BLBS members: I have pasted below a portion of my SCV after action report and I thought this part may interest you. It is possible one of you may have a...
This was a very wonderful event -- it had been pouring rain right before the parade began, but the rain cleared and a beautiful blue sky appeared for the...
I was told to do this: On Saturday, May 7, 2005 I will be getting married > The lucky lady is Julia Carter, if you were at the Gettysburg Reunion in 2004 she...
Congratulations Clarence and Julia. With the last name Carter, she has to come from good stock.... Jerry Carter ... __________________________________ Do you...
... important part of any marriage -- the best to you. I have not posted before as I joined and then found myself almost daily at the legislature as they voted...
How wonderful (I was wondering if this would ever happen....). Best of wishes from "The Other Julia." Julia Cade ggd B.V. Holcomb 28th NCT, Co. I, "Yadkin...
Congrats, Clarence and Julia! Clarence Hollowell <antietam33@...> wrote:I was told to do this: On Saturday, May 7, 2005 I will be getting married > The...
I was in Petersburg first, on April 2 for the 5:30 a.m. candle-light tour of the Breakthrough at Pamplin Park (the 140th anniversary of my great-grandfather's...
Congratulations, Clarence. I admire your standards. Clay Kearney 37th, Company A ... From: Clarence Hollowell [mailto:antietam33@...] Sent: Wednesday,...
Clarence, Congrats to you and Julia. Of course we remember her from Gettysburg and I for one thought you were already married! It thus must be very natural! Is...
the union cav captured some soldiers and took them to the German Reform Theological Seminary in Mercersburg. The reason was that most of those men were severly...
Louis: Welcome to the group. Keith Alexander is coming out with a book on the 33rd . Hopefully it will be out within the year. Also, this years reunion will be...
After the Battle of Antietam where did the brigade settle down at ? I know it was one night. I'm thinking it could have been in the area where the road they...
Clarence: I thought they were stationed along the stone wall overlooking the ravine. Today, this would be along Branch Ave. Regards, Michael ... From:...
Has anyone in the group been to Cedar Mountain ? I saw a few years back where Bob Krick and some folks were trying to preserve some of the field and place some...
Greetings to everyone! Has anyone run across a lapel pin for the NC flag circa 1861? I would like to have one for May 20 to wear but as I am not in NC I don't...
I heard a Gettysburg presentation that mentioned how the confederates carried an average of 22 pounds of gear, plus an 8-10 pound musket. Then I heard Jack...
Yea, Check this webpage out. I know what he shows up at events and has pins, hats, shirts, you name it. www.nshaberdashery.com Sgt Major Bill Hartley 57th...
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I know when I am reenacting, I carry appox 35 lbs or so, and I have always heard it was close to 50 LBS. Not counting the 10 lbs of the enfield. Sgt Major Bill...
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Clay: Probably somewhere in the middle of those two figures. Also depends on the period of the war. Soldiers in the early days of the conflict carried more - ...
Greetings folks! I thought I would post a reading guide for our Reunion in September. If you can read only one book about the battle before the Reunion, read ...
In a message dated 4/21/2005 2:10:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, branch-lanebrigade@yahoogroups.com writes: Has anyone in the group been to Cedar Mountain ? I...
They may have carried that weight in the beginning of the war. But the veterans learned quickly what they needed and what was important. Clarence Hollowell...
So probably both comments were correct. I would have loved to hike that 26 miles at Gettysburg with about 40 ounds on my back. It was the Battle of Shilo...
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