Dear Folks Hugh Martyr wrote the following: "> Thanks for the information, I am now working through a lot of gathered ... to ... As Richard McMurry explained...
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Daniel Giallombardo
ParrotheadDan@...
Aug 5, 2000 10:07 pm
... individual ... without which a ... States, each ... I can see ... position ... all playing ... problems??? ... already, while ... fact that ... the dark ...
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Dick Weeks
shotgun@...
Aug 5, 2000 11:31 pm
Good Evening Western Theater Folks, I can't thank you enough for picking up the discussion. I have to be honest and confess that I was thinking very seriously...
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tsalagibra@...
Aug 6, 2000 4:29 am
Regarding the recent posts about ole Sam Hood, I am reminded of something that I read quite a while ago. Apparently there were heated discussions amongst...
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Henry*"Mandala&q...
HenryMandala@...
Aug 6, 2000 5:50 pm
that ... would there have been a America to turn the tide of War in World War 1 and World War two? That is, a divided America is so many parts, would this have...
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philip@...
Aug 6, 2000 6:23 pm
A short while back, someone posted a query seeking information regarding the transportation of 20,000 stands of arms by Bragg in his hopes of arming the...
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grabrulee@...
Aug 6, 2000 8:08 pm
HTML>Ralph, Thank you for your kind remarks re. my latest missive. Thinking more about the Eastern Theatre/Western Front (14-18) analogy, the reasons for the ...
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Graham Lee
grabrulee@...
Aug 6, 2000 8:33 pm
... apart just ... uniting of ... in turn fell apart, ... War 1 and World War two? ... changed World History? ... Henry, The point you make is very pertinent....
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M. E. Heatherington
meheatherington@...
Aug 6, 2000 10:25 pm
Dear Group: A "nested" question for you: When, and for what reasons, and driven or guided by whom, would you say that the use of cavalry in the West began to...
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Gerald Hodge
rebel1863@...
Aug 6, 2000 11:40 pm
Dear Ms. Heatherington, Do you truly know what the missions of a cavalry force are to a commander (from the Civil War: Corps to Army)? The cavalry was and is...
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John
jfh@...
Aug 7, 2000 12:49 am
Please forgive me for asking what is probably a silly question but can anyone tell me the size of the physical area (in yards) a regiment would cover when...
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grabrulee@...
Aug 7, 2000 3:37 am
Dear John, An infantryman requires approx. one yard of space in which to operate, thus 482 effectives would require 482 yards in which to work, say 500 for a ...
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Terry M. Cabak
companycmd@...
Aug 7, 2000 3:47 am
In "Fix Bayonets!," my rules for wargaming the American Civil War (http://members.xoom.com/companycmd) one stand of infantry measures 1" square. One inch...
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J Clink
ncanfield@...
Aug 7, 2000 5:38 am
On another list, read a long discussion about the causes of the CW. Not strictly Western Theatre, but a lot of what you mention here -- the "moneyed" class ...
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philip@...
Aug 7, 2000 3:11 pm
Mr. Weeks, I live in Louisa (Louisa Courthouse to you folks),Virginia. I feel sometimes like I'm living in the middle of an enormous graveyard. I am...
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Dick Weeks
shotgun@...
Aug 7, 2000 5:05 pm
Hi Phillip, Thanks for the nice words about the group. Sounds like you are not that far from me ( I live in Herndon, Va). Thus my interest in the Eastern ...
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Stewart L Bennett
nidmy@...
Aug 7, 2000 6:46 pm
Hey Shotgun, One of the best places to look up the information on the whole situation with Fort's Henry and Donaldson would be Benjamin Franklin Cooling's work...
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grabrulee@...
Aug 7, 2000 7:45 pm
Jeanette, As with everything else, how an incident is seen depends entirely on who is doing the looking. Back in the UK I have many friends serving in or ...
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Wayne Oaks
oaksw@...
Aug 7, 2000 9:33 pm
Shotgun, I do not have my research library at my home away from home, but I will try to shed a little light on the subject. A little information about the...
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tsalagibra@...
Aug 7, 2000 10:09 pm
Dear Ms. Heatherington, Captain Dodge provided a textbook answer to your question, however, the tone of his note is indicative of the decline within our...
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tsalagibra@...
Aug 7, 2000 10:32 pm
Folks, (Note: What follows may be viewed by some readers as partisan, hometown pride. To which the author pleads "Guilty As Charged". But, it is also ...
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D. Andrew Burden, Ph.D.
daburden@...
Aug 7, 2000 11:11 pm
Another interesting example of the evolution of "cavalry" is that of Wilder's Lightning Brigade, which truly was mounted infantry (i.e. they sort of arrived at...
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tsalagibra@...
Aug 8, 2000 2:06 am
Andy, I agree with you completely on the aspect of the use of the Spencer rifle. In fact, it reminds me of a saying my grandfather always had: "If we'd had...
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Don Myers
forlife@...
Aug 8, 2000 3:14 am
Dick, (Group); I am far from an expert on the subject, but have been studying these conflicts ever since discovering that they even occurred. Last year I made...
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carpmaster
carpmaster@...
Aug 9, 2000 12:54 am
... I can agree with you Steve about Mobile. And I am a former resident of the area. When we lived in Fairhope, we virtually lived on the bay, especially...
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Clyde Thompson
cl3454@...
Aug 9, 2000 12:41 pm
Zeke: I re-enact, With the 19th Ohio Light artillery, and also the 78th PVI. Just enough equipment to go around you can never get too much. How do we die,...
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Clyde Thompson
cl3454@...
Aug 9, 2000 1:05 pm
Chris: Just catching up on back mail.When the name Peach Tree Creek caught my eye.My great grand- father was with the 33rd Ohio. They were there July 19-20....
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tsalagibra@...
Aug 9, 2000 5:42 pm
Chuck, Too bad about your having to be stranded within Illinois. I have read in several places that Mobile, and not Meridian, was Mister Sherman's true goal....
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philip@...
Aug 9, 2000 11:49 pm
It has been a couple of years since I read about the taking of New Orleans, but I remember the author being very critical of its defense. Forts Henry and...
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jason baum
zeke_the_sk8er@...
Aug 10, 2000 4:06 am
thanks for the help, i appreciate you answering my questions. i am from upper southeast ohio but i cant find a regiment close enough. do u know of one? i have...
