Keith, Perhaps it was Kurt Detwiler, who authored numerous cycling books including "Bicycling Through Civil War History: In Maryland, West Virginia,...
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G E Mayers
nj1999rebel
Nov 1, 2012 3:00 pm
Lord. Tom! I have that very book you mentioned! Dang! ... From: TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of...
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RoteBaron@...
Nov 1, 2012 5:31 pm
Gatehouse just published a short article on the myth of Barbara Frietchie.... http://www.gatehouse-press.com/?p=2535 Tom Shay [Non-text portions of this...
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RoteBaron@...
Nov 1, 2012 5:42 pm
I recently finished an exhausting series of trips to Antietam, with most recent being full day guiding a bus of 58 people around the battlefield. Great fun! ...
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Harry
hjs212002
Nov 1, 2012 6:13 pm
Tom, According to my research I did, the family moved north to the Manor Dunker Church (about 6 miles away) prior to the battle. Mr. Roulette returned to the...
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huddleston.r@...
huddlestonus
Nov 1, 2012 6:34 pm
One of Andy's points at the end is about the inaccuracies of Longfellow's Midnight Ride of Paul Revere." What Andy failed to point out is that the poem had as...
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RoteBaron@...
Nov 1, 2012 6:44 pm
I agree that they went to the Manor Church. I'm just puzzled by so many accounts (including Kathleen Enrst) that say otherwise. I know I've seen such...
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cowie_steve
Nov 1, 2012 6:56 pm
Hi, Tom. Murfin in GOB, p. 256, wrote that "William Roulette himself was keeping an eye on developments for his family had been prisoners in their own home...
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Harry
hjs212002
Nov 1, 2012 8:24 pm
Keven Walker, the cultural resources ranger who gave me a tour of the house while I was researching the article, is the author of the farmsteads book. At the...
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RoteBaron
RoteBaron@...
Nov 1, 2012 11:27 pm
Ernst’s“Too Afraid to Cry” states: “Confederates advised William and Margaret Roulette to leave, as well. The couple had five children, ranging in age...
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nj1999rebel
Nov 2, 2012 1:20 am
Guys; Good discussion points! I also have GOB and here is the source information: Footnote 29, in my softbound copy, is on page 257: 29. Souvenir of Excursion...
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Stephen Recker
s_recker
Nov 2, 2012 2:10 am
O.T. talks about the Mummas going to Manor Church, but I have never heard of the Roulettes going there. The O.T./Roulette incident talks about Sam Wright,...
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gtmcftsotcwgrad
Nov 2, 2012 2:07 pm
In the Farmsteads book, there's an allusion to a letter between William Roulette and a Mary A. Hubbard in 1862. In it, after dropping off his family at the...
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cowie_steve
Nov 2, 2012 8:44 pm
Gerry, Regarding the discrepancy in the total number of Roulette children, Ernst correctly concluded that some sources likely pulled directly from the 1860...
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Harry
hjs212002
Nov 2, 2012 9:35 pm
I too may have mis-counted the Roulette children – can’t recall whether or not I factored in Carrie May’s later birthdate. FWIW, here’s the text of the...
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gesso4u2
Nov 2, 2012 9:53 pm
OMG<I am sure that that is him.How tragic.I knew he was younger than me.The day I speak of,he was waiting on his bike next to mine when I came out of the...
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gesso4u2
Nov 2, 2012 9:55 pm
Speaking of Hills march,are there threads that I can refer to with this?I seem to be at odds with a number of folks as to his route on Sept 17,not the least...
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G E Mayers
nj1999rebel
Nov 2, 2012 11:53 pm
Harry and Steve, Great posts guys! Gerry ... From: TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Harry Sent: Friday, November...
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Stephen Recker
s_recker
Nov 3, 2012 12:50 am
IIRC, Hog Trough Road was from Too Afraid to Cry but did not have a cite for its origin. Am I correct? Thanks....
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Harry
hjs212002
Nov 3, 2012 1:36 am
Steve, No, I don’t think I got that from Kathy’s book. I’ll look for that. But first: I have two sources that say the family evacuated to Manor Church...
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G E Mayers
nj1999rebel
Nov 3, 2012 1:51 am
Harry and Steve, As I have Ernst's book, I took a peek. Here is what I found:? 1. Hog Trough Lane is mentioned in the Index of Ernst's book as being on pg....
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Stephen Recker
s_recker
Nov 3, 2012 3:42 am
Yeah, thanks guys. I know it's in her book, I am just wondering where she got it. Harry, that is an interesting theory about Benjamin naming it later. I helped...
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cowie_steve
Nov 3, 2012 12:39 pm
I found two other sources that reference Hog Trough Road, although neither was included in Ernst's selected bibliography. Both books were first published in...
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G E Mayers
nj1999rebel
Nov 3, 2012 1:59 pm
Steve, I really like the second mention from Schildt. That has more of a ring of truth than the first account. Good stuff! Gerry ... From:...
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RoteBaron
RoteBaron@...
Nov 4, 2012 1:43 am
SHAF workday is two weeks from today! Meet at 9:00 AM at the flag pole outside of the Visitor's Center. Dress appropriately - bring work gloves and water! ...
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gtmcftsotcwgrad
Nov 5, 2012 6:36 pm
Dear gang, I'm doing work on an article that looks at the civilians at Antietam and how they were able to survive economically in the aftermath of the battle....
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gtmcftsotcwgrad
Nov 5, 2012 9:05 pm
Found it!...
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G E Mayers
nj1999rebel
Nov 22, 2012 2:59 am
Gang; Best wishes to all for a great Thanksgiving. If any are traveling this holiday to family and friends, safe journeys and looking forward to more...
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128thpa@...
pa128th
Nov 22, 2012 4:15 am
Same to you Gerry and all the rest of the Talk Antietam family. Paula ... From: "G E Mayers" <gerry1952@...> To: "CWDG" <cwdg@yahoogroups.com>,...
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G E Mayers
nj1999rebel
Nov 22, 2012 5:20 pm
Gang; With today being Thanksgiving and thinking of all the service personnel scattered so far and wide and away from their families, I am reminded of what...
