Dear Tom, Thanks! Hope your eyes are doing much better............ I remain, Your Humble and Obdt. Servant, G. E. "Gerry" Mayers Corporal, Confederate Signal...
1630
NJ Rebel
gerry1952@...
Sep 18, 2004 10:55 pm
Dear Tom, Can you send me the electronic images that you posted on the webpage, particularly the ones showing the advance to the Lane and the Rebel positions?...
1631
Tim Reese
tjrhys62
Sep 19, 2004 12:59 am
Q: "When did Burnside finally revert back to command of IX Corps and not Right Wing?" According to F.H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, vol. 1,...
1632
T.R. Livesey
westwood_ent...
Sep 19, 2004 1:56 am
Tom, Great picts! I love the background! This city boy, unfortunately, don't know much about farm buildings... TR Livesey tlivesey@......
1633
richard@...
richcro1862
Sep 19, 2004 8:10 pm
Great pix Tom! How many times did I curse at not being able to follow General Meagher's route and try to get an idea of what they saw..... Richard ... From:...
1634
128thpa@...
pa128th
Sep 19, 2004 8:18 pm
Everyone should stop by and see the rededicated 90th Pa monument on Cornfield Ave on their next visit. Despite the bad weather we had a very nice, albeit...
1635
rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Sep 20, 2004 12:16 am
I was coaxed to make yet another trip to Antietam. As today was Schuylkill County Day at Antietam, I gave in to pressure of locals and made it to the park for...
1636
NJ Rebel
gerry1952@...
Sep 20, 2004 1:10 am
Dear Tom, Correct me please if I am mistaken, but IIRC, is not the new monument located in the actual spot the original one was located? I remain, Your Humble...
1637
rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Sep 20, 2004 1:28 am
In a message dated 9/19/04 9:12:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gerry1952@... writes: Correct me please if I am mistaken, but IIRC, is not the new monument...
1638
128thpa@...
pa128th
Sep 20, 2004 2:01 am
Thanks for posting those Tom! My photos are still in the camera. It looks nice in the sunlight. I only got to see it either in the rain(Friday) or in the...
1639
128thpa@...
pa128th
Sep 20, 2004 3:29 am
They used the original holes in the rocks also. There is a close up photo of the original monument ( on which the new one was based) in Jim Durkin's...
1640
Jeff Beckner (PWC Mag...
jbeckner@...
Sep 20, 2004 1:56 pm
It's seen worse.... ... From: Tim Reese [mailto:tjreesecg@...] Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 5:45 PM To: TalkAntietam Subject: [TalkAntietam]...
1641
Tim Reese
tjrhys62
Sep 20, 2004 3:01 pm
Crampton's Gap hasn't. I near neighbor on the other side of the gap lost everything. Nearby Eli Crampton property is a mess....
1642
rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Sep 22, 2004 12:28 am
In my opinion, one of the most under-appreciated pieces of terrain at Antietam is The Rock Ledge. It runs along the west side of (and parallel to) the ...
1643
Tim Reese
tjrhys62
Sep 22, 2004 12:40 am
Tom, The Rock Ledge is conspicuous in the Antietam documentary film shown at the visitors center. As your photos show, this battlefield feature remains...
1644
richard@...
richcro1862
Oct 19, 2004 2:00 pm
Hey guys -- you've been awfully quiet lately! I got some personal news to relate. First (what a rush) I was asked to make a speech at the Carter Center on the...
1645
Tim Reese
tjrhys62
Oct 19, 2004 2:48 pm
Hi Richard, Methinks someone is walking on cloud 9. And so you might. Speaking strictly as someone who "doesn't do fiction," I applaud your effort and...
1646
richard@...
richcro1862
Oct 19, 2004 5:40 pm
Yeah -- I'm buzzin' a bit. The Carter Center thing was unbelievable. I'll be posting a photo on the site pretty soon. But the highlight was that two of my...
1647
richard@...
richcro1862
Dec 2, 2004 2:25 pm
BlankHey all you long-silent Antietam buffs...... A bookstore here in Atlanta is offering signed copies of "To Make Men Free" to be shipped in time for...
1648
Brian Morris
mrbeankc
Dec 2, 2004 6:45 pm
If the sender of an e-mail is not signed up to the group then any e-mail they send to the list's address will simply bounce. Brian ... Free" to be shipped in...
1649
richard@...
richcro1862
Dec 2, 2004 8:33 pm
Right you are sir! I'll just send one myself if that's all right with you -- after I get all the poop. I just noticed your Iron Brigade nomer. When I make...
1650
richard@...
richcro1862
Dec 6, 2004 2:32 am
Pardon by brazen self promotion here, but if I think this is a pretty neat promotion..... Richard ... From: Chapter 11 Bookstore To:...
1651
richard@...
richcro1862
Dec 6, 2004 2:53 am
Whoops -- that didn't work. I'll figure it out and try again later....... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
1652
rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Dec 8, 2004 5:14 pm
From today's Hagerstown Herald-Mail.... BATTLEFIELD ROADS MIGHT BE REPAVED Antietam National Battlefield's tour roads could be repaved for the first time in 30...
1653
david lutton
dplutton
Dec 9, 2004 2:15 am
Tom, Thanks for the post, Tom. I have two questions for the group. 1. Whatever happened to the plan to return some of the roads (I'm thinking here of the...
1654
richard@...
richcro1862
Dec 9, 2004 2:24 pm
I THINK that the meeting site is privately owned, but not histile to visitors. But jeeze, my memory is from so long ago that much may have changed. They once...
1655
darinb20855
Dec 13, 2004 6:56 am
This is a little surprising to read. I made many visits nearly all parts of the park in April-July 2004 making photographs for a book/art project. I was there...
1656
rotbaron@...
tom_shay
Dec 16, 2004 1:35 am
FYI....the latest Blue & Gray Magazine's feature article is "The Iron Brigade in the Maryland Campaign" by Alan Nolan and Marc Storch. Tom Shay [Non-text...
1657
Brian Morris
mrbeankc
Dec 20, 2004 12:32 am
This Tuesday afternoon the History Channel is running two episodes of Battlefield Detectives. One is Gettysburg and the other is Antietam. Ok, their...
1658
Brian Morris
mrbeankc
Dec 20, 2004 4:49 am
Oops! I misread that on my onscreen program guide. The shows are on Monday night twice, not Tuesday. I misread the showings at 11 pm and midnight CT Monday as...
