tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22656823.post116486718370301710..comments2023-08-19T03:32:21.869-04:00Comments on My year of living Rangerously: Antietam Beneath the SurfaceMannie Gentilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06225923971073419275noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22656823.post-63453859793636039992007-01-31T08:24:00.000-05:002007-01-31T08:24:00.000-05:00Hi Ranger Mannie,
I wanted to take a moment to sa...Hi Ranger Mannie,<br /><br />I wanted to take a moment to say thanks for some great posts. I just posted about how this particular post can be used in a classroom and I've also talked about some of the videos you have made.<br /><br />Keep up the good work and next time I'm at Antietam, I'll be sure to say hello.<br /><br />http://www.littlestregular.com/blog/blog.htmlJim Beeghleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04173837989655336878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22656823.post-1165369306633873752006-12-05T20:41:00.000-05:002006-12-05T20:41:00.000-05:00I can add a little bit to the history of Antietam....I can add a little bit to the history of Antietam. Way back in 1981, when I was a reporter for the Martinsburg Evening Journal, I did a story on the family who owned the Miller Farm at the battlefield. Of course, the Miller Farm encompasses the famous bloody Cornfield, where savage fighting took place for hours. The family -- their name escapes me now -- placed all the neat stuff they had discovered on the farm over the years on a table in the driveway. Bullets, cannon balls, bayonets, shell fragments -- they dug up all kinds of stuff on the farm. Of course, this was before that land was owned by the National Park Service. I am quite a Civil War history buff -- I collect original photos of identified soldiers. One of the photos in my collection is of a soldier <A HREF="http://john-banks.blogspot.com/2006/07/antietam-my-favorite-civil-war.html" REL="nofollow">named Justus Collins Wellington.</A> A private in the 15th Massachusetts, he was killed in the West Woods at Antietam. He is probably buried there in a graved marked "Unknown." May he rest in peace.John Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384617564864766357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22656823.post-1165368975338933492006-12-05T20:36:00.000-05:002006-12-05T20:36:00.000-05:00this one<A HREF="http://john-banks.blogspot.com/2006/07/antietam-my-favorite-civil-war.html" REL="nofollow">this one</A>John Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384617564864766357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22656823.post-1165270700511761582006-12-04T17:18:00.000-05:002006-12-04T17:18:00.000-05:00Absolutely fascinating!Absolutely fascinating!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22656823.post-1165158315824065302006-12-03T10:05:00.000-05:002006-12-03T10:05:00.000-05:00Nice job Mannie. It is great to have some photo do...Nice job Mannie. It is great to have some photo documentation of this process. Thanks for providing a resource protection message and discussing the value of archaeological work to battlefield preservation and interpretation.<BR/><BR/>EdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22656823.post-1165112441976660582006-12-02T21:20:00.000-05:002006-12-02T21:20:00.000-05:00Now that is really cool! I had no idea that all th...Now that is really cool! I had no idea that all that digging was going to happen. Really makes you stop a moment and think about that. To know there is a lot of stuff under the surface and then actually getting to see it and to realize that last time the sun shone on it was on that fateful Wednesday in September. Thanks for documenting this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com