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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 2:57 pm
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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gesso4u2
Oct 31, 2012 10:09 pm
hey guys, In 2000,i was touring in that area on my bicycle and met a local guy,also on a bicycle,at the Antietam VC.He rode with me back to Harpers Ferry and...
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Harry
hjs212002
Oct 25, 2012 4:35 pm
Follow this link for the interview: http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/interview-lance-j-herdegen-the-iron-brigade-in-civil-war-and-memory/ Thanks, ...
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eighth_conn_inf
Oct 20, 2012 2:49 pm
Ian Is Wed. Nov. 14 good for everyone for our biking trip starting at Shepherdstown? Larry...
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Harry
hjs212002
Oct 18, 2012 1:55 pm
Go here: http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/interview-d-scott-hartwig-to-antietam-creek/ Harry [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Harry
hjs212002
Oct 15, 2012 6:20 pm
You can read all about it in Maurice D’Aust’s recent CWT article. From: Harry Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 2:19 PM To: TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com ...
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Harry
hjs212002
Oct 15, 2012 6:20 pm
What time did the Federal army get possession of Catoctin? From: G E Mayers Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 2:06 PM To: TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
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G E Mayers
nj1999rebel
Oct 15, 2012 6:06 pm
Ok. Fess up... what is in the telegram that proves it could not have been written at 12 noon? ... From: TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com...
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Harry
hjs212002
Oct 15, 2012 6:02 pm
Oh, I’m sure someone said that. Of course, there is one thing in that telegram that indicates it could not have been written at 12 noon on the 13th, unless...
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G E Mayers
nj1999rebel
Oct 15, 2012 5:58 pm
Harry, We had some discussion of the 12M. time a few years back on here. Someone claimed to have seen the original letter Mac wrote to be sent via telegraph...
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Harry
hjs212002
Oct 15, 2012 5:40 pm
Hi, I received my copy on Friday, and right now am a little overwhelmed. I’m not sure if any campaign of the Civil War has received this kind of treatment....
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Bob Huddleston
huddlestonus
Oct 9, 2012 2:56 am
There were, I suspect, a number. One I can think of include Henry Scott, author of the 1860 Military Dictionary and son-in-law of Winfield (Cullum 747). Henry...
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Jim Rosebrock
pointsalines
Oct 9, 2012 12:09 am
Gerry, When I discovered him in Cullem's Register, I found he lived less than 15 miles from Sharpsburg yet there was no apparent action on his part. I hope...
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G E Mayers
nj1999rebel
Oct 8, 2012 10:49 pm
Jim; An interesting story. Odd that someone of such strong Southern sensibilities would resign but would not then join the ranks of the Confederate service! I...
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Jim Rosebrock
pointsalines
Oct 8, 2012 8:25 pm
Henry B. Schroeder from Petersville Maryland in Frederick County was a graduate of the West Point Class of 1844. He ranked 22 of 25 in the West Point class...
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Jim Rosebrock
pointsalines
Oct 6, 2012 9:20 pm
Thanks Larry. Jim ________________________________ From: Larry Freiheit <eighth_conn_inf@...> To: "TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com"...
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Larry Freiheit
eighth_conn_inf
Oct 6, 2012 1:06 pm
"Confederate Colonels" Allardice: "Robert Franklin Beckham...ADC on Gen. G.W. Smith's staff, 1861-1862. Elected capt., Jeff Davis Art., March 31, 1862, but did...
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Jim Rosebrock
pointsalines
Oct 6, 2012 10:37 am
Does anyone know if Robert Francis Beckham USMA 1859 was at Antietam? He replaced John Pelham as the commander of Stuart's Horse Artillery upon Pelham's...
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Larry Freiheit
eighth_conn_inf
Oct 2, 2012 11:37 pm
Ian How about Nov. 14? Larry ________________________________ From: Ian Workman <cwdigger@...> To: TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday,...
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Larry Freiheit
eighth_conn_inf
Sep 30, 2012 9:04 pm
Thanks Ian I'll be in touch likely early November. Larry ________________________________ From: Ian Workman <cwdigger@...> To:...
