The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Lost Orders of Antietam (9/13/1862)- Sep. 14th, 2003

http://bhere.com/plugugly/lost/story.html ^

[snippy_about_it]

Good read this morning, thanks SAM.

Spurred on by your thread, I headed out to surf the net.

I see that also mentioned as a suspect is a Henry Kyd Douglas along with Chilton.

What caught my eye this morning though was one of the supposed "founders" of the lost dispatch. He went on after the war to become president of Oregon State University.

So kind of like Valin's "Cliff Clavin, little known facts" I thought I'd share this tidbit with you for some Oregon history

An original copy was lost and then later found by soldiers of the 27th Indiana. One of the soldiers was First Sergeant John M. Bloss Link to story

Exerpt;

With little dissent, history has anointed Corporal (not Private as some have written) Mitchell as the finder of the Lost Order, and Bloss as a bystander. Vance and Hostetter are not mentioned. But because Bloss, Mitchell and Vance each played a role in seeing, retrieving, and forwarding the Lost Order, each must be credited as a finder. Who first saw the package is forever arguable and of little consequence to either the outcome, Lee's defeat at Antietam, or one of the most intriguing mysteries of the war, who lost it. To slight any of them would levy an historic disservice, but if one is allowed to be the most important finder, it would have to be Bloss.....

......Bloss was the best educated, most credible, and most apt to recognize their fortuitous coup. Seeing the envelope, the initial action, was pure chance. Picking it up and examining it, the next step, was logical, but really the inquisitiveness of bored soldiers. Reporting it up the chain of command, however, was the product of intelligence and initiative. Bloss was the regiment's only college graduate (Hanover) and eventually its most successful survivor. He rose from sergeant to captain and commanded Company F in 1864. Wounded at Winchester, Antietam, Chancellorsville and Resaca, he completed his term and was mustered out in October 1864. A career educator, he was a teacher, principal, Evansville superintendent of schools, Indiana State superintendent, and president of Oregon State University.

Short bio of Bloss

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning manna.

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning Mayor and thanks for the coffee and the Paine quote .

[SAMWolf]

You read "Guns of the South"? Not so much an alternate history as it is science fiction but a fun read.

[SAMWolf]

Good morning E.G.C. Turning into a nice day here.

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning manna.

[SAMWolf]

Morning Mayor. Thansk for the coffee and the great quote today. It applies today as well as it did long ago.

[SAMWolf]

1965 "F-Troop" premiers

F Troop just was more proof that American television could make fun of anything.

[SAMWolf]

Great job at uncovering "the rest of the story". Mostly the stories on the Lost Orders concentrate on who "lost' them. Thanks for the who "found" them story.

[SAMWolf]

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But speak to you of destiny - and greatness yet in store

HM3 Daniel L. Henry

I found this for Bentfeather's Dragon Flies Lair Thread but I liked it so much I thought I'd post it at the Foxhole too.

[snippy_about_it]

Sam I love it. Brought me to tears. I think I'll send this to our Tarawa friends.

[Darksheare]

EEEEk!
You'll need to top off soon if you want to remain in 'fighting trim'.
(Or be able to sleep tonight..)

It is truly odd that SO 191 ended up 'missing' so to speak.
I haven't dredged the rest of the thread yet, but it would be interesting to see if there indeed was a copy of the order made and if there was one received while a copy left the camp.
But I doubt that such an inquiry can be checked this far after the fact, and it sdeems to have escaped them at the time to look.
Wasn't it SOP to burn orders after receipt of them?

[SAMWolf]

No sure what SOP was, but it appears that there was no "logging" of receipt of the order.

[Darksheare]

That is truly strange.
Seems SOP was not followed as it should have been.
Hmm...

[Victoria Delsoul]

Afternoon everyone! Good to see you all.

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[snippy_about_it]

Good afternoon Victoria. Thanks for the prayer.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi Snippy. You're welcome.

[SAMWolf]

Good Afternoon Victoria. Thanks for posting the Sunday prayer for us.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi Sam. You're welcome.

[Old Sarge]

Good Evening, Troops. Sarge is pulling another all-nighter at the Ops Center tonight, headed home around 0700 tomorrow.

Isabell has our attention, to say the least.

We've got heavy weather moving across Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan at this hour, in a three-state watch zone.

And I'm following the exploits of my fellow Guardsmen in a dozen places across the pond.

Save some of this for me!