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| Posted: Mon Oct 20th, 2008 11:29 pm |
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pamc153PA Member
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Okay, here's a simple one: what's your favorite Civil War topic to talk about? What's the topic/battle/person/etc. you could talk about over and over again and never get tired of, or maybe the CW story you tell again and again? This is coming from a too-busy and harried mom who would like nothing better than sit and shoot the breeze about Gettysburg, or retell the stories my great-aunt Mary from Crewe, Virginia, told me about neighbors' relatives and Lee's retreat from Patersburg (Crewe and environs are along that route, and she had some great handed-down stories to tell!). Pam
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 12:01 am |
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TimK Member
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Simple?
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 12:07 am |
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Texas Defender Member 
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Ships and sailors. That makes me pretty close to being an orphan on this board. 
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 12:11 am |
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susansweet Member 
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Patrick Cleburne or David Farragut . Civil War in the West , and by that I mean the far far west .
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 12:12 am |
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Dixie Girl Southern Belle 
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Stonewall Jackson and NB Forrest
____________________ War Means Fighting And Fighting Means Killing - N. B. Forrest When war does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." Stonewall Jackson |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 12:51 am |
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Mr Hess53 Member 
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Lincoln's assassination
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 01:00 am |
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PvtClewell Member 
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153rd Pennsylvania at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. also state sovereignty  (that's an inside joke for ole and shane). I promise, no more inside jokes, youz guys, but I just couldn't resist that one...
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 01:04 am |
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Johan Steele Life NRA,SUVCW # 48,Legion 352 
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The men and their stories.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 01:21 am |
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CleburneFan Member 
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Cavalry operations and great cavalry leaders.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 01:32 am |
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Lawrence63 Teen Civil War Historian 
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, and basically any battle. I actually spent a half an hour at lunch schooling my best friend on Fredericksburg, while drawing a battle map freehand. Last week I got my mom to climb Big Round Top, and on the way back down I told her about the importance Harper's Ferry played in the war. My passion pretty much extends to all aspects of the war.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 01:42 am |
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Dixie Girl Southern Belle
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Lawrence63 wrote: Last week I got my mom to climb Big Round Top, and on the way back down I told her about the importance Harper's Ferry played in the war. My passion pretty much extends to all aspects of the war. heck ive dragged my folks to different forts and battlesites in NC and all i got was, can we leave yet???? please shut up, you've talked about that crap so much im bout asleep!!!! we do not need to stop at EVERY road marker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we can live without seeing em all!!!!!!!!! we saw this fort last time we were here, do we really need to see it again???? see i live with people who dont share my interests, that dont make for a great mix, especially when it comes to vacations
____________________ War Means Fighting And Fighting Means Killing - N. B. Forrest When war does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." Stonewall Jackson |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 01:50 am |
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Lawrence63 Teen Civil War Historian
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Dixie Girl wrote: Lawrence63 wrote:Last week I got my mom to climb Big Round Top, and on the way back down I told her about the importance Harper's Ferry played in the war. My passion pretty much extends to all aspects of the war. My parents don't exactly share my interests; they're just patient lol. We're close enough to Gettysburg, Antietam, Monocacy, and the National Civil War Museum that I can spend a day at a site and go home. I'm at college in York most of the time, so that doesn't happen too often.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 04:20 am |
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javal1 Grumpy Geezer 
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I guess I'm strange. The story of the civilians during the war always held my interest. Questions like "What was it really like to be a resident of Franklin on that fateful day?" or " How did the orphans, the sick and the mentally infirm at the Getysburg Almshouse handle the sudden whirl-wind of carnage they suddenly found themselves in the middle of. The common man (and woman)....
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 12:58 pm |
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ole Member 
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With few exceptions, everything about it.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 03:24 pm |
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20th_Mass Member 
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The 20th Massachusetts of course and also the Chattanooga Campaign. When I first started getting interested I liked to read about the Vicksburg Campaign.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 03:37 pm |
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fedreb Member 
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All or any of it. It is all a learning experience to me.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 06:52 pm |
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jeffand Member 
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I am fascinated by the narrowly missed opportunities and about people who were in the right (or wrong) place at the right time. A prime example of being in the right place at the right time is Joshua Lawrence Chamberlin at Little Round Top. I also enjoy reading novels about the war which tell about what might have happened. Last edited on Wed Oct 22nd, 2008 09:15 pm by jeffand |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 07:16 pm |
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izzy Member
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All aspects of the war but mainly East Tennessee because it is in my backyard. TD, that makes me an orphan, too. Younz all have diverse interests. That makes it hard to go into depth on any one subject (except Gettysburg, it seems, on this board). I know just enough to get myself into trouble on any subject in the first paragraph. I always have to dig out the text books because most of the time I have no idea what I'm talking about. 
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 11:59 pm |
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pamc153PA Member
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Me, too, izzy. I'm always playing catch up on here. At least I've gotten really good at giving my books a workout--I've become pretty good at remembering what towering stack of them has what book I need right then! Pam
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