Bad me

gary · #1 08-22-2007, 04:30 PM

So I find Camper & Kirkley's "Historical Record of the First Regiment Maryland Infantry" and buy it. Why not? They belonged to Steuart's Brigade and fought at Gettysburg, didn't they? Or so I thought.

Anyhow, I should have checked my Dornbusch (sp). I get the book and it's the 1st Maryland Union. Bwahahahaha! Talk about mistaken assumptions. Since the price was reasonable and it does look promising, I'm not unhappy with the purchase. The book was written before the O.R. was published and so the authors weren't influenced by anything in it.

samgrant · #2 08-22-2007, 07:47 PM

I'll bet you are not the first.

Dred · #3 08-22-2007, 09:03 PM

hehe.. I use to reenact first MD us... they didn't do much. Most of em were captured in Front Royal and sat out most of the war =P Coincidently they were captured at Front Royal by the 1st MD CS

whitworth · #4 08-22-2007, 09:04 PM

The book was written before the O.R. was published and so the authors weren't influenced by anything in it.

Oh, I think we'd be real surprised how few historians ever really studied the OR's.

Capt Coxetter · #5 08-22-2007, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Dred

hehe.. Coincidently they were captured at Front Royal by the 1st MD CS

I bet they had some interesting conversations with their captors!

Capt. Coxetter