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Harry Smeltzer
Bull Runnings 
I have a family New Testament which belonged to my greatgrandfather Robert Harvey Johnson (Co. I, First Regt, Miss.) and which was presumably given to him by C.M. Johnson who wrote his name in the book and “Battle of Stone Bridge July 21, 1861. This Book was taken from The Battle Field of Manassas July 21st 1861 from the Yankee by C.M. Johnson 1st Special [ illegible ] Vols commanded by Maj.C.R. Wheat.” No family member of mine is named C.M. Johnson, so I am curious to know how to go about identifying C.M. Johnson.
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That’s probably the 1st Special Louisiana Battalion. Per this site, there was a C. Johnson in Company A (Walker Guards) – there was also a G. Johnson in the same company.
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Harry,
Love the Bull Runnings site. I’m writing a book centered on Company A, 2nd VA Infantry Regiment from a soldier’s perspective, and I found the resources here helpful. I’ll visit again soon.
Steve
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Thanks Steve. Good luck with the book.
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Harry,
Greeting..
I found your name on a comment section on Battery I, 1st US Artillery “Rickett’s” .. I am a member of the re formed Battery I in Minnesota. We have portrayed this amazing battery for almost 15 years now and always looking for more information to fill in the blanks. I would encourage you to look at our website at batteryi.org and check out what we have found out. Lots of cool factoids before the war to after the war.
Please contact me if you have any added information you can share.
Thanks for keeping the history alive Harry
Bill
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Thanks Bill. A friend, Tom Clemens of Keedysville, MD, reenacts with Co. I out this way. He provided the Ricketts story you can find here: https://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/capt-james-b-rickettss-capture-by-the-7th-ga/
I will check out your site.
Harry
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Harry, Hi, I work for Historic Manassas, Inc., a non-profit in Old Town Manassas. As you can imagine, we are gearing up for the for the Commemoration of The Second Battle of Manassas. We are working on a shoestring budget, but would love to get the word out to all Civil War enthusiasts out there about our Living History to take place August 24, 25 and 26, 2012. Your name has come up several times. I would love to hear your suggestions! Thank you kindly for your time, Robyn.
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Robyn,
Please contact me at hjs21 at comcast dot net.
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Your site inspired me to create Civil War Bummer…foraging food for thought. As your time permits please visit my site and critique its contents. Thank you in advance for your review. One of my posts quotes Sherman;
“War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.”
“War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.”
“My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.”
“I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.”
William Tecumseh Sherman
Bummer
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Thanks Bummer. I’ll check out your site.
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Thanks for your time.
Bummer
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[…] COMMENT RULES […]
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Like the post I learned something new about our forming of the government learning is always fun. It reminds that I don’t know everything. Just kidding I know with a life time of learning my knowledge is as a drop of water in the ocean as to campared to what there is to learn.
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Great site. I am looking for more information on my grand father Steven Lawrence Ryan who was part of the battle also. He served in Louisiana and died in North Dakota.
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Chris, do you know his regiment?
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Love the site, is there a way to search past post, someone posted on your site that they were looking for information on prisoners escapes from Richmond after the battle and now I cannot locate it. Thank you before hand
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Love the site, is there a way to search past post, someone posted on your site that they were looking for information on prisoners escapes from Richmond after the battle and now I cannot locate it. Thank you before hand
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Martin, you can search the site by words and terms in the search box in the right hand column of the site.
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I enjoyed your presentation to the RBCWRT. You mentioned one of McDowell’s sibs married one of the Burden girls from Troy, NY. That’s my old CWRT stomping grounds along with John Hennessy. The Burden Iron Works probably made most of the horse and mule shoes for Union armies and Burden invented a horseshoe-making machine that produced a shoe per second. The Burden HQ is now a museum and operates under the Hudson-Mohawk Industrial Gateway. The Capital District CWRT meets just across the Hudson River.
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Thanks for the info, Matt. And thanks for having me speak to your group!
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Thank you so much for this! The Colonel is my first cousin 4 times removed. 🙂
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