maxxkatt
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I have been using Civil War Diaries, regiment and brigade journals and books and Civil War era newspapers for my research.
I find a wealth of information that gets me "near" the location of camps and skirmishes.
But that is just the problem. Near covers a wide area of many acres to even square miles. It is almost like the historians really don't wish for anyone to find the actual site. I found that most Georgia Historical markers are useless. I even know for fact that several of them that are CW related have been moved yet the brass or bronze casting verbage is way too expensive to alter the location on the historical marker. I guess that other than detectorists most people don't really care for any accuracy in identifying these important (to me) CW locations.
I have even seen some good overlays on privately created google maps, but again "near" seems to be a general term. I really don't see a solution for this other than and go out on scouting detecting trips and see what I can find.
I did luck on one area where the guy had some earth works in his yard and got permsssion to hunt his property. But that is the exception more than the norm. But I accomplished that by sending letters to about six suspected properties and got one positive hit.
Has anyone found another better solution to this "near" location problem?
I find a wealth of information that gets me "near" the location of camps and skirmishes.
But that is just the problem. Near covers a wide area of many acres to even square miles. It is almost like the historians really don't wish for anyone to find the actual site. I found that most Georgia Historical markers are useless. I even know for fact that several of them that are CW related have been moved yet the brass or bronze casting verbage is way too expensive to alter the location on the historical marker. I guess that other than detectorists most people don't really care for any accuracy in identifying these important (to me) CW locations.
I have even seen some good overlays on privately created google maps, but again "near" seems to be a general term. I really don't see a solution for this other than and go out on scouting detecting trips and see what I can find.
I did luck on one area where the guy had some earth works in his yard and got permsssion to hunt his property. But that is the exception more than the norm. But I accomplished that by sending letters to about six suspected properties and got one positive hit.
Has anyone found another better solution to this "near" location problem?