GDG- 144th Anniversary weekend

Tue Jun 26 09:33:44 CDT 2007

Dear Members:

Just wanted to see whether many of you were planning on attending the 144th Anniversary of the Battle July 6-8.  Lets Pray that the weather will hold out and be sunny and cool.

Todd Heller
Ewing,N.J.

-----Original Message-----
From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com
[mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]On Behalf Of
gettysburg-request at arthes.com
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 1:01 PM
To: gettysburg at arthes.com
Subject: Gettysburg Digest, Vol 37, Issue 45

Send Gettysburg mailing list submissions to
	gettysburg at arthes.com

To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
	http://mailman.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
	gettysburg-request at arthes.com

You can reach the person managing the list at
	gettysburg-owner at arthes.com

When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of Gettysburg digest..."

Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Re: CS supply (Chet Diestel)
   2. Re: Re: CS supply (Chet Diestel)
   3. Garnett (Marian Latimer)
   4. Re: Garnett (NPeters102 at aol.com)
   5. Re: Garnett (Tom Gilbert)
   6. Help (Thomas Eishen)

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Message: 1
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 05:12:29 -0700
From: "Chet Diestel" <chetd1 at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: GDG- Re: CS supply
To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Message-ID: <001701c7b658$efcbda00$f03fb543 at newone>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
	reply-type=response

Esteemed GDG Member Jack Lawrence Contributes:

   According to the Army War College, Levenworth Campus, The South had two 
gauges, and they were not compatible. A train coming in from one side of 
town would have to be unloaded and then loaded on a train on the other side 
of town, or the depot, as the case may be.
    The South primarily had trains that skirted the mountains, taht ran all 
the  way to tghe Littoral areas. Thus, there were few east west lines.
     Regards,
              Jack

       The South seemingly did not have the resources in materials, 
equipment and trained manpower to standardized the gauge systems of its 
railroads and the ability to do so, if even thought off, faded rapidly with 
each month the war went on.
      The different gauges, of course, did not prevent the transport of men 
and materials, but did often considerably slow both down as troops and 
supplies had to be offloaded from one train and then unloaded to another and 
it prevented the easy transferring of equipment from one line to another as 
needs demanded --- all of this putting additional strains on a fast 
deteriorating rail system.
    With regards,
         Chet 

------------------------------

Message: 2
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 05:19:04 -0700
From: "Chet Diestel" <chetd1 at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: GDG- Re: CS supply
To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Message-ID: <001b01c7b659$dda59770$f03fb543 at newone>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
	reply-type=response

   The way the material at the bottom of this message was snipped implies at 
I wrote the material that follows my name. Well done paragraph, but is not 
mine and don't want to claim credit for another member's work.
    With regards,
        Chet

Esteemed GDG Member Jack Lawrence Contributes:
   According to the Army War College, Levenworth Campus, The South had two 
gauges, and they were not compatible. A train coming in from one side of 
town would have to be unloaded and then loaded on a train on the other side 
of town, or the depot, as the case may be.
     The South primarily had trains that skirted the mountains, taht ran all 
the way to tghe Littoral areas. Thus, there were few east west lines.
           Regards,
                         Jack

   Esteemed GDG Member D Spraggins Contributes:
    In many history-survey courses the active-duty military required us to 
endure (continuing professional military education, don'tcha know), I read 
snippets about transportation infrastructure.  More than once, it was stated 
that the CSA rail system was at a disadvatange from the start,  because 
standard gauges were not used (as much as in the Union), and rail  routes 
ran in directions optimized for something other than troop  movements or 
efficient logistics.
   Can the more informed esteemed members comment on the validity of these 
assertions?
     thanks
          D Spraggins

Biggsk at aol.com wrote:
>>
Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
Chet writes:
/snip/
   The Southern rail system indeed could move things from A to B - just not 
always on time for a myriad of reasons.  The problems came more on a  local 
level like hoarding unloaded cars and not returning locomotives. This was 
eased over time, but it did create some bottlenecks for a time. If the  rail 
system could not do what you state then the war is over in  1861.
   /snip/

------------------------------

Message: 3
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:36:33 -0400
From: "Marian Latimer" <campcanine at centurytel.net>
Subject: GDG- Garnett
To: <gettysburg at gdg.org>
Message-ID: <002401c7b664$b055b420$2f01a8c0 at latimer>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
	reply-type=original

Good Morning,
Is there a good biography or related web site, etc, for Richard Brooke 
Garnett?  And on another subject, I am flying down to a family reunion in 
Crossville, TN this Friday for a quick weekend.  Anything Civil War related 
in the immediate area.  We are flying into Nashville.
Thanks,
Marian--still hobbling with time on my hands to read in soon to be steaming 
Michigan. 

------------------------------

Message: 4
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:44:53 EDT
From: NPeters102 at aol.com
Subject: Re: GDG- Garnett
To: gettysburg at arthes.com
Message-ID: <c0c.19459935.33afcf55 at aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

In a message dated 6/24/2007 9:39:10 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
campcanine at centurytel.net writes:

Is there  a good biography or related web site, etc, for Richard Brooke  
Garnett?

Marian,

If you are fortunate enough to find a copy, there is "The River of Blood  & 
the Valley of Death," by Matthew W. Burton, which is about the Garnett  
cousins. One of Gallagher's Gettysburg books also contains an essay  
comparing/contrasting Armistead & "Dick" Garnett.  

Respectfully,

Mike  Peters
npeters102 at aol.com

************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

------------------------------

Message: 5
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 07:21:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tom Gilbert <tommygeebassman at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: GDG- Garnett
To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Message-ID: <138546.29625.qm at web39806.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1

Hi Marian,
  Looks like there is a military museum there with Civil War artifacts see http://www.discoverourtown.com/TN/local-178596.html .. enjoy your trip!
  ..Tom Gilbert

Marian Latimer <campcanine at centurytel.net> wrote:
  Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:

Good Morning,
Is there a good biography or related web site, etc, for Richard Brooke 
Garnett? And on another subject, I am flying down to a family reunion in 
Crossville, TN this Friday for a quick weekend. Anything Civil War related 
in the immediate area. We are flying into Nashville.
Thanks,
Marian--still hobbling with time on my hands to read in soon to be steaming 
Michigan. 

----------------------------------------------------------------
You may unsubscribe by going to http://mailman.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg

You can add yourself to the GDG map at: http://www.frappr.com/gettysburgdiscussiongroup

View archived posts from May 2004 - present at http://mailman.arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg/

tommygee WKZV 1110 AM Washington,Pa. Traditional Country and Bluegrass.

---------------------------------
Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. 

------------------------------

Message: 6
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:45:16 -0500
From: "Thomas Eishen" <teishen at houston.rr.com>
Subject: GDG- Help
To: <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Message-ID: <001801c7b66e$49519690$6501a8c0 at EISHEN>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="iso-8859-1"

I'm going to be taking pictures July 5, 6, and 9th all around the battlefield.  I'm hoping I might get some help.  Normally my wife goes along with me and she drops me off and drives ahead and I walk the field up to her.  This year, she is going to stay home and I am on my own. 

I'm hoping to find someone who would like to walk the field with me.  We could use our two cars to do a park, walk, then drive tour.  In exchange for the time and company, I'd be happy to take some high quality photographs of the person or persons in front of or around their favorite places on the battlefield.   My camera's resolution is such you can blow your picture up poster size if you wanted.  

Tom Eishen

------------------------------

You may unsubscribe at http://mailman.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg

End of Gettysburg Digest, Vol 37, Issue 45
******************************************