Oops thats right you did play S.C. earlier...well play them again by God, and whip em again lol. I wish UK had another shot at ...   Tue Oct 16th, 2007 05:14 pm

Thanks Doc, I just wish y'all played south carolina so you could beat the mortal crap outta Steve Spurriers team. I hate the BCS system, it ...   Tue Oct 16th, 2007 01:09 am

If we were playing in the swamp, I would be really worried. Don't get me wrong florida is a excellent football team, but Kentucky has a ...   Tue Oct 16th, 2007 12:02 am

C! A! T! S! CATS CATS CATS! I knew they had what I thought was the best offense in the SEC, but the amount their defense ...   Mon Oct 15th, 2007 09:12 pm

Everyone mentions Freemantle as a british observer, but their were others as well. General Wolseley, a Colonel at the time, also spent time as an ...   Mon Oct 8th, 2007 06:00 pm

The mass media is dominantly northern Pvt, and so the mesage people get is from that view, much the same as how you mention the ...   Sat Oct 6th, 2007 05:01 am

Welcome to the board! This is a very enjoyable board with many excellent contributors who are very knowledgeable on the topic. A great place to ...   Sat Oct 6th, 2007 04:50 am

To varying degrees yes, but then economics could be said to be the basis of every decision, every type of conflict the human species is ...   Sat Oct 6th, 2007 04:38 am

Perception is reality. The older I get the more I recognize the truth in this. It is remarkable the amount of ignorance we Americans seem ...   Sat Oct 6th, 2007 04:24 am

So far I have enjoyed the series, and I believe that it is refreshing to see more of the home front strory told than one ...   Wed Sep 26th, 2007 04:09 am

when you see a dead soldier like the boy at Petersburg, the "sharpshooter" at Gettysburg, the dead at the Alsop farm -- whether some family ...   Wed Sep 19th, 2007 04:01 am

I'm in kentucky, and as anyone should know basketball is king here. However, Kentucky does have a pretty solid football team this year, too bad ...   Wed Sep 12th, 2007 07:29 am

TD- a little off topic, but was texas not the first state to not have an "out clause" when it joined the union? That is ...   Thu Sep 6th, 2007 05:17 am

 Even among northern statesman, the idea to rid the Americas of slavery was a minority opinion at the constitutional convention. Both north and south viewed ...   Wed Sep 5th, 2007 07:23 am

So wierd about the comment from the man about such a movie ruining Romneys campaign Cleburne, but then this is a wierd, crazy time we live ...   Tue Sep 4th, 2007 12:50 am

Well said Ole. Being a college student myself, I have had my share of teachers who spout out crap from one side of the fence ...   Wed Aug 29th, 2007 06:08 am

I haven't seen this so I really should not comment on the Davis interview. But, since no-one else is jumping in I will give it a ...   Tue Aug 28th, 2007 11:36 pm

I'm not sure about how all mainstream novels operate on these "endorsements", but I'm pretty sure high tier authors  get paid to review  books,  I know ...   Tue Aug 28th, 2007 11:15 pm

Even if Lee accomplishes the Austerlitz chimera so coveted by military thinkers of the time, he would have been like Hannibal following Cannae-too strong to ...   Thu Aug 16th, 2007 08:51 pm

PvtClewell- Just becuase Burnside and Hooker failed and/or were poor  Army commanders does not mean they were inferior corps commanders. Burnside certainly was not great, but ...   Thu Aug 16th, 2007 08:37 pm

Personally, I don't believe the quality of the federal officer command was bad at all...with the exception of the man at top that is. Really, your ...   Tue Aug 14th, 2007 04:09 am

Cleburnefan-the fact that the South did not recieve european recognition is a direct result of Antietam. As for the length of the war following antietam? ...   Tue Aug 14th, 2007 01:27 am

Ole: I once read an essay on this very subject. I don't suppose you remember the author? I admit the conclusions I would want to ...   Tue Aug 14th, 2007 12:09 am

Wow, a thousand apologies to everyone, especially PVTClewell, I had no idea this thread even existed. I inadvertantly "inspire" a post and take no part ...   Mon Aug 13th, 2007 11:49 pm

PVTClewell writes: The 6th Corps was a very good corps under Gen. John Sedgwick. His men loved him, called him 'Uncle John.' Don't think anybody ...   Mon Aug 13th, 2007 07:34 am

Of course in any instance 35 miles is an awesome march far an entire corps of soldiers to complete in that amount of time. However, ...   Mon Aug 13th, 2007 07:09 am

The boys in the 6th must have been well disciplined and the officers must have done a superb job as well. My last post may have seemed ...   Sun Aug 12th, 2007 06:29 am

The roads that the 6 corps traveled by must have been excellent as well for that number of miles to be covered. 35 miles is ...   Mon Jul 30th, 2007 05:24 am

90 percent Nathan Bedford Forrest (really guys, I always thought of myself as a fairly likeable person...really...oh well, at least I ain't incompotent and will ...   Mon Jul 30th, 2007 05:13 am

I work 25-30 hours a week and go to college full time. Thats the explanation for the crazy times I post at...   ...   Sun Jul 29th, 2007 08:12 pm

It takes time to deploy a full division into the field, correct me if I'm wrong in this, but didn't Heth complicate things by feeding ...   Sun Jul 29th, 2007 07:36 am

Lay aside for a second the aspect of serious injury in the case of Hood and Ewell. How about the promotion from division to corp ...   Thu Jul 19th, 2007 12:22 am

Another aspect that some who are not familiar with civil war artillery might find interesting is the distinct difference between, say, a napoleon (bronze) and a ...   Wed Jul 18th, 2007 11:59 pm

I am guessing on this one, but I would say from any distance they would sound similar in intensity of sound (a mortar and gun ...   Wed Jul 18th, 2007 09:12 pm

I believe that a decisive battle was still possible during the ACW time period, and that Lee could have defeated the AoP in keeping with ...   Sun Jul 15th, 2007 07:39 am

As far as the sound of the cannon barrage on July 3rd at gettysburg goes, I reenact confederate artillery and I can honestly say even ...   Sun Jul 15th, 2007 07:07 am

Sorry I've not been able to join in many discussions of late, going to school fulltime and working 25 hours a week will do that. Anyways, ...   Sun May 13th, 2007 08:13 am

Am I the only one who thought this program was increadibly boring? I can't really put my finger on exactly why I thought it was ...   Tue May 1st, 2007 09:39 pm

Yes, Ann please let us know if you want photos of reenactments. I know that I could send you more photos than you could possibly ...   Mon Mar 19th, 2007 11:03 pm

I so totally agree with you, Orphan. That is why "what if...?" scenarios are so imponderable because every other factor would have to remain exactly ...   Sat Mar 17th, 2007 10:11 pm