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Larry Purtell
Little Meadows
PA USA
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Harpers Ferry September 22, 1862
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Michigan Dave
Muskegon
MI USA
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Harpers Ferry September 22, 1862
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Hi Larry,
As we previously discussed Harper's Ferry was virtually impossible to defend!? It makes you wonder if anyone, either side ever tried laying a trap? Leaving a token force in town, while having a build up of troops nearby ready to spring?? What say you?
Regards,
MD
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"The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract."
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Phil Andrade
London
UK
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Harpers Ferry September 22, 1862
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Hi Larry,
The intriguing reference to fifteen hundred dead “ in one piece of woods” implies an allusion to Antietam.
West Woods sector comes to mind.
Please would you ( if able) expand the survey of the article to reveal this passage ?
Regards, Phil
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"That will depend, my Lord, on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress."
Earl of Sandwich and John Wilkes
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