Has anyone read the following books and if so what did you think of them? thanks ray Richard Beringer, et al. The Elements of Confederate Defeat:...
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Ray Ortensie
photoray@...
Apr 26, 2001 3:18 pm
Hey all! I've created a newsgroup that will discuss all aspects of the Civil War and the 19th century America. This site was set up as a group to facilitate...
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Ray Ortensie
photoray@...
Apr 26, 2001 3:23 pm
1. How do I get to the HDG? 2. Got an email through another civil war discussion about a new html newsgroup at...
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Brian Downey
brdowney@...
Apr 26, 2001 9:23 pm
Greetings Group, I've begun to transcribe the Trib. I find it'll take a while at my miserable typing speed, so I'll post parts as I complete them. The Tribune...
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Brian Downey
brdowney@...
Apr 26, 2001 9:53 pm
The New York Daily Tribune. Vol. XXII .....No. 6,694. NEW-YORK, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1862. PRICE TWO CENTS. [Front Page, Second Column] [from Col 1: ......
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Brian Downey
brdowney@...
Apr 26, 2001 10:13 pm
... This sounds interesting, but, as I missed Dr Harsh, I don't know the reference. Does this have to do with whether McClellan could see the Confed positions...
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Mark A. Pflum
ringgold_redleg@...
Apr 27, 2001 1:19 am
... The answer to this is actually quite simple! The Confederates did not have any guns heavy enough to have range of the Pry House area. Especially in their...
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TR Livesey
westwood@...
Apr 27, 2001 1:46 am
Yes, exactly. Dr Hash was questioning the value of Nicodemus Heights. The issue was that had Hooker or whoever tried to take the hill, they would have been...
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TR Livesey
westwood@...
Apr 27, 2001 1:47 am
Sorry. You need to be a member of the 'clique' to post here. ;) Regards, TR Livesey westwood@......
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TR Livesey
westwood@...
Apr 27, 2001 2:03 am
By my reckoning, it is about 3,930 meters across the line shown, and the change in elevation is about 5 feet (Nic H: 505 ft, Pry back yard: 510 ft). Regards, ...
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Tom Clemens
clemens@...
Apr 27, 2001 3:51 am
Right Mark, most of the rebel 20 pdrs. were still in Harpers Ferry. There was a duel with guns across the creek on the 16th, but the distance to the Pry House...
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Ray Ortensie
photoray@...
Apr 27, 2001 12:44 pm
The 'clique'? Damn, I've always wanted to be part of a clique was never 'kewl' enough to get in. Well, if anyone is still a member of the 'roge' Antietam...
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Brian Downey
brdowney@...
Apr 27, 2001 1:45 pm
A great discussion about range from Nicodemus to the Pry House, but I apologise for asking the way I did ... must confess it really wasn't serious inquiry. I...
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Brian Downey
brdowney@...
Apr 27, 2001 5:31 pm
The New York Daily Tribune. Vol. XXII .....No. 6,694. NEW-YORK, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1862. PRICE TWO CENTS. [Front Page, Third Column] [from Col 2: ... the...
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allnoles@...
Apr 27, 2001 6:49 pm
Thought everyone would like to know I spoke with Teej earlier. Her foot surgery was successful and, though in some pain and discomfort now, she's doing all...
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Brian Downey
brdowney@...
Apr 27, 2001 7:26 pm
The New York Daily Tribune. Vol. XXII .....No. 6,694. NEW-YORK, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1862. PRICE TWO CENTS. [Front Page, Fourth Column] [from Col 3: ......
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Mark A. Pflum
ringgold_redleg@...
Apr 28, 2001 2:36 am
... I ... wasn't ... Sir, NEVER trifle with artillery questions when you have guys like Tom and myself present! It's not an interest with some people, it's an...
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Mark A. Pflum
ringgold_redleg@...
Apr 29, 2001 4:27 am
Howdy Folks! I just got back from helping out at the Fox's Gap area of the South Mountain Battlefield State Park. We removed over 100 yards of non-historic...
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Teej Smith
teej@...
Apr 29, 2001 6:05 pm
Brian Downey wrote: <Snip> ... Brian, I've done quite a lot of work with the Richmond papers of that period. And you're right about how the accounts differed....
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TR Livesey
westwood@...
Apr 30, 2001 3:37 am
Tom (or anyone else who might know), I am trying to find the location of the property that SHAF acquired that is thought to be the observation hill used as a...
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scotty90900@...
Apr 30, 2001 4:29 am
From your main page: This is not meant as a 'gossip' board or chat room, and is not the place for very much off-topic discussion. Please use private email, a...
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Tom Clemens
clemens@...
Apr 30, 2001 4:46 am
I am deliberately replying "off-line"; because access to the site is limited by an easement and I don't want to annoy the grantee by having people wander up...
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Ray Ortensie
photoray@...
Apr 30, 2001 12:21 pm
Are you talking about the Nazi as the person able to defend himself? Yes he able to defend and he is being very immature. He blasted me for no reason but yet...
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Brian Downey
brdowney@...
Apr 30, 2001 12:42 pm
... Folks, please give this subject a rest. Byegones. Off-topic, etc. Thanks, Brian...
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Ray Ortensie
photoray@...
Apr 30, 2001 12:44 pm
Okay. I will follow the "spirit of the letter." Ray ... From: "Brian Downey" <brdowney@...> To: <TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday,...
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NJ Rebel
gerry1952@...
Apr 30, 2001 11:40 pm
Group-- I am glad to be here! Tom Shay tells me this is where many former ADG members are migrating.......... I look forward to productive and...
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Ray Ortensie
photoray@...
May 1, 2001 3:44 pm
thanks to the moles whom I thought I was confiding in. I was venting and it got to the wrong person. Just a warning to those others before they begin to...
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allnoles@...
May 1, 2001 9:43 pm
In a message dated Tue, 1 May 2001 12:31:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Ray Ortensie" <photoray@...> writes: << thanks to the moles whom I thought I was...
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Brian Downey
brdowney@...
May 2, 2001 1:03 am
... It's a done deal. For Jim and others: don't worry, this subj is dead. While I'm posting, may I impose on the collective brain for help with a question I...
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Tom Clemens
clemens@...
May 2, 2001 3:31 am
Brian, Yes, the 2nd Maryland Union played a prominent part in the assault on Burnside Bridge. They were part of Nagle's brigade and charged up the ...
