tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972158399131973757.post263981293774047053..comments2024-02-20T01:38:55.934-05:00Comments on All Not So Quiet Along the Potomac: Tenting Tonight on the Old Campground: Present-Day McLean During the Civil War, Part IIRon Baumgartenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12449787740945022061noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972158399131973757.post-37936188714570226232012-04-16T22:01:52.202-04:002012-04-16T22:01:52.202-04:00Dixie--Thanks for your comment. I think I saw the...Dixie--Thanks for your comment. I think I saw the ivy-covered rock when I was out walking in your neighborhood one day. Incidentally, I am sure you've seen that it is pictured in a famous photo that graces the cover of the Civil War companion book to the Ken Burns' documentary. Thanks for passing along the info about the spring and artifacts. I am sure there are a lot of interesting things in the ground in and around the former location of Camp Griffin!Ron Baumgartenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12449787740945022061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972158399131973757.post-12864982375297939582012-04-16T16:28:05.780-04:002012-04-16T16:28:05.780-04:00i live about two hundred yards from Salona Manor. ...i live about two hundred yards from Salona Manor. My street is just right of the field in the picture. Down the street in a neighbor's lawn, now covered by ivy, is what i refer to as "The Civil War Rock," as I had seen a photo of Union soldiers perched on the rock looking west toward what is now the Franklin Sherman Elementary School.<br /><br />Behind the rock,on Salona Manor--property of the late state senator Clive Duvall--is a natural spring and a brook flowing from the spring, which i believe Union soldiers used at Camp Griffin. Now the area is home to a herd of white-tail deer. I understand Civil War artifacts have been found there. Just FYI.Dixie Wellsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972158399131973757.post-54086046490831882482011-09-05T12:24:06.467-04:002011-09-05T12:24:06.467-04:00Lynn--Thanks so much for the information. I need t...Lynn--Thanks so much for the information. I need to make a trip up there to the historical society! I have heard there are a lot of items on file concerning the camps around present-day McLean.<br /><br />RonRon Baumgartenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12449787740945022061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972158399131973757.post-56547205355123266662011-09-05T10:19:50.843-04:002011-09-05T10:19:50.843-04:00I had the opportunity to see this photo at the VT ...I had the opportunity to see this photo at the VT Historical Society while researching Eli Ellenwood of the VT 2nd. It's part of a collection of photos from George Houghton, the only Civil War photographer from VT. The location was identified on the back of the photo.<br /><br />Lynn<br />Cambridge VTLynn Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531773190533699453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972158399131973757.post-65840849209086011302011-01-24T12:31:00.019-05:002011-01-24T12:31:00.019-05:00I should add that this location, particularly beca...I should add that this location, particularly because it is in the woods, looks like the headquarters encampment of Gen. Fitz John Porter at Halls Hill, Va., which also included the headquarters of two of his brigades. The time of day and atmosphere resemble those of two other photos I have seen. I don't think the reference copy at the Library of Congress says what the subject is. The original may have the name of the photographer, which might narrow things.<br /><br />Jim<br />Phila.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972158399131973757.post-11838772867467635772011-01-24T12:18:16.406-05:002011-01-24T12:18:16.406-05:00Many thanks!
JimMany thanks!<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972158399131973757.post-78767130730640093602011-01-21T10:45:21.680-05:002011-01-21T10:45:21.680-05:00Jim--
I found the photo through an Internet image...Jim--<br /><br />I found the photo through an Internet image search, which turned up two sites:<br /><br />Liberty Rifles<br />(http://www.libertyrifles.org/research/darkblues62.html)<br /><br />and<br /><br />Vermont Historical Society (http://www.vermonthistory.org/freedom_and_unity/1800s/hope.html)<br /><br />I took the photo above from the first site. This photo appears to be an enlargement of part of the photo on the VHS website. <br /><br />Hope this helps!<br /><br />RonRonhttp://dclawyeronthecivilwar.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972158399131973757.post-41659200533598956672011-01-21T08:23:42.356-05:002011-01-21T08:23:42.356-05:00I'm curious how you came to identify the pictu...I'm curious how you came to identify the picture of the camp with the men standing out front as that of the 2nd Vermont at Camp Griffin. I've seen the picture before and thought it closely resembled some taken at Hall's Hill.<br /><br />---JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com