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Comments on: One Place I’m Glad I’m Not…… https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=519 Bringing obscurity into focus Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.22 By: Jerry Babineau https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=519&cpage=1#comment-13134 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:36:13 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=519#comment-13134 On a recent David Ward tour led by Mr. Ed Bearss, I asked Ed if he had anything to add to the story of the Sharps carbine used by Lt. Jones to fire the “first shot.”
Mr Bearss told me that in 1886 when Jones and Levi Shaffer decicated the first shot marker, Shaffer told Jones that he(Shaffer) still had the carbine.
Fast forward to 1939 and the possession of the carbine by Shaffer’s grand-niece or great-grand-niece. According to Ed, the grand-niece lent the carbine to two men who asked to use it as a prop or in a parade.
The carbine was never returned to the niece and is lost to history. I just received an e-mail from GNMP Historian
John Hieser. He states only that the gun has never turned up in any collection or museum.
I’m doing a talk for my Round Table group and would like any info you might add.
Thank you so much for your time.

Jerry Babineau, Stockton, CA

]]> By: Randy Sauls https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=519&cpage=1#comment-12949 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:18:33 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=519#comment-12949 Eric:
Kudos to you for your quiet pipes. My beef with the bikes at Gettysburg is that they tend to travel in large packs and that many/most of the riders in those packs seem to delight in making things as loud as they possibly can. Sitting on the front patio at O’Rourkes last week I thought my glass of Guinness was going to explode from the shock waves. I’ve got to admit though that touring Gettysburg on a bike, or in a rag top for that matter looks like loads of fun.
Randy

]]> By: James F. Epperson https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=519&cpage=1#comment-12938 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:12:07 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=519#comment-12938 What a difference a few years makes! Back in the late 1980’s, my wife and I by chance stopped in Gettysburg on July 2nd and had a quiet picnic lunch at the Peach Orchard. No crowds at all. Of course, that was before Ken Burns and THE MOVIE made their impact on things.

JFE

]]> By: J David Petruzzi https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=519&cpage=1#comment-12935 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:25:02 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=519#comment-12935 LOL, who ever said I WANT to be there? 🙂

Luckily, most of my driving over the weekend is just along Herr/McPherson Ridge. I stay completely away from town whenever possible!

And it definitely helps to know all the back roads…

J.D.

]]> By: The General https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=519&cpage=1#comment-12934 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:07:17 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=519#comment-12934 Randy,

Smart boy.

I do have a motorcycle, though. Rode it to work today, as a matter of fact. But, it doesn’t have loud pipes.

Eric

]]> By: The General https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=519&cpage=1#comment-12933 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:06:59 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=519#comment-12933 Senator Trostle,

Come on out. You’re more than welcome here. So long as you can tolerate three incredibly silly golden retrievers, you’re welcome to escape to the Flatlands of Ohio.

Eric

]]> By: Ptrostle https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=519&cpage=1#comment-12932 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:12:07 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=519#comment-12932 I’m still waiting on my invitation to Columbus.

Being incredibly fortunate, I not only get these three days – but I get three more next weekend with the reenactment next door to our home. yippee!!

Not.

Phil

]]> By: Randy Sauls https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=519&cpage=1#comment-12931 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:05:18 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=519#comment-12931 Eric:
Couldn’t agree with you more. I avoid Gettysburg not only on the first three days of July, but the entire month as well, along with August. Too much “buzz” for me, especially the motorcycles. Actually my favorite times to visit are October through April. Gettysburg is awesome in the snow, though it can be a tad on the cold side.
Randy

]]> By: Steve Basic https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=519&cpage=1#comment-12926 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:51:31 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=519#comment-12926 Eric,

🙂 Am one of the sickos as well, and while not there on the actual anniversary of the Battle, I will be there with J.D., JR, and Mike on the field next weekend.

Steve

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