Tom, Thanks much for the information. It's appreciated. Where can I find the most accurate maps of the battle that would detail the positions of the batteries...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Jul 20, 2010 1:33 am
Scott, I don't think you'll find out. Carman's map only shows the battalion, or at least part of it, but not individual batteries. We know Woolfolk was on...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Jul 20, 2010 4:15 am
Dear Scott, You can try the website for Antietam on the Web or the Library of Congress holdings of the Cope-Carman maps. Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be...
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RoteBaron@...
Jul 29, 2010 11:58 am
From Hagerstown Herald-Mail (July 28, 2010): 60-ACRE PROPERTY NEAR BATTLEFIELD APPROVED FOR EASEMENT A 60-acre property near Antietam National Battlefield...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
Aug 3, 2010 3:42 pm
Harpers Ferry needs your help. http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/key-harpers-ferry-battlefield-l and-threatened/ Harry [Non-text portions of this...
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Stephen
jeffcowvplan...
Aug 3, 2010 4:00 pm
Harry... The posting fails to point out that the water and sewer lines at Bolivar-South were installed in easements that the owner retained when they sold the...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
Aug 3, 2010 4:34 pm
Stephen, Would you mind terribly posting this to the comments section of my blog? If I can get confirmation on what you say about the digging, I'll amend the ...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Aug 3, 2010 4:51 pm
True enough Steve, but you know as well as I do that the NPS had the requirement to perform a 106 Enviromental Impact Assessment & an Archeological Assessment...
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troyacool@...
troyacool
Aug 3, 2010 7:16 pm
I have to thank Harry for posting this and Steve for wanting to have all the facts properly shown. I also have to point out to Steve that I would estimate...
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DPowell334@...
dpowell334
Aug 3, 2010 11:43 pm
Folks, On a wargaming board, one guy recently purchased a model of the Church and saw that the model had clapboard siding on the church. I know the church was...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Aug 4, 2010 1:04 am
Not that I know of. Thomas G. Clemens D.A. Professor of History Hagerstown Community College ... Folks, On a wargaming board, one guy recently purchased a...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Aug 4, 2010 2:12 am
I too have never heard of the Dunkard Church having any sort of wooden siding.......... Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth,...
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Dave
akula77
Aug 4, 2010 1:20 pm
Hi Everyone, I wanted to publicly thank Tom, Dennis Frye, Harry and all the others who put together such a great and instructive tour. It was the first ACW...
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Ian Workman
workman_ian
Aug 4, 2010 5:35 pm
I too have never heard of the church ever having any wooden siding. However, that doesn't mean that it didn't. If there were an earlier structure it may have...
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Ian Workman
workman_ian
Aug 4, 2010 5:49 pm
So sad but true. Please remember that the Park had ample time to arrange the purchase of this property. That entire side of the ridge by the road is zoned...
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Matt Reardon
mreardon1862
Aug 4, 2010 6:48 pm
The Civil War museum I head has a wooden shingle that is supposed to be from the original Dunker Church. It has a painting of the Church on it which was...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Aug 4, 2010 7:17 pm
Matt, There was, after the original church blew down in a windstorm in the early 1920s, a snack stand on the site. Could the shingle be from that building? Yr....
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Aug 4, 2010 8:49 pm
The church was built in the 1850's, forget the exact year but think it was 1857, on a small plat donated by Sam Mumma. What may be confusing someone isthat...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
Aug 4, 2010 9:05 pm
I wonder if it's possibly a model of Manor Dunker Church that was a few miles up the road closer to Hagerstown. This is where William Roulette sent his family...
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Stephen
jeffcowvplan...
Aug 5, 2010 1:51 am
Troy, Harry, Tom et al: Quotes from 10/06 article in Civil War News (most of the article is edited out to hit the high points, and some emphasis added by in...
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Stephen
jeffcowvplan...
Aug 5, 2010 3:21 am
Ok folks...before you get out the tar and feathers.... The first point I am making here is that no amount of public activism is substitute for good planning,...
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Stephen Recker
s_recker
Aug 5, 2010 9:59 am
Matt, In August 26, 1892 it was reported that "The old roof of the Dunkard Church has been replaced with a new one. O.T. Reilly bought two spring-wagon loads...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Aug 5, 2010 6:04 pm
No it is stone and brick, not wood, and older than the Dunker Church. Nice thought though. Dr. Thomas G. Clemens Professor of History Hagerstown Community...
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ScottH
antietamcoll...
Aug 8, 2010 7:46 pm
Is anyone familiar with a Zeb Miller who might have lived in or around Sharpsburg in the 1890s?...
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Michael
zouaveny9th
Aug 12, 2010 12:41 am
Hello Folks: I was looking at a HABS (Historical Architecture and Building Survey [I think]) report of Antietam and it mentions a set of initials carved in the...
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edunleavy921
Aug 16, 2010 2:26 pm
To commemorate the 148th Anniversary of the Battle of Shepherdstown,the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association Inc. (SBPA) has scheduled a...
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RoteBaron
RoteBaron@...
Aug 22, 2010 3:03 am
NPS has announced the following road closures during paving of tour roads: Burnside Bridge Road Monday August 23. Burnside Bridge Road, Rodman Ave. and Branch...
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Jim Rosebrock
pointsalines
Aug 24, 2010 6:55 pm
Hi Ed, Unfortunately I have a tour at Antietam that afternoon which begins at 3PM. I should have checked my schedule more carefully. I would like to catch...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
Aug 25, 2010 1:15 am
Jim, I am sure we can work that out, and I will talk to Ed. Thomas G. Clemens D.A. Professor of History Hagerstown Community College ... Hi Ed, Unfortunately I...
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Jim Rosebrock
pointsalines
Aug 25, 2010 1:34 am
Thanks Tom. ________________________________ From: Thomas Clemens <clemenst@...> To: TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, August 24, 2010...
