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Tom Gilbert
tomgil47
Dec 1, 2002 1:44 pm
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Tom Gilbert
tomgil47
Dec 1, 2002 1:46 pm
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Tom Gilbert
tomgil47
Dec 1, 2002 1:53 pm
Sorry, everyone, for some reason my message keeps going out with no text .. this is my last try .. I am trying to sent a brief comment on the Colorado monument...
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Jack Hultquist
lonejack1862
Dec 1, 2002 3:32 pm
[The following letter is Preacher Louisa Talbert Myer's February 1864 letter to her brother Harrison. The letter had no punctuation marks. Some punctuation...
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genesispg
Dec 1, 2002 4:38 pm
Dave: I believe you are mistaken. I was referring to Stewart's orders on the first day of the battle when it was a meeting engagement, not on the 2nd day of...
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Henry Sibley
henry_sibley
Dec 2, 2002 1:55 pm
... It has been my experience in researching Louisiana Confederates that literally hundreds who served do not have compiled military service records at the...
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jeffrmarks@...
cincysingle
Dec 2, 2002 1:59 pm
I'm running another contest at my website. If you sign up for the newsletter which can be done at (www.jeffreymarks.com), you're automatically registered to...
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Aurelie1999@...
laurarose1886
Dec 2, 2002 3:55 pm
In a message dated 12/2/2002 8:01:15 AM Central Standard Time, ... I am interested in knowing what parts are fiction? Can you provide a specific and counter...
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Bill Brown
william.h.brown@...
Dec 2, 2002 9:50 pm
... Yes, there is a treasure cove of missing muster rolls in various State Archives and State Historical Societies. In the case of the North Carolina State...
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Dave Smith
dmsmith001
Dec 3, 2002 12:08 am
Oops, my bad, then. As a first day discussion, I have no problem with the "meeting engagement" description. I've described that first day as a division-sized...
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Dick Weeks
shotgun20170
Dec 3, 2002 12:35 am
Dave, you or someone else, might want to explain to some of our newer members what an "en echelon" attack really is. I know, but not being a reenactor or even...
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Jfepperson@...
jfe13
Dec 3, 2002 3:09 am
In a message dated 12/2/2002 7:36:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Oh, God, Shotgun, you don't know what you have asked for! (Just kidding; Dave is a great...
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hank9174
Dec 3, 2002 2:27 pm
... first ... But didn't the attack succeed? Rosecrans confusedly shifted Wood's division to the left and left a hole that Longstreet exploited. En echelon...
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DORR64OVI@...
Dec 3, 2002 2:48 pm
In a message dated 12/3/02 9:29:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... I have always felt that given the disposition of Longstreets asssault columns, Woods gap...
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SDE80@...
Dec 3, 2002 3:05 pm
In a message dated 12/3/2002 9:50:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... I'd largely agree with this, although the front echelon of Longstreet's column would have...
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LWhite64@...
Dec 3, 2002 4:19 pm
I don't know about actually Saveing Thomas by this move, I think the Right Wing would have folded, but I think it might have been a lot slower and a little...
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Dave Smith
dmsmith001
Dec 3, 2002 4:34 pm
I tried this once before, and it seems to have gone into never never land. An echelon attack is evidently the current attack favored by the Michigan Wolverines...
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Dave Smith
dmsmith001
Dec 3, 2002 4:37 pm
*Bragg* didn't find anything at Chickamauga, hole or otherwise. Longstreet found it and exploited it, contrary to Bragg's orders. As a matter of fact, Bragg...
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Dave Smith
dmsmith001
Dec 3, 2002 4:39 pm
At the risk of rampant "me-tooism," I agree with Sam and Kent. Dave ... asssault ... there or ... withstand ... and they had ... helps ... up. If ... the...
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hank9174
Dec 3, 2002 5:12 pm
... As ... So Longstreet's attack was separate from the initial effort and after it had *peter*ed out? One of the 'features' of an en echelon attack is it's ...
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Jfepperson@...
jfe13
Dec 3, 2002 6:12 pm
... [details snipped] One aspect of an echelon attack is that it is supposed to "create" an opening by enticing the defender to shift troops to deal with the...
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Dave Smith
dmsmith001
Dec 3, 2002 10:24 pm
... Nice play on words. :-) It's not so much that it was separte, but that it wasn't certainly "en echelon." Some had to do with more correctly understanding...
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thecoys@...
thecoys2
Dec 3, 2002 11:09 pm
How long would it take for a message to get from Chattanooga to the White House using the telegraph? Kevin S. Coy...
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hank9174
Dec 3, 2002 11:10 pm
... The disposition of old Peter's troops certainly indicate he was neither contemplating nor prepared for an attack en echelon. His wing was 2 divisions deep,...
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Dave Smith
dmsmith001
Dec 4, 2002 12:37 am
... snips ... My simple question is, given the fact that Longstreet arrived on the field sometime around midnight, met with Bragg (actually woke him up),...
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LWhite64@...
Dec 4, 2002 12:44 am
Well just to bring it up, but there is also a school of thought that believe that the stacking up of Brigades in Longstreet's Wing was an accident more than...
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SDE80@...
Dec 4, 2002 12:50 am
In a message dated 12/3/02 7:45:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, LWhite64@... ... Lee, who thinks that, and is the evidence of the circumstantial nature you ...
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LWhite64@...
Dec 4, 2002 2:56 am
Sam, Its an idea that I have heard from several military staff groups that have come through the park before and I believe that Dr. Glenn Roberston has some...
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Dave Smith
dmsmith001
Dec 4, 2002 11:27 am
Heck, Lee, given that he'd been in the area of his command for what? several hours? how much "planning"; could he have done? That he was able to organize an...
