Possibly an increased chance, and there might have been a few murdered masters, but I've seen no reference to that either. I suspect the slaves ...   Fri Feb 12th, 2010 06:15 pm

There was a relatively fresh division of XI Corps up there, plus a few batteries. Sounds like we have Jackson Fan to torment. )__ Ole ...   Fri Feb 12th, 2010 06:10 pm

All is not lost, trout. There might yet be some really desirable stuff in there. Ole ...   Fri Feb 12th, 2010 06:05 pm

So far as I'm aware, there were no "stables" in the modern sense of the word, as cavalry implies mobility. I am aware of remount stations ...   Fri Feb 12th, 2010 06:25 am

Anyway i appreciate the reply, it is so hard to find someone to talk civil war with me, much thanks. Is why we're all here, csa: ...   Fri Feb 12th, 2010 06:09 am

i think the south lost because of the apparent reasons. for one the union naval blockade, two being so out numbered and three because of ...   Fri Feb 12th, 2010 05:39 am

Fried turkey is well worth trying. Use peanut oil. Ours came out nice and black. We heard several people comment that it was the best ...   Thu Feb 11th, 2010 11:06 pm

Time to resurrect the thread. For Christmas, we just set up a taco bar. All the fixins. Feed yourselves. And we did. Ole ...   Thu Feb 11th, 2010 10:54 pm

Only one angle, Mr. Al: boxoffice. Nobody pays to see authentic 19th Century thought patterns unless they're not boring. Did you see the John Adams series ...   Thu Feb 11th, 2010 10:27 pm

Messages? We don' got messages. We don' need no stinkin' messages! No angry messages, csamillerp. Disagreements, yes. But no angry messages. Stonewall would have slaughtered his corps ...   Thu Feb 11th, 2010 10:12 pm

Yes, no matter the rank or station they were seen as fellow soldiers.  Thank you sir; may I have another? The Union Armies also employed black, ...   Wed Feb 10th, 2010 05:44 pm

There are no dumb questions, Mark. Hang around the CW boards for a while and "black confederates" will show up. Again and again and again. My take: ...   Wed Jan 27th, 2010 03:52 pm

Agreed, Old Blu. Seems like the soldiers saw it coming well before their leaders had to toss in the towel. The sensible bailed, but I ...   Wed Dec 9th, 2009 04:23 pm

It has been postulated that desertion was the primary cause of Lee's defeat. I'll stop short of primary. It certainly didn't help. Looking at desertion ...   Wed Dec 9th, 2009 09:27 am

Excellent point, Mark. Lots of those listed as deserters at one point or another came back. Many of the AWOLs were listed as deserters. The real ...   Wed Dec 9th, 2009 09:13 am

You'll notice that responses are far more restrained than the initial post on this thread. It is one thing to believe certain "facts;" it is quite ...   Tue Dec 8th, 2009 02:51 pm

A goose is greasy. It has to be roasted on a rack twice. And it is a waste of time to stuff them ... the ...   Sat Dec 5th, 2009 07:54 pm

Guess we'd all like to live by the bay and do what it takes to keep the bay alive. Rocky Mountain Oysters aside,(fie TimK)There is ...   Thu Dec 3rd, 2009 05:35 pm

Lordy! No PBJ trolls here. I wouldn't know how to handle myself if I could stroll by the river and pick some oysters. I was ...   Thu Dec 3rd, 2009 02:08 pm

Hi, Podad.  You've come to a good place for learning. Ole ...   Thu Dec 3rd, 2009 01:57 pm

Dang! You have me slavering. ...   Wed Dec 2nd, 2009 11:30 pm

Before we stand him against the stake, let's look at that post again. Be charitable this time around. Ole ...   Wed Dec 2nd, 2009 11:26 pm

Perhaps, TD, but only perhaps. Kinda looks like that, doesn't it? I suspect that Lincoln expected a shooting match that would be over quickly. The one ...   Tue Dec 1st, 2009 07:38 pm

Lincoln could have called a special session of the new Congress one minute after his inauguration. Agreed, Hank, and nevermind that extending the terms of a ...   Tue Dec 1st, 2009 07:12 pm

With that individual, logic or historical fact is beside the point. Old Blue posted: I will always wonder why he didn't wait until Congress was back ...   Tue Dec 1st, 2009 07:00 pm

Not playing fair, bama! But maybe you've hit on it. The secession movements appears to have been, to me at least, a stacked political deck. ...   Mon Nov 30th, 2009 05:30 am

We're wandering somewhat. And I'll admit to be an active wanderer in the field of speculation and hypotheticals. I'm just not confident that the secesh ...   Mon Nov 30th, 2009 02:47 am

Maybe not, TD. Maybe so. Had Ft. Sumter been re-supplied, it would then have to re- and re- and re-supplied. Its situation was untenable. Lincoln more ...   Sun Nov 29th, 2009 04:48 pm

Now lets don't intertwine the war with the secession. They are two seperate events in my mind... but for the states to just walk out... I'll be ...   Sat Nov 28th, 2009 07:49 pm

Lincoln had hoped that he could defuse the situation diplomatically. (Detzer, "Dissonance") Although it seems logical that he ought to have asked Congress to stay on, ...   Fri Nov 27th, 2009 10:25 pm

Without the firing on Ft. Sumter, he couldn't assume the power he did. In the absence of a sitting Congress, he could do little more ...   Fri Nov 27th, 2009 03:45 pm

This is becoming overly complicated. The president-elect is given consideration, a security detail, federally sponsored travel and many kinds of perks but, until he takes ...   Fri Nov 27th, 2009 03:31 am

A new president is elected in early November. He does not become president until his inauguration -- presently January. When Lincoln was elected, his inauguration ...   Thu Nov 26th, 2009 01:45 pm

Don't apologize for your English, Marmaduke. We've seen a lot worse from many. It remains that a president-elect is free to organize his staff and signal ...   Wed Nov 25th, 2009 11:22 pm

Agreed. Ole ...   Wed Nov 25th, 2009 04:51 pm

In the same way, the folks in the seceeding states, rightly or wrongly (opinions vary!) had decided in their own minds that the bond was ...   Wed Nov 25th, 2009 04:08 pm

But don't let the rest of us stop discussing some really interesting topics. Barrydancer: I agree with your interpretation of the excerpt of Lincoln's speech. Lincoln ...   Wed Nov 25th, 2009 03:14 am

I guess he COULD have sent a letter to Congress telling them he was going to call an emergency session AFTER he was sworn in ...   Tue Nov 24th, 2009 10:46 pm

Irrelevant. The South claimed that the other states were doing it, and Lincoln admitted it;  there's really no need to quibble over and delve into minutiae, ...   Tue Nov 24th, 2009 10:38 pm

You can see it by going to booktv.org and doing a search for Brian McGinty. ...   Tue Nov 24th, 2009 10:33 pm