From today's Hagerstown Herald-Mail: ANTIETAM NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD HAS NEW ATTRACTION A barn that served as a field hospital for 400 wounded Civil War soldiers...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
May 5, 2008 5:21 pm
Was it just me, or within about 75 pages did Armstrong go from defining the role of a reserve to arguing for the commitment of 5th Corps in conjunction with...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
May 5, 2008 7:21 pm
Harry, You ask such bedeviling questions during exam week. Give me some time to read it! Dr. Thomas G. Clemens Professor of History Hagerstown Community...
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DPowell334@...
dpowell334
May 5, 2008 7:24 pm
Agreed. What pages doth this change happen between? Dave Powell In a message dated 5/5/2008 1:21:30 P.M. Central Standard Time, clemenst@......
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
May 5, 2008 7:43 pm
Jeez, this place has gone to pot. They'll let anybody in here. The role of a reserve is defined by Mahan, via Armstrong, on page 207. On page 268, he...
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RoteBaron@...
May 8, 2008 12:13 pm
From today's Hagerstown Herald-Mail: Historic Boonsboro hotel building on track to be rebuilt by Christmas With the masonry almost finished and the framing...
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William H Keene
wh_keene
May 8, 2008 3:59 pm
... 207. On ... was ... the ... right and ... Seems to me that he is simply referring to McClellan's stated plan -- attack the enemy's left and "as soon as...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
May 8, 2008 4:04 pm
But isn't this all from Mac trying to CHA afterwards? IIRC he really only told Joe Hooker specifically where to attack on September 17...he did not tell Sumner...
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William H Keene
wh_keene
May 8, 2008 7:38 pm
... Maybe, maybe not. All I was trying to say was what I thought Armstrong was referring to in his book....
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Mary A. Stevanus
antietam111
May 8, 2008 7:42 pm
Good Afternoon, I am seeking advice or assistance from this esteemed group. I live in Sharpsburg and am the Library Director at the Maryland Correctional...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
May 9, 2008 1:01 am
I guess I read it differently. With 6th Corps already on the field, what Armstrong is saying is that Sumner expected McClellan to commit the reserve (5th...
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Thomas Clemens
eacarman1862
May 9, 2008 2:00 am
Mary, When I was first hired at HCC as a faculty memeber I taught at MCI-H for a while. Also MCTC & Roxbury. Some of the best students I ever knew. During...
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DPowell334@...
dpowell334
May 9, 2008 10:52 am
I find this confusing. Mahan definitely taught that a reserve was 'disposable' for offense. Even the language quoted by Armstrong makes that pretty clear. ...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
May 9, 2008 12:49 pm
Was this "expectation" before or after the disaster in the West Woods? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption,...
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DPowell334@...
dpowell334
May 9, 2008 1:00 pm
After. Dave In a message dated 5/9/2008 7:49:39 A.M. Central Daylight Time, gerry1952@... writes: Was this "expectation" before or after the disaster...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
May 9, 2008 1:50 pm
Given the overall strategic situation of the AotP at that point (after the West Woods), and what could be reasonably assumed about the capabilities of the AoNV...
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DPowell334@...
dpowell334
May 9, 2008 3:51 pm
In a message dated 5/9/2008 7:51:21 A.M. Central Standard Time, hjs21@... writes: Given the overall strategic situation of the AotP at that point...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
May 9, 2008 4:07 pm
Let's not forget Mac is still dealing with the belief that he is outnumbered..... Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth,...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
May 9, 2008 7:42 pm
I guess a lot depends on what one's definition of "win" is. If "win" means the complete destruction of the enemy in the field in one stroke - adopting the...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
May 9, 2008 7:42 pm
Gerry, Did anything occur up until that point to indicate he was wrong in that assumption? Harry ... From: G E Mayers To: TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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DPowell334@...
dpowell334
May 10, 2008 12:05 pm
In a message dated 5/9/2008 2:42:53 P.M. Central Daylight Time, hjs21@... writes: I guess a lot depends on what one's definition of "win" is. If "win"...
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DPowell334@...
dpowell334
May 10, 2008 12:15 pm
Clearly I don't yet have effective posting down. I tried to reply to your post point by point, Harry, but it seems that the formatting didn't translate. You...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
May 10, 2008 2:46 pm
I don't think a false dichotomy has been set up by me, but I do think you're making some assumptions about what I'm getting at. I assure you these questions...
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DPowell334@...
dpowell334
May 11, 2008 11:55 am
You introduced the idea that to commit the reserves risked Washington. That was the false dichotomy I was referring to - and if that was Mac's thinking (which...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
May 11, 2008 1:00 pm
I don't know that stating that "the rout was clear" makes it true - unless historians are better soldiers than the boots on the ground. I'll need a little...
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DPowell334@...
dpowell334
May 11, 2008 1:19 pm
Richardson's Division captured nine sets of Rebel colors. What might that suggest? Historians did not make that up, Hancock reported it. Do brigades retreating...
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DPowell334@...
dpowell334
May 11, 2008 1:33 pm
I am doing these seperately, in order to try and keep things clear... But he's ordered to cover DC, and you mentioned DC. As long as DC is as strongly held as...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
May 11, 2008 1:41 pm
"I thought you were defending him, Harry." See - that's your problem! Harry ... From: DPowell334@... To: TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 11,...
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William H Keene
wh_keene
May 11, 2008 7:33 pm
... consider. Baltimore sure, but Philly? Seriously, Lee is as far from Philly as he is from Richmond and has the Susquehanna and Schuykill to cross....
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William H Keene
wh_keene
May 11, 2008 7:34 pm
... what ... reserve ... How is that different than what I wrote????...
