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Comments on: Friday Should be an Interesting Day https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=809 Bringing obscurity into focus Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.22 By: kevin a kearns https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=809&cpage=1#comment-31763 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:38:26 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=809#comment-31763 mr wittenberg, the plan for the johnson -gilmor raid was to cut communications north of baltimore thus cutting off washington,gain info on reinforcements going to DC , to gennerally create havac and then ride into southern maryland to try to release the pows.i dont think lincolns capture was part of the plan. bradley mentions in s.h.s.p.his idea for his capture and confed military hist, mentions the maryland line possible plan in winter of 63-64 it says by lee himself it all sounds like wishfull thinking and i wonder how true thease plans really were.for the raid itself check out brad johnsons papers at duke university there are accounts in his own hand about earlys advance to MD the raid itself plus other notes on the marylanders in 1862.maryland historical society had a scrapbook on harry that had good info including his report of his part in the raid,their magazine published it in the 1950’s. plus dont forget about john taylor wood and his part .GA historical society has one paper i know of with info on how his men will be paid[ if i rememember it right] wilkenson’s bio had info and rebel leathernecks has more rererences to the raid.wood’s ships were THE FLORRIE,and the LETTER BE not the tallahassee as confed vet mag says.any way i have extensive note on the raid [i grew up in owings mills md,and lived not far from ish days house,who you will get to know as you research the raid] if i can help please contact me at skearns1@netzero.com check out the small but proud baltimore county hiistorical society they had info.

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By: Caswain https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=809&cpage=1#comment-30936 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:06:23 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=809#comment-30936 Eric,
The Cultural Tourism DC organization is nearly complete with a series of markers through the Brightwood area, including Fort Stevens. The focus of the interpretation is to detail how the community grew from the pre-war rural setting, through the Civil War, into a thriving community.

Still I recommend a stop by Walter Reed for the medical exhibits, and the “sniper tree.”

Craig.

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By: Bill https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=809&cpage=1#comment-30929 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:30:24 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=809#comment-30929 Hi Eric,

I am attending the Chambersburg conference this week and hope to see you there. Coincidently, I too am skipping out on Friday to do some battlefield stomping and have reserved a guide to take me through …..The First Day ! I purchased your book this week on Lee’s retreat and hope to run into you for an autograph at the seminar.

Bill

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By: Steve Basic https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=809&cpage=1#comment-30894 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:42:21 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=809#comment-30894 Eric,

Wish I could join you both, as I have wanted to visit the Cottage at the Soldier’s home ever since we did a book chat on Matthew Pinsker’s book about the place.

Going mobile..:) Have a great trip Roger and Pete. 🙂

Regards from the Garden State,

Steve

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By: Fred Ray https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=809&cpage=1#comment-30892 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:19:31 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=809#comment-30892 Ft. Stevens is definitely worth a visit. I would also take in Old Fort Ward (say hello to Wally Owen if he’s there, he knows a lot about the forts) and Rock Creek Park, where some of the fighting took place. If Walter Reed is open go see the location of the sharpshooter’s tree. And the battleground cemetery.

Nearby is a small church with some Confederate dead and a stained glass window of Jubal Early (not making that up).

Frankly I would not waste my time on Point Lookout, not a lot there.

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By: Todd Berkoff https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=809&cpage=1#comment-30888 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:32:45 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=809#comment-30888 Finally, 1/2 mile from Fort Stevens is one of the nation’s smallest national cemeteries — Battleground National Cemetery that Lincoln personally dedicated after the battle on Georgia Avenue. 41 Union soldiers killed at the battle are buried at this location.

http://www.nps.gov/archive/rocr/ftcircle/btcemet.htm

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By: Todd Berkoff https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=809&cpage=1#comment-30887 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:28:04 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=809#comment-30887 Hi Eric. I checked out the Lincoln Cottage today for the first time. They did a nice job preserving the cottage — original woods paneling, etc — but there is not one piece of original furniture or one piece of original Lincoln memorabelia in the house or in the museum. In fact, most of the rooms don’t include any furniture except for modern black leather benches for visitor’s to sit on during the house tours. If you get a chance, check out the 1850s-era hospital building that looks like medievil castle next door to the cottage. Also, Generals Henry Hunt, John Logan and David S. Stanley are buried in Soldier’s Home National Cemetery (all buried next to each other). When visiting Point Lookout, make sure to check out Fort Lincoln — the fortified barracks area for the Union guards — the fort is nearly pristine with excellent recreated barracks and officer huts. Nothing survives of the massive hospital complex and about 70 percent of the prison stockade lies under the Bay. Historians have mapped out the surviving portion of the stockade but is heavily wooded today. The recreated stockade is NOT where the original stockade stood. Happy Travels!!

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