If this is of any help, I found the following description of General Orders 191 online at this website: http://howardlanham.tripod.com/go.htm General Orders 191 June 25, 1863 V., ...   Tue Apr 23rd, 2013 02:25 pm

I made a quick search on Google using GAR Post, Massachusetts and came up with this: http://suvcw.org/garposts/ma.pdf Does this help? ...   Sun Sep 20th, 2009 04:07 am

LOL! All this talk about grave robbing makes me think of Burke and Hare, and stories by Robert Louis Stevenson, like "The Body Snatcher." It ...   Mon Mar 23rd, 2009 02:55 pm

I've seen it a couple times on The History Channel. I found it interesting and worthwhile. Check The History Channel's website (history.com) and check their ...   Mon Mar 23rd, 2009 05:01 am

My favorite t-shirt (a teensy-weensy too tight these days, but I keep it anyway) is one with a quote by Erasmus, something about if I ...   Tue Feb 24th, 2009 03:22 pm

I agree with you 100%, Susan. I found the movie, and the book, boring as all get out. I tried reading the book three different ...   Tue Feb 24th, 2009 03:19 pm

CleburneFan, I'd forgotten about that at the beginning of Cold Mountain. I only watched the movie once, though I've got it on DVD in my ...   Tue Feb 24th, 2009 02:31 pm

Thank you. It's nice to know that I'm not alone in my bookish obsession! ...   Tue Feb 24th, 2009 06:06 am

I always thought that the whole business of the digging of the tunnel and the Battle of the Crater would make a great movie. There'd ...   Tue Feb 24th, 2009 05:23 am

I too got my love of books and reading from my mother, and at a very early age. I've never taken the time to actually ...   Tue Feb 24th, 2009 05:17 am

So give , what's the title and author?? Sorry, wasn't sure if anyone would be interested. :P It's called Almost a Bride, by Jane Feather. ...   Sun Feb 22nd, 2009 02:26 pm

Greetings All! I've been away for a little while, thanks to my PC picking up a nasty trojan that took me a while to finally ...   Sun Feb 22nd, 2009 05:35 am

I, too, actually found myself enjoying G&G when I went to the theater to watch it, but later? At home on DVD? I got bored. ...   Mon Feb 16th, 2009 04:10 am

It's been quite some time since I've found a good computer Civil War game. I'll keep my eyes open for this one. Thanks for the ...   Tue Feb 10th, 2009 04:34 am

It's been quite some time since I visited Cumberland Gap. My mother and I were taking a Kentucky/Tennessee Civil War trip one year. I insisted ...   Sun Feb 8th, 2009 04:51 am

Hello My name is Susan I am a bookaholic last book I bought was two days ago.  *raises hand* I'm right with you, Sister! :D Have you ...   Sun Feb 8th, 2009 04:28 am

No, I haven't read that one. Thanks for the rec! Yeah, I get my Irish up around March, too. Might have something to do with ...   Wed Feb 4th, 2009 11:39 pm

I posted this over in the general what are you reading thread, but have started a book I got for Christmas called "The Harp and ...   Wed Feb 4th, 2009 04:58 am

I love getting books that are discounted! I finished another historical mystery -- one of the Sister Fidelma novels -- and decided to start tackling my ...   Wed Feb 4th, 2009 04:52 am

Ugh! Baseball...*frowns* I've been to one major league baseball game (quite some time ago). I was visiting Montreal and took in a game between the Expos ...   Mon Feb 2nd, 2009 05:50 pm

What was great was that the outcome wasn't already known after the first quarter! Yeah, those final 10 minutes are what made it great. Makes ...   Mon Feb 2nd, 2009 04:38 am

I was cheering for the Cardinals because...well, frankly, I'm sick and tired of Pittsburg winning all the time. Of course, the fact that my team ...   Mon Feb 2nd, 2009 04:25 am

You're welcome, Pam! I've seen Jodi Picoult's books in the store a lot, but wasn't sure if they were something I would like to read. ...   Sun Feb 1st, 2009 07:42 pm

Forgot about Maud and Stephen! Yeah, another civil war. On the subject of the earlier Plantagenets, a couple other good mysteries are MISTRESS OF THE ...   Sat Jan 31st, 2009 06:25 pm

I can definitely relate to the "too many books, so little time" thing! Penman's research in SUNNE IN SPLENDOUR is excellent, and she presents plausible ...   Sat Jan 31st, 2009 05:35 pm

I think I've got CLASS OF 1846 around the house somewhere. If not, I'm sure I can borrow a copy from one of the members ...   Sat Jan 31st, 2009 04:42 pm

Yes, that's it -- THE PRINCES OF THE TOWER! LOL! That one should have been obvious, especially as the life and times of Richard III ...   Sat Jan 31st, 2009 04:32 pm

I know what you mean about always behind. When it comes to fiction, my favorite books are historical mysteries. I've read mysteries set in just ...   Sat Jan 31st, 2009 03:18 pm

I've got several other books by Ms. Weir. You'll have to let me know what you think of INNOCENT TRAITOR. ...   Sat Jan 31st, 2009 02:25 pm

I see it's been a while since anybody's posted here, so maybe I'll bump it and see what happens. I just finished reading two excellent ...   Sat Jan 31st, 2009 03:15 am

I came home from a board meeting of my roundtable to find Mom had been online, checking out the trivia questions. So maybe she's gonna ...   Sun Sep 21st, 2008 10:06 pm

Thank you, both of you. Yes, we're both doing well. And I'll tell Mom to get back to playing trivia again. Hugs to all of ...   Sat Sep 20th, 2008 10:52 pm

with the NASCAR season winding down i was wondering if anybody had a favorite moment from this season? I've been away for most of the ...   Sat Sep 20th, 2008 03:03 pm

Yeah. Wildthing? Ugh!! That was Charlie Sheen in Major League. Now THAT was a wild thing! ;-) Kyle is an extremely talented young driver, but he has ...   Mon May 5th, 2008 03:03 am

I don't know about anybody else, but I'm getting sick and tired of watching Kyle Busch week in and week out running over everybody in ...   Sun May 4th, 2008 03:22 am

Only five?? :P 1. Chinese - esp. General Tsao's Chicken 2. Steak 3. Lobster 4. Shrimp - fried, battered, cocktail, scampi... 5. All-meat pizza with extra cheese   ...   Wed Apr 9th, 2008 04:18 am

By the way, were y'all aware that the burning scenery in "GWTW" was the gate from "King Kong"? ole And here I thought I was the only ...   Sat Mar 22nd, 2008 04:19 am

Lincoln Fan, I saw Randy at our March meeting and told him he was famous, having been mentioned on this board. He said to say ...   Thu Mar 20th, 2008 04:09 am