
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Bill and Glenna Jo Ch...
gwjchris
Feb 23, 2010 2:02 pm
Gerry, I believe that the enlisted coats have six buttons per early war North Carolina regulations. There are only four or five visible, but the others are...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Feb 23, 2010 2:13 pm
Hi Bill, Not trying to contradict your assessment, because I agree with it, but here is somethingto chew on. Todd Harrington, who I think you know, is doing...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Feb 23, 2010 2:56 pm
Dear Bill, I have not checked Franklin Weaver's service record but I do know he was an officer in Company H of the 4th Infantry, NC State Troops Regiment. I am...
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James
james2044
Feb 24, 2010 2:01 pm
My understanding is that the bridges were built by companies, were they toll bridges? One connected to the National Road and the other two seem to have been...
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Matt Reardon
mreardon1862
Feb 24, 2010 3:42 pm
Hi all, I'm working on a master's project that deals with the "Final Assault" by the IX Corps. From those of you who have written about similar topics, where...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Feb 24, 2010 4:05 pm
Matt, Your advisor is the final authority on this, but my suggestion is to start with a very quick overview of the campaign & the leaders, intentions, goals,...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
Feb 24, 2010 4:13 pm
Matt, There are two books that deal specifically with 9th Corps (sorry, I don't use Roman numerals because, well, they didn't). One is by John Schildt which I...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Feb 24, 2010 4:26 pm
The bridges were built by Washington county, but the Boonsboro - Shepherdstown Turnpike and the Hagerstown Turnpike were both toll roads. The small building...
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Nick KURTZ
shilohnick
Feb 24, 2010 5:06 pm
There are also a variety of sources (books and magazine articles) that deal with Burnside's Bridge and the final attack. Stephen Recker gave a great talk on...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Feb 24, 2010 8:56 pm
Did Glenn Tucker have a book on the Ninth Corps at Antietam also? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption, or...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Feb 24, 2010 9:01 pm
Not that I recall. Dr. Thomas G. Clemens Professor of History Hagerstown Community College ... Did Glenn Tucker have a book on the Ninth Corps at Antietam...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Feb 24, 2010 9:08 pm
There is also discussion of Jerry Summers in Kathleen Ernst's book on Maryland Civilians in the Civil War. Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian,...
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Bill and Glenna Jo Ch...
gwjchris
Feb 24, 2010 11:10 pm
Tom, I would appreciate Todd's address. I have copies of two other studies that looked at the same thing. I am aware of the fact that the texture of the...
