Dan Sickles was a killer.....he shot his wife's lover....Could it be argued Custer was a killer??....Sherman??.....Who else??.... ...   Tue Jun 12th, 2012 02:58 am

Sure, Forrest was a killer.....I do not disagree......That is what war is all about.... ...   Tue Jun 12th, 2012 02:48 am

The Civil War record I have for Albert Sailhorst lists him as dying twice, in two different locations (states, even!), months apart..... ...   Fri Jun 8th, 2012 10:33 pm

Yeah, I don't care for the political aspects of it.....Kind of petty, in my opinion, but, as I said, we were treated well and those ...   Tue Jun 5th, 2012 01:10 pm

Yep!!....I was with BGA!!....GREAT time & we were treated VERY well!! ...   Tue Jun 5th, 2012 02:04 am

Tsmee, where ya from??.....Did ya reenact at the Shiloh 150th??.....I reenacted there as Conf. Artillery....My family originally came from Bethal Springs, TN, not far from ...   Mon Jun 4th, 2012 11:11 pm

Just a shot in the dark guess.....BUT, COULD he have served with a different unit and trasnferred in as Sgt??....If you have his war record, ...   Mon Jun 4th, 2012 11:09 pm

HEY-YA, Johann!!....Glad to see ya!!.....Will we run into each other at reenactments this year??.....Hope all is well, Pard!! ...   Fri May 25th, 2012 11:53 pm

I have videos/pics posted on my Facebook page, if anyone is interested.......Kinda boring & not loud enough for me!!.....Also some video of us at the ...   Sat May 5th, 2012 02:27 am

Thanks!! I do not know where the author got his info on the battle itself, as it is NOT as accurate as it could be, and ...   Sat May 5th, 2012 02:25 am

Hey, y'all!!.....In the Today's News Section on CWI,the article "Rain wins the Battle of Shiloh" features an interview of me and my son!! HUZZAHH!!!....I made news ...   Tue May 1st, 2012 11:01 pm

Sgtredleg, I agree 100%....they're in it for the cash, not integrity to the principle of the show. Mark, The only thing I watch on the History ...   Tue Mar 13th, 2012 08:07 pm

This year marks the second year of the 150th's.....I wonder why the History Channel has missed the opportunity to capitalize on this by making shows ...   Tue Mar 13th, 2012 03:05 am

HUZZAH!!.....Welcome!! ...   Sat Mar 3rd, 2012 01:07 am

Agreed, Hellcat!!....Well said.... ...   Fri Mar 2nd, 2012 12:13 am

I agree, Pender.....To try Davis would have opened the potential for seccession to have been determined to be legal. It would have established a precedent.....The ...   Thu Mar 1st, 2012 11:57 pm

Howdy, texaswolf!!.....I'll be at the 150th Shiloh, too.....Scott's TN Battery.... We were at the 150th Wilson's Creek last year. A sutler had an old percussion shot-gun, ...   Mon Feb 13th, 2012 12:20 am

As of today, the 150th Shiloh website shows 3,100 renactors registered.... ...   Sun Feb 12th, 2012 02:33 am

I was 11 when the Bicentenial occured....There was even a free monthly newspaper from ARBA (American Revolution Bicentenial Association) that I had sent to me....It ...   Sun Feb 12th, 2012 02:32 am

Yes, that's true......I didn't see anything on the news about the 150th Bull Run eithere. I also agree that so littel attention is being paid to ...   Sat Feb 11th, 2012 11:38 pm

There was a Bull Run event last year, but it got scaled back somewhat because of the extreame heat..... ...   Sat Feb 11th, 2012 12:07 am

I'll be participating in the Shiloh reenactment....So far, it appears as though there are about 2,800 reenactors registered.....I am surprised that it is not twice ...   Fri Feb 10th, 2012 12:07 am

Tim, Ah HA!!.....I now remember that, when I went back to Best Buy to ask why I couldn't play the game, the guy did mention something ...   Thu Feb 2nd, 2012 01:13 am

Hello, and welcome!! I would advise finding a reenacting unit now, so you can participate in all the 150th events. If you don't have gear, a ...   Thu Jan 26th, 2012 01:43 am

That's about the going rate now, I am afraid.....I got my Springfield 3 years ago for $475....For a reproduction, I would not pay more than ...   Thu Jan 19th, 2012 01:17 am

I whole-heartedly agree with Hank......The War was won/lost in the West......Even the troops knew it in '63, '64..... A GREAT book is Larry Daniles "Soldiering In ...   Tue Jan 17th, 2012 11:50 pm

Howdy and welcome!! ...   Tue Jan 17th, 2012 01:51 am

I thing the whole Battlefield Detectives is too melo-dramatic......Their conclusions "refute" the evidence of hundreds of eye-witness/first person accounts, reports, casualty counts.....My opinion is that ...   Mon Dec 26th, 2011 11:56 pm

Not that I am aware of, however, "Shiloh: The Battle that Changed the Civil War" by Larry J. Daniels may be of interest. ...   Thu Dec 8th, 2011 12:56 am

The local populace watched Lee march into Pennsylvania....They knew he was there, yet they (in the form of "militias" or otherwise) destroyed no bridges in ...   Tue Dec 6th, 2011 01:47 am

Local militia, or any militia, would have no effect against seasoned veterans. I'll grant that MAYBE there would be a furor to join a militia, ...   Mon Dec 5th, 2011 02:45 am

I read all the reviews and listened with awe to the descriptions of the movie from my freinds....I rented it last month and was sorry ...   Mon Dec 5th, 2011 02:30 am

A good gun crew can fire 3 times a minute....Canister was used for short-range targets......Any target at short range posed a threat to the safety ...   Fri Dec 2nd, 2011 11:53 am

WOW!!!!......I can't answer your question, but I LOVE it!! ...   Fri Dec 2nd, 2011 12:12 am

In my opinion, the Confederacy lost the western theater at Shiloh, and thus the war in the west. Had the Federal army been destroyed there, Union ...   Sat Nov 26th, 2011 12:33 am

I got this laptop new last year.....Was supposed to be a good one!!!.......I don't know much about puters, anyway.....I think if i had a "techi" ...   Mon Nov 21st, 2011 02:03 am

CSMiller, I tried to download the Bettysburg Confederate scenario, with the same problem.....It won't download to my 64 bit laptop....Thanks for helping me, though!!!! ...   Mon Nov 21st, 2011 12:27 am

CSMiller....I don't have any of the Sdi Meirs games, although I have a cdrom of Civil War Generals 2, but it won't download onto my ...   Sun Nov 20th, 2011 11:51 pm

I also found it on line to download.....But had the same 64 bit problem.....Thanks!!! ...   Sat Nov 19th, 2011 04:04 am

Thanks, Hellcat.....I really appreciate your time!!! If I don't see ya sooner, have a GREAT Thanksgiving!! ...   Sat Nov 19th, 2011 02:08 am