Friday, Sept 17, 2010 A special program, Morning in the Cornfield, will meet at tour stop 4, The Cornfield. This program starts at 7 a.m. and will last an...
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edunleavy921
Sep 9, 2010 11:10 am
To honor the 148th Anniversary of the Battle of Shepherdstown, SBPA has scheduled a Battlefield Tour including a wading of the Potomac River. The tour is set,...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
Sep 14, 2010 4:34 am
Tom Clemens called me Monday evening to say that Joe Harsh passed away. See here: http://marylandcampaign.com/2010/09/sad-news/ And here:...
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eighth_conn_inf
Sep 14, 2010 11:52 am
This is a terrible loss to the CW community and to those of us who have studied the Maryland Campaign. His books are the best ever written about the campaign...
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128thpa@...
pa128th
Sep 14, 2010 12:55 pm
I would also like to add my condolences to the Harsh family and friends. Paula <<This is a terrible loss to the CW community and to those of us who have...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Sep 14, 2010 1:23 pm
Dear Larry, Same thoughts here. While it appears he did get some information slightly wrong in "Taken at the Flood" (or his editors did), that work plus the...
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RoteBaron@...
Sep 15, 2010 12:17 pm
Washington Post's obit for Joe: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=joseph-lee-harsh&pid=145358809 Tom Clemens wrote a nice tribute...
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Dean Essig
dean_essig
Sep 15, 2010 12:51 pm
A wonderful tribute, Tom, thank you for sharing your experiences with Dr. Harsh with us. He will be missed. Dean ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Sep 15, 2010 7:43 pm
Dear Tom Shay, When you go to Sharpsburg on Friday, please let the rangers know that it is very confusing trying to find Trail Stop No 5 from Trail Stop No 4...
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RoteBaron
RoteBaron@...
Sep 19, 2010 3:58 am
At 8 AM on September 17th, I arrived at Antietam. To kick off the full-day hike, we began in the VC's auditorium at 9 AM. A great PowerPoint slide show...
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RoteBaron
RoteBaron@...
Sep 19, 2010 4:05 am
This is my followup note #1 from the anniversary hikes..... During our hike in following the 9th NY of Rodman's Division, the rangers noted that it now appears...
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RoteBaron
RoteBaron@...
Sep 19, 2010 4:18 am
This is my followup note #2 from the anniversary hikes..... John Hoptak gave us a great bio about John R. Jones, His supposed wounding at Antietam was followed...
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RoteBaron
RoteBaron@...
Sep 19, 2010 4:26 am
This is my followup note #3 from the anniversary hikes..... John Hoptak gave us a bio about Captain John E. Penn of 42nd VA who commanded Jones's brigade. Penn...
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Jim Rosebrock
pointsalines
Sep 19, 2010 5:08 am
Tom, Nice to finally meet you this weekend. These were certainly some great tours presented by some of the foremost experts out there-the Antietam park ...
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RoteBaron@...
Sep 20, 2010 5:39 pm
Some additional notes from September 17th's hikes: 1) While at Burnside's Bridge, we discussed how difficult it was to walk across the creek. Ranger Brian...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Sep 21, 2010 3:17 pm
Jake, Contact me off line. Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption, or even on one's mother's side, is an...
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joseph_pierro
Sep 21, 2010 4:16 pm
Remember when I said, some months ago, that there needed to be more communication between people in the Civil War community. . . . ? :) I only just NOW (three...
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Ian Workman
workman_ian
Sep 21, 2010 8:59 pm
Hello Jake, Has anyone tried to track down the family to see if there are any other images of him out there? It would be interesting to see some more. ...
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Ian Workman
workman_ian
Sep 21, 2010 9:02 pm
Tom, I thought that at the time of the battle the stream basin was very shallow. Isn't that why they redid the banks and dug out the stream there in the post ...
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Joseph P
joseph_pierro
Sep 21, 2010 9:56 pm
Hey, Ian! I had some dealings with a few Carman descendants. The only picture they had was the same one that the Library of Congress had on-file: ...
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Ian Workman
workman_ian
Sep 22, 2010 2:24 am
Joseph, Thanks for your reply. The lack of photos is always interesting to me. I only have a single picture of one of my relatives and it is a horrible one at...
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joseph_pierro
Sep 22, 2010 3:09 pm
Ian: In a Civil War context at least, the problem is usually less a case of photos not existing than it is of photos being unidentified. As today, people...
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colliszouave@...
colliszouave
Sep 22, 2010 8:26 pm
Which unit captured the "Jennie?" 4th VT? 95th PA? Respectfully, Mike Peters Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry...
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Thomas G. Clemens
eacarman
Sep 22, 2010 8:29 pm
4th or 2nd VT, can't remember off-hand. Captured at bottom of the slope. From: TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TalkAntietam@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
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troyacool@...
troyacool
Sep 22, 2010 8:37 pm
According to Tim Reese's, "Sealed With Their Lives" pg 165-166 it was the 2nd VT's picket's who finally claimed it, but it had been overrun by the 95th PA who...
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G E Mayers
njrebel1999
Sep 22, 2010 8:45 pm
Was "the Jennie" a cannon? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption, or even on one's mother's side, is an...
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Michael Peters
colliszouave
Sep 22, 2010 10:51 pm
Tom et al, G. Norton Galloway, 95th PA Infantry, wrote the following re: his unit's action at Crampton's Gap: "The gun taken by us was a pet piece with our...
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Teej Smith
barringer63
Sep 22, 2010 11:13 pm
Mike Peters wrote: Tom et al, "The gun taken by us was a pet piece with our enemy, having the name 'Jennie' painted upon the limber, and some other lettering...
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colliszouave@...
colliszouave
Sep 22, 2010 11:19 pm
Teej, And then there was the Sally Craig ..... Mike Peters Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... From: "Teej Smith" <teej@...> Sender:...
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colliszouave@...
colliszouave
Sep 23, 2010 3:39 pm
Thanks to all who responded to my "Jennie" query. Respectfully, Mike Peters Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry...
