If you can afford it, stay away from wool felt. That gets wet and it goes slouchy. Fur felt stands the weather better. Buying your ...   Sat May 30th, 2009 07:58 pm

Carhart and Harmon have written interesting books. That they've been blasted mercilessly by the CW crowd does not make them worthless. By all means, if ...   Sat May 30th, 2009 05:30 pm

Tennessee's separation from the Union was made by the State Legislature (an elected body). For a group supposedly trying to return to the Constitution of the Founding Fathers, ...   Sat May 30th, 2009 01:22 pm

  Guess I'm obliged to respond. They did secede. Ole- Do we need to go through the procedures state by state? More than a few states rammed ...   Sat May 30th, 2009 12:43 am

Glad you did. I just wanted color to separate my response.  Thanks and my apologies. ...   Thu May 28th, 2009 06:32 pm

borderuffian wrote: ole wrote: Why was 'Union' valuable to the North, but not to the South? Your're saying that the Union was not valuable to ...   Thu May 28th, 2009 12:43 pm

Do what you gotta do, Javal, to keep your board growing. I hope that you can find a way to keep the chaff out of ...   Wed May 27th, 2009 12:14 am

Why did the North (supposedly anti-slavery) want to be reunited with 11 'slave' states? As you seem to be hinting at a cause, I guess it's not ...   Wed May 27th, 2009 12:00 am

Quite right, Miss Susan. Dig into all those "other" causes and you'll find slavery as the source. No slavery; no war. ...   Tue May 26th, 2009 02:59 pm

Doubledog Amen, Captain! ...   Mon May 25th, 2009 06:40 pm

The cows are coming home to roost. Rather than discuss which states have spent themselves into a hole, I'd like to hear about those who ...   Thu May 21st, 2009 12:47 am

I also noted the Piatt link. There's some logic in the citation, but I don't believe it. Sherman came to worship Grant. That he might have ...   Mon May 18th, 2009 04:14 am

When Logan was passed over for McPherson's spot, he finished off the war with his mouth mostly shut. After the war comes another story. Ole ...   Sun May 17th, 2009 02:38 pm

I'm thinking we're not answering Brett's original question: What caused the Civil War. All welcone frivolity aside, there is only one answer: Slavery. Sectionalism. Sectional ...   Thu May 14th, 2009 05:26 pm

Which, Iron Duke, is where I was going. With such does reside the term, "unforgiven." It's a little hard put to say that they are ...   Wed May 13th, 2009 11:30 pm

... and I doubt Longstreet is sitting by idly waiting for that counter attack without getting more of Hood's and maybe even McLaw's men up ...   Wed May 13th, 2009 08:20 pm

David: Your scenario works pretty good under normal circumstances. Hazlett found a narrow place for two of his guns (likely 10# Parrotts) and they were ...   Wed May 13th, 2009 08:10 pm

Terminal sectionalism. Alternative: Smart*** pundits espousing wild-eyed theories about planters growing surly in the southern heat and playing dog-in-the-manger by depriving the north of tacos. ;) ...   Wed May 13th, 2009 03:45 pm

But good thoughts, Pam. I've not been there yet. But I've been given to understand that Hazlett found a narrow spot where two of his guns ...   Tue May 12th, 2009 04:49 am

Bumping this to the top to ask a question: Just how important was LRT? Lee focused his attack on the 2nd to peel the Union line ...   Mon May 11th, 2009 06:45 pm

David is quite right, the majority leans more left now than it did, say, 40 years ago. I see something Lincolnesque in the process, although ...   Sat May 9th, 2009 01:47 pm

...   Sat May 2nd, 2009 05:38 pm

Kinda simple. Lincoln walked through Richmond when Davis left. No biggie. How simple does it have to be? Ole ...   Sat May 2nd, 2009 05:22 pm

We are stuck with rain in the forecast through next Tuesday! Between machinery malfunctions and coaching high school softball, I may have have some "late" ...   Sat May 2nd, 2009 02:56 pm

Coaching kids is almost as rewarding as farming. I get to look out my window at the park across the road, and every now and ...   Sat May 2nd, 2009 02:44 pm

Fortunately, DD, THE Dad taught me how to make them purr. He could work magic with engines. About 3.5 seconds after hearing a sick engine, ...   Thu Apr 30th, 2009 06:40 pm

isn't there a big blue ox in that tale somewhere? Nah. That was Paul Bunion. As a bunion is a foot anomaly, I really don't have ...   Thu Apr 30th, 2009 06:26 pm

DD: Just the pointy shovel. So my garden is only as large as these old bones will allow. I envy you your Fords and the ...   Thu Apr 30th, 2009 01:54 pm

A Napoleon would be nice. At least to make the radgits and squirrels go to the other side of the hedge. Ole ...   Thu Apr 30th, 2009 01:36 pm

My guess is there were probably even a few who fought because of their bond with their master, though if there was it was likely ...   Thu Apr 30th, 2009 01:32 pm

 agree entirely, but I think that idealizing the North and demonizing the South is equally as foolish. The fact that some blacks did fight for ...   Wed Apr 29th, 2009 11:22 pm

Bama. And you know this. Ole is a name, ol' is an adjective.  Yeah. It's kind of fun to play with it, but my handle ...   Wed Apr 29th, 2009 11:01 pm

Ho, humm. Bring up about 10,000 others. Ole ...   Wed Apr 29th, 2009 10:53 pm

Have absolutely none of any sort relicslover. Wish I did, but everytime I looked at one, I compared the price to a self-propelled mower and ...   Wed Apr 29th, 2009 08:17 pm

Did blacks fight for the Americans in the ARW? They probably fought for the Confederacy for the same reasons. By the same token, many fled ...   Wed Apr 29th, 2009 08:09 pm

Ummmmmm, bama; that's ol' man. Ole ...   Wed Apr 29th, 2009 08:03 pm

-The VA in a reversal of previous policy now states that small confederate type flags cannot be placed in front of confederate graves in national ...   Wed Apr 29th, 2009 03:40 pm