I would also like to add my condolences to the Harsh family and friends. Paula <<This is a terrible loss to the CW community and to those of us who have...
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eighth_conn_inf
Sep 14, 2010 11:52 am
This is a terrible loss to the CW community and to those of us who have studied the Maryland Campaign. His books are the best ever written about the campaign...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
Sep 14, 2010 4:34 am
Tom Clemens called me Monday evening to say that Joe Harsh passed away. See here: http://marylandcampaign.com/2010/09/sad-news/ And here:...
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edunleavy921
Sep 9, 2010 11:10 am
To honor the 148th Anniversary of the Battle of Shepherdstown, SBPA has scheduled a Battlefield Tour including a wading of the Potomac River. The tour is set,...
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RoteBaron
RoteBaron@...
Sep 5, 2010 1:38 am
Friday, Sept 17, 2010 A special program, Morning in the Cornfield, will meet at tour stop 4, The Cornfield. This program starts at 7 a.m. and will last an...
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Ian Workman
workman_ian
Aug 29, 2010 11:32 pm
Larry, Can you shoot me an email at cwdigger@... Sincerely, Ian Workman On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 9:39 AM, eighth_conn_inf ... [Non-text portions of this...
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eighth_conn_inf
Aug 29, 2010 1:39 pm
Ian, It was a fun fording with maybe 25 crossing with a dozen flags; weather perfect; only a few fell in mostly in a channel which was about waist deep. It was...
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Edward and Carol Dunl...
edunleavy921
Aug 25, 2010 3:25 am
Jim: We appreciate your support and will welcome you at whatever time that you can get here. This year, Carol & I are going to remain at home for the entire...
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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...
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
