Just for kicks, I got the following information from http://www.moviemistakes.com/ In the battle for Fredricksburg you can see streaks in the sky from jets. In the Battle ...   Thu Aug 10th, 2006 05:56 pm

"Gettysburg" was an awsome movie....."Gods and Generals", I thought, was very disappointing......The dialogue was gaudy, the speeches redundant and over-blown. From the begining, I had ...   Thu Aug 10th, 2006 04:26 pm

Hey thanks! I've studied war long enough to know that armies, soldiers, etc. have to do the things that they do in order to win wars. ...   Tue Jul 11th, 2006 08:25 pm

I admit, Sherman did what he had to do. However, being of Southern ancestry, I have to say I don't agree with having done those ...   Tue Jul 11th, 2006 06:22 pm

You who, in the midst of peace and prosperity, have plunged a nation into war -- dark and cruel war -- who dared and badgered ...   Tue Jul 11th, 2006 05:46 pm

I found this on http://www.echeat.com/essay.php?t=26546: "Sherman’s first act of terror and war crime was the bombardment of Atlanta. After the bombing had started Sherman wrote to ...   Tue Jul 11th, 2006 04:44 pm

Jessie, I just finished reading "River Run Red" which is about Ft. Pillow. In the book, there are several quotes from soldiers, officers, etc. regarding "the ...   Tue Jul 11th, 2006 04:19 pm

My opinion, and it is just an opinion, is that Sherman destroyed civilian property, not military property, which makes him guilty of war crimes (or ...   Tue Jul 11th, 2006 02:56 pm

  Nope, I'm afraid I can't help you there....I sure don't know....Sorry!! A.J. wrote: Thank you very much for the information. What I am most curious about ...   Thu Apr 6th, 2006 12:35 pm

This may be of interest to you. On this date in 1862, the following order was issued. The source for this is TheCivilWarChronical GENERAL ORDERS No. ...   Mon Apr 3rd, 2006 01:47 pm

CW, Thanks!! I couldn't find a pension application for Tennessee....He was recruited in Memphis, for Bankhead's Battery, in early 1861. When Bankhead got promoted and went to ...   Thu Mar 30th, 2006 05:46 pm

Sometimes there was a truce to bury the dead.....More often than not, however, the army left in possession the battlefield would remove/bury the dead. ...   Tue Mar 28th, 2006 03:52 pm

Hey CWGal! If you get the chance, I'd appreciate any info on Albert Sailhorst. He was a sergeant in Scott'ss TN Battery, Confederate. I have his service ...   Mon Mar 27th, 2006 07:13 pm

First, if you know their names, you may get their Service Record (the cost for each is $17.00). This will tell you where they enlisted, ...   Mon Mar 27th, 2006 06:41 pm

Hey, thanks for the info! As fate would have it, bar-be-cueing and smoking is another hobby of mine.....I have 3 grills of varying sizes, with side ...   Tue Jan 24th, 2006 06:26 pm

I want to start making homemade summer sausage to take when I'm going away for the weekend to participate in reenactments. I've never made any ...   Tue Jan 24th, 2006 04:53 pm

Yes, that website is part of the website for the reenacting Unit that I am with.... Thanks! ...   Thu Oct 27th, 2005 06:45 pm

Thanks, LastCav...... I appreciate your help!! Albert Sailhorst, Reenactor, Scott's TN Battery ...   Thu Oct 27th, 2005 06:01 pm

His name is Albert Sailhorst. He enlisted in Bankhead's Battery (First Tennessee Light Artillery, Company B) in Memphis in May 1861, as a sergeant (Bankhead's ...   Thu Oct 27th, 2005 01:52 pm

Thanks LastCav and CW Girl! I've tried the nps website that LastCav suggested.....no luck (although, it is a good resource!) The Chattanooga website suggested by CWGirl is ...   Wed Oct 26th, 2005 01:45 pm

Hey Javal....no incomming shots from me!! You're right.....not everyone was a hero, Lincoln was a political person who, in my view, just got lucky in getting ...   Thu Oct 13th, 2005 02:11 pm

I agree with Boots....Even up north, there is a "feeling" against Southerners.....perhaps the feeling is caused by stereotypes, i.e. lazy hillbilly, corn-pone humor, white trash, ...   Wed Oct 12th, 2005 01:33 pm

Just go down South....some people still smell the powder burning..... I lived in Tennessee 6 years (my family is originally from down there) and, in subtle ways, ...   Tue Oct 11th, 2005 03:30 pm

Yes, there are things we reenactors do just for ourselves....no public....They're called "Tacticals". We have one scheduled for May 2006. I've not yet been to one, ...   Fri Oct 7th, 2005 02:55 pm

OK, I'm having a lapse in memory on something basic....maybe y'all can help.... I'm looking for a Confederate soldier that died of disease in either Selma, ...   Wed Sep 28th, 2005 03:04 pm

I was born in the suburbs of Chicago....my father, grandfather and all before us came from Tennessee/NorthCarolina.....I was the first born up north. When I ...   Tue Sep 27th, 2005 02:36 pm

A good book to answer this question is "Civil War Trivia Quiz Book" by William Terdoslavich....I'd quote from it to give you the answers, but ...   Tue Sep 27th, 2005 02:18 pm