I didn't think it posted the first time so you get treated it to that gem twice. ...   Fri Nov 10th, 2006 09:31 pm

To the rest of the world a Yankee is some from the United States. In the United States a Yankee is somenone from the North. In the ...   Fri Nov 10th, 2006 09:30 pm

To the rest of the world a Yankee is an American. In the United States a Yankee is someone from the North. In the North a Yankee ...   Fri Nov 10th, 2006 09:25 pm

Patty, Thanks for the kind words on the article.  Me, Lowell and the 2nd Mass Cav go way back. Cheyney Doane had a fascinating life indeed. Check ...   Fri Nov 10th, 2006 08:55 pm

Fuller, California, Louisiana, Virginia, New York, Tennessee and Mississippi. Got a kick out of today's paper where New Yahk Congressman Charlie Rangel put his loafer in ...   Fri Nov 10th, 2006 06:54 pm

 Ann, There is an outstanding website on the USCT that I recommend you visit. The site is where I copied the below list of USCT ...   Fri Nov 10th, 2006 06:28 pm

Fuller, Holy Cow! Utah and now California too? We were practically neighbors! I grew up in the San Fernando Valley in the town of Sylmar. All ...   Fri Nov 10th, 2006 06:11 pm

Patty, No horses here. I used to ride alot in high school. Had some friends that had a big spread and I hepled work the ...   Fri Nov 10th, 2006 05:40 pm

Bear Flag and Bay State in the Civil War: The Californians of the Second Massachusetts Cavalry. I wrote an article on the Colonel of the unit, Charles ...   Fri Nov 10th, 2006 05:32 pm

Patty, I'm a bit of a wanderer. I grew up in Southern California and right out of high school joined the Navy. I thought I'd do ...   Fri Nov 10th, 2006 01:53 pm

Widow, Aurora Hunt's book was and is very special to me. Her chapter on the California Hundred and Battalion was one of the deciding factors in me ...   Fri Nov 10th, 2006 01:34 pm

Close. He was at Adamsville with Col. Charles Whittlesay's brigade. Follow the link to a photo of the 78th's monument at Shiloh. http://www.shilohbattlefield.org/closeup.asp?ClosePhoto=TN003M145C.jpg The brigade of four ...   Fri Nov 10th, 2006 02:19 am

Ann, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System lists 182 different units of U.S Colored Troops. Go to http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm In the State(or Origin) box scroll down to U.S. ...   Thu Nov 9th, 2006 09:45 pm

Hate is  a very strong word. In this case it is not stong enough. For me it is not the rythym (or lack of same) nor ...   Thu Nov 9th, 2006 09:19 pm

Ann, I think I may be having a lack of caffine moment here. Can you rephrase the question. Tom ...   Thu Nov 9th, 2006 08:31 pm

Ole, Hey, you should work here! Looks like you've got a pretty good grasp of what happened. I agree that controversy is probably a better word ...   Thu Nov 9th, 2006 05:41 pm

Fuller, You're cracking me up here! I've been sharing your emails with some of the staff and we are all very curious where you are hearing ...   Thu Nov 9th, 2006 02:08 pm

We bought a 6 pounder smoothbore at Shiloh over the summer but have yet to put on any interpretive programs. We have lost several staff ...   Wed Nov 8th, 2006 06:05 pm

There is about a zillion links concerning Parker/Ross/The Searchers/Britt Johnson One more: http://www.truewestmagazine.com/archives/westerns/western-searchers_04_06.htm Susan, I didn't make it out to Los Angeles as planned, all the family came ...   Wed Nov 8th, 2006 04:07 pm

A link concerning Ross and Cynthia Anne Parker. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/RR/fro81.html ...   Wed Nov 8th, 2006 03:56 pm

Not only was The Searchers "loosley" based on the capture of Cynthia Ann Parker, John Wayne's charachter was based on the civil war soldier who recovered ...   Wed Nov 8th, 2006 02:10 pm

Welcome aboard Widow! I used to be a resident of the Old Dominion myself and often find myself missing it. Loved you comment about a bridge ...   Tue Nov 7th, 2006 09:45 pm

Fuller, I'd love to tell you a good Shiloh ghost story...but I don't know any. I lived on the park for seven years. My first job ...   Tue Nov 7th, 2006 09:25 pm

Fuller, Glad to help out. There are many myths surrounding the battle of Shiloh, Lew Wallace's march and the men bayonetd in their tents are only ...   Tue Nov 7th, 2006 09:11 pm

One of the more persistent myths surrounding the battle of Shiloh is that Wallace was lost trying to reach the field. Lew Wallace’s Third division ...   Tue Nov 7th, 2006 05:48 pm

Many thanks Nighthawk. The site has already proven useful. ...   Wed Oct 25th, 2006 01:31 pm

Art, The places to visit in Iuka are few and far between. Check out the Blue & Gray Magazine (August 2002) Special Corinth & Iuka Issue. ...   Sat Sep 9th, 2006 04:15 pm

Thanks Joe! The thesis on the 42nd Alabama is of particular intrest; a whole chapter devoted to Corinth. Tom ...   Wed Sep 6th, 2006 09:13 pm

I thought the "Facts, gentlemen, facts" might be a little coarse. I edited the post so you have to back up to page 2 to see ...   Thu Aug 17th, 2006 09:08 pm

Northerners spoke with strange accents, in a totally different region and culture, and were imposing laws that affected the South's way of life, and the ...   Thu Aug 17th, 2006 08:22 pm

naake, Yes, that is the site where I went for the seccession documents. There are several other sites that have them but I like this site ...   Thu Aug 17th, 2006 07:15 pm

Longstreet, A good point. Whereas, in addition to the well-founded causes of complaint set forth by this convention, in resolutions adopted on the 11th of March, ...   Thu Aug 17th, 2006 05:57 pm

I know it gets deep, but just tossing out slavery as the cause like you are teaching a 7th grade US History class is grossly ...   Thu Aug 17th, 2006 05:28 pm

Longstreet, Using the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System I found only three Jacob Kings who fought for North Carolina and they served in the 25th, ...   Wed Aug 16th, 2006 04:37 pm

Joe, Great letter! I copied the link and sent it off to the other staff members so they could have a look see. There was a ...   Wed Aug 16th, 2006 04:25 pm

The July 4, 2005 issue of Time Magazine had a fantastic graphic concerning slavery in 1860. I cut it out and use it frequently at ...   Tue Aug 15th, 2006 09:16 pm

Longstreet, I think I am going to bow out of this "discussion". What at first seemed to be a promising debate has gone nowhere. I come into ...   Sat Aug 12th, 2006 02:07 pm

Two types of rockets used during the war, Congrave and Hale, are mentioned in the article at this site. It also includes a photograph of ...   Fri Aug 11th, 2006 04:00 pm

Casey (Longstreet), As for Mr. White's statements, I didn't think Fort Donelson, though important, was not a HUGE battle of the Civil War   I think it's time ...   Fri Aug 11th, 2006 02:22 pm

Tim, I need to do a little research on this one. Off the top of my head I can only recall a singal mention of signal ...   Fri Aug 11th, 2006 01:43 pm