... Johnston ... understanding is Actually, I think this movement was a bit of dress rehearsal for Btagg's later, larger movement, in the opposite direction,...
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gnrljejohnston
Dec 2, 2006 10:57 pm
... This is the tricky part, ... Another possibility was to travel by boat from Mobile up pass Quitman, MS to Meridian, MS which was a RR terminal as well....
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Bill Bruner
endeavorgot
Dec 3, 2006 1:29 am
... needed ... Ohio ... Quitman, ... the ... used ... Hospital ... On closer examination of maps availabe it seems clear that the route would be from Pensacola...
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gnrljejohnston
Dec 3, 2006 3:16 am
... That's the problem of getting old Bill. You have those Senior Moments. :-) As many times I have been around and on that river, you would think that I at...
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Bill Bruner
endeavorgot
Dec 3, 2006 4:54 am
... you ... That ... Atlanta ... The more you know the more there is to forget. "The price of knowledge is eternal review" Bill Bruner...
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Bill Bruner
endeavorgot
Dec 3, 2006 11:22 pm
... outflank ... takes a grave risk of ... of ... suddenly, JEJ has ... divide ... way. The ... way did he ... able and did use ... force in front ... was...
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Tom Mix
tmix@...
Dec 4, 2006 1:30 am
Excellent piece, General, and I agree. Tom ... From: civilwarwest@yahoogroups.com [mailto:civilwarwest@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Bruner Sent: Sunday,...
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lalareau1
Dec 4, 2006 1:04 pm
i am looking for information on the envolment of the 10th ind inf {if any} in this battle...
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Bill Bruner
endeavorgot
Dec 5, 2006 2:30 am
This may be a good time to summarize this thread if you will indulge me. The List so far 1. Jefferson Daavis' trip to Mississippi before the fall of Vicksburg...
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gnrljejohnston
Dec 5, 2006 4:32 am
... indulge ... Bill, I would like to add one thing more to your list. This if from something I have been working on for some time. : As commanding general,...
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gnrljejohnston
Dec 5, 2006 5:04 am
... I hate to disappoint you, but the 10th Volunteer Indiana Infantry Regiment did not participate in the Battle of Stones River. Source:Dyer's Compendium JEJ...
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William H Keene
wh_keene
Dec 5, 2006 7:11 pm
... The R&R was only used from Memphis to about Iuka. The rest was by foot....
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tristan4th
Dec 5, 2006 11:26 pm
Greetings All... In one of my other groups, we've come upon the topic of faethered plumes worn by few Generals, Partisans, ect... We're stuck at what or which...
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Bill Bruner
endeavorgot
Dec 5, 2006 11:29 pm
... foot. Very interesting, I feel sort of like an arm chair General, looking at the map and saying go from here to there not knowing what what lies in ...
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gnrljejohnston
Dec 6, 2006 12:47 am
... the Mississipi to Memphis and to Chat via the M&C rr The R&R was only used from Memphis to about Iuka. The rest was by foot. ... at the map and saying go...
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gnrljejohnston
Dec 6, 2006 2:25 am
... Doggone it Bill....you got me off my lazy rear and started looking up things. Had a whole mess on my lap here when I found my old map of Union railroads...
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Tom Mix
tmix@...
Dec 6, 2006 4:02 am
As I've been following this Railroads thread I kept thinking of a place called Avon, Indiana. Avon is about 20-25 miles west/SW of Indianapolis and is...
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keeno2@...
Dec 6, 2006 5:47 am
In a message dated 12/5/2006 5:28:35 PM Central Standard Time, tristan4th@... writes: I personally am stuck on either the black Spanish Minacora Chickens...
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Steve Saultz
tristan4th
Dec 6, 2006 6:25 am
Hi Ken.... Well... I got on google & yahoo, and so far just about every dad-gumm site I looked at said Ostrich, which blew my whole Minacora theory out....
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Bill Bruner
endeavorgot
Dec 6, 2006 6:47 am
Who was it that captured JEB Stuarts hat? I think it may have been Wesly Merritt or one of Buford' boys. Now there is one feather that even I may be tempted...
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Bill Bruner
endeavorgot
Dec 6, 2006 6:59 am
Thank you, General. A closer examination or the map on the link provided by Mr. Keene bears out your description. However the date given on this map for the...
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keeno2@...
Dec 6, 2006 7:52 am
In a message dated 12/6/2006 12:29:18 AM Central Standard Time, tristan4th@... writes: Please let me know if you come across anything... Yeah. Like I'm...
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DPowell334@...
Dec 6, 2006 12:00 pm
I have come across several secondary works that mention that Buckner and Longstreet were old friends. However, I can find nothing in either man's bio that...
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DORR64OVI@...
dorr64ovi
Dec 6, 2006 1:42 pm
From the Regulations for the Uniform of the Army of the United States 1861: Trimmings (for the dress hat): #34 For General Officers - Gold cord with...
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Walt
scentofhorse
Dec 6, 2006 4:11 pm
Well... like all good happenings - Great rail road journeys must too come to an end. I've been rockin' with this one all the way down the cyber track. Happy...
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William H Keene
wh_keene
Dec 6, 2006 4:17 pm
Bill, You can find an overview of this movement in Sherman's memoirs. The main impediement was that the much of railroad east of Corinth was not in working...
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Steve Saultz
tristan4th
Dec 6, 2006 6:53 pm
Thankyou Kent....... Capt. DORR64OVI@... wrote: From the Regulations for the Uniform of the Army of the United States 1861: Trimmings (for the dress hat): ...
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gnrljejohnston
Dec 6, 2006 8:48 pm
... I believe that is the date that Sherman left by boat up the Mississippi to Memphis. At least it was about that time. JEJ...
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Carl Williams
carlw4514
Dec 8, 2006 1:41 am
Control seemed to follow control by the military. I believe it is the case that the Railroads tended to be run by pro-Union men where the military situation...
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gnrljejohnston
Dec 8, 2006 1:34 pm
... situation became clear,... Railroads surely were going to have to toe the line of the military that was in power. In the case of the AOT, permission had to...
