Captain Crow wrote: I'm not so sure the AoNV was necessarily facing starvation, at least not immediately. And of course as usual I strongly contend against ...   Sat Sep 27th, 2008 11:59 am

Pam, Pam, Pam, Did you forget East Cemetery Hill? Started around 7:30 p.m. and ended in darkness. Rodes, under moonlight, aborted his assault to support Early's ...   Thu Sep 25th, 2008 11:36 pm

Captain Crow wrote: I think it would depend on how costly a victory was won at Gettysburg. Personally, as I've stated before in other topics, I ...   Thu Sep 25th, 2008 12:01 pm

What???? Nothing in the eastern theater??? :D:D:D:D:D ...   Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 11:09 pm

The comparison and significance of Vicksburg and Gettysburg has almost always been intriguing to me. While I do tend to lean toward the fall of ...   Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 08:43 pm

CleburneFan wrote: Being from the Jurassic Period (I am 65), ... Cleburne Fan, I am so sorry, I completely misjudged you. I was convinced you were Paleolithic :D Like, ...   Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 04:32 pm

Thanks for that, Sam. Much appreciated. ...   Sun Sep 21st, 2008 06:20 pm

I thoroughly enjoyed the flick and found it to be very uplifting. The North Carolina connection, of course, is that Marshall had just played East Carolina ...   Sun Sep 21st, 2008 11:49 am

Good for you, DG. It's a very worthwhile thing to do. My wife has made three donations of her unusual strawberry blonde hair over the past ...   Sat Sep 20th, 2008 03:43 am

j harold I believe your initial impression is correct. This summer our little group had an LBG tour of the 11th Corps, and our guide suggested that ...   Thu Sep 18th, 2008 03:00 pm

Furthermore, the Federal government held the title to the fort: http://www.civilwarhome.com/sumterownership.htm Read the section on Fort Sumter in the bottom half of the essay. ...   Wed Sep 17th, 2008 11:45 am

But then, the North would have long ago opened up ANWR to drilling, as well as offshore California. And perhaps also utilized those abundant Pennsylvania ...   Tue Sep 16th, 2008 10:44 pm

44th VA INF wrote: I dont realy agee onthat statement there were only 3 freemen taken back to the confedracy and i t wsas by some ...   Sat Sep 6th, 2008 03:44 am

Izzy, Don't forget New Hampshire: Live Free or Die! To return to the theme: I live about 30 miles from a small town called Climax. And, ...   Wed Sep 3rd, 2008 11:01 am

Susan, Found this definition on the Internet: "Flying bridge, a temporary bridge suspended or floating, as for the passage of armies; also, a floating structure connected ...   Wed Aug 13th, 2008 11:06 am

Stonewall Jackson here. Pass the lemons, please. ...   Sun Jul 27th, 2008 10:41 pm

Bama46 wrote: As PvtClewell has pointed out, Mac was not at G'burg, but Meade certainly was... too many "M's" I guess... sorry for the gaffe Ed Or maybe it ...   Sun Jul 27th, 2008 05:20 pm

pamc153PA wrote: When I first was told I had to teach this, I laughed at how all the experts thought this was so innovative. I've been ...   Thu Jul 24th, 2008 03:03 pm

Tom Wiehle wrote: Have to agree also on the book "Covered with Glory" by Rod Gragg, only 250 pages but it brought tears to my ...   Thu Jul 24th, 2008 03:00 pm

Hey, Cap'n, Are you any relation to Sheryl...? ...   Mon Jul 14th, 2008 12:42 am

Check this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rushmore Read the section titled 'History, about halfway through. Apparently, it was Borglum's idea. He also sculted the North Carolina Monument at Gettysburg, which in my ...   Sun Jul 13th, 2008 12:55 am

Joe, Nice map. Where do you dig up this stuff? Plus, I share your sentiments about Barlow. If he wasn't so xenophobic about the Germans under his ...   Sat Jul 5th, 2008 04:40 pm

Pam, I have been to Chancellorsville a number of times and have traveled Jackson's flank march route at least three times. I have not investigated the ...   Sat Jul 5th, 2008 12:25 pm

Thanks, Joe Makes me wish those buildings were still in existence. How dramatically it changes this portion of the battlefield without them. I can also ...   Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 07:56 pm

DG, Try this: http://lar5.com/cube/fas1.html ...   Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 03:07 am

Joe, For whatever it's worth, this comes out of David Martin's book, 'Gettysburg, July 1' and documents Bayard Wilkeson's mortal wounding: "...The shot that felled Wilkeson was ...   Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 02:38 am

Pam, I checked in my regimental of the 153rd, and the best I can come up with is several references to the Poor House, which, of ...   Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 01:13 am

Why was a Louisiana Man risking his life in an insignificant/indecisive theater like the east? Hmmm, let me think — maybe because it wasn't so ...   Tue Jul 1st, 2008 04:38 pm

Furthermore, the July 2 attack on ECH was done in fading daylight and ended in darkness, no doubt adding to the horror for both sides. ...   Tue Jul 1st, 2008 02:44 am

Pam When I worked at the Free Press, it was for less than a year back in 1976. Then I came south and lived happily ever ...   Sun Jun 29th, 2008 10:09 pm

Because we're older than dirt. ...   Sun Jun 29th, 2008 02:26 am

Joe, Does Schaeffer (sp) Auditorium sound about right? Pam, Yes. Sellersville. Right next door. I'm officially in a twilight zone now. Quakertown. I spent my first year in journalism ...   Sun Jun 29th, 2008 01:49 am

I tend to agree with j harold. One of the few things that Howard did right when he reached the field was to put Von Steinwehr's ...   Sat Jun 28th, 2008 11:58 pm

OK, This is getting just a little too, um, bizarre. I just got back from a week in Gettysburg, so I'm catching up here. I did a ...   Sat Jun 28th, 2008 11:13 pm

pamc We're starting to get a full complement from the 153rd PA around here. Pretty much figured out that my gg uncle Pvt. William Clewell played the ...   Sat Jun 21st, 2008 03:07 am

The fact that Tiger essentially won it with one leg tied behind his back, as it were (and apparently against doctors' orders), will simply add ...   Tue Jun 17th, 2008 02:13 pm

Here's something else: Tiger Woods has earned a staggering $81,004,376 since turning professional in 1996. In early 1999, he took on Stevie Williams as his caddy. ...   Sat Jun 14th, 2008 12:43 pm

Golf utilizes hand-eye coordination, perception, strength, finesse, integrity, endurance, mental discipline and intelligence. The very essence of sports. It's amazing how hard to it is to ...   Sat Jun 14th, 2008 12:15 pm

Does this qualify? Another Stonewall Jackson story. This time, it's Aug. 9, 1862, the Battle of Cedar Mountain, the precursor to Second Manassas. It's not one ...   Mon Jun 9th, 2008 06:51 pm

"The time it must have taken and the effort involved to get all the horses to co-operate staggers my mind." Well, a there was war on ...   Sat Jun 7th, 2008 03:47 am