This comes from Elizabeth Brown Pryor's book, 'Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee through his Private Letters': "...Promoted to captain, Orton distinguished himself ...   Sat Jun 7th, 2008 01:13 am

This was brought to my attention recently. It's the story of Stonewall Jackson raiding the B&O Railroad yard in Martinsburg (then West Virginia) early in ...   Fri Jun 6th, 2008 06:28 pm

Ugghhh! And so much longer, too. When my wife and I went to Alaska from North Carolina, we took Amtrak's air-rail program. We rode the ...   Thu May 22nd, 2008 11:22 am

A few years ago my wife and I were in Staunton, Va., when we made our way into an antiques store. I found a display ...   Fri May 2nd, 2008 11:50 pm

Renee, I also have to agree with Joe and Widow that the odds are long that it's a picture of Jackson. First off, there are only two ...   Mon Apr 28th, 2008 04:33 pm

Susan, A friendly nit to pick: Custer first general to go up in Lowe's balloon. He did crouch below in the basket but SAID he ...   Mon Apr 21st, 2008 11:47 am

Fan, Check this out: http://members.aol.com/gordonkwok/torpedoes.html It should answer some of your questions, especially the last two-sentence paragraph in the top section. ...   Sun Apr 20th, 2008 11:40 pm

The monument to Jackson at Chancellorsville, hard against the Orange Plank Road, actually is the site where his wounds were initially tended. In 1996, Krick ...   Sat Apr 19th, 2008 02:05 pm

By the way, nice avatar, Ole. Is he a relative of yours? Which unit did he fight with? :D ...   Fri Apr 18th, 2008 01:54 pm

Joe, How far away are you from West Salem, Ill? http://the-dispatch.com/article/20080418/APA/804181351 I noticed the time frame is very close to what you stated. ...   Fri Apr 18th, 2008 11:13 am

I don't know much about Ames, but I do know that he took over the 1st Division of the 11th Corps at Gettysburg after Barlow ...   Thu Apr 17th, 2008 12:49 am

You have an ex-wife who is 51???? And another who is 28???? I'm in awe. ...   Wed Apr 16th, 2008 06:49 pm

ConnYankee, Also, in Smith's biography of Grant, there are several mentions of Grant smoking cigars in the White House. This one was the most interesting and ...   Fri Apr 4th, 2008 02:20 pm

Ha. Just out of curiosity, I checked the Willard Hotel for rates. I requested a single bed, senior citizens discount, for one night. It's $494.10. ...   Fri Apr 4th, 2008 11:28 am

Re: Sickles. Like Ashbel, my first impulse was to say Smithsonian. Checked my notes from the Civil War Institute a couple years ago, which focused on ...   Fri Apr 4th, 2008 11:17 am

Cody, Just something to ponder about Grant's presidency. During his first administration he was instrumental in ratification of the 15th amendment which prohibits government from using ...   Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 07:25 pm

David, Hey, I like a little cheesy now and then. Especially with an impertinent chardonnay. Actually, I thought that was a pretty entertaining flick. What I want ...   Thu Mar 27th, 2008 04:36 pm

I've heard more than one anti-Grant person say that the reason Grant was so successful in his Civil War military career was because he was ...   Wed Mar 26th, 2008 08:07 pm

'As for laughing, I think the "groan" one-liners were exceptional. My little acorn hat is off to all whom contributed to those.' I agree, Joanie. ...   Tue Mar 25th, 2008 11:46 am

I'm hurt, Ole. Now I've suffered a serious groan injury. :shock: ...   Mon Mar 24th, 2008 02:05 pm

All this talk is making me hungry. I could really go for a good mudpie about now. You know, the kind with alternating layers of ...   Mon Mar 24th, 2008 11:42 am

According to Smith's biography on Grant, Grant graduated from West Point in 1843 ranked 21st in a class of 39. In his final year, he ...   Sat Mar 22nd, 2008 12:32 am

Don, Good question. I know nothing about uniforms, but I did find this site: http://www2.inxpress.net/jwedeward/original_frock_coat.htm Considering that we're speaking specifically of the Iron Brigade, which made frock coats ...   Fri Mar 21st, 2008 04:09 am

I put this post where it belonged on 'Introduction — question.' ...   Fri Mar 21st, 2008 12:58 am

I read somewhere that the greatest Confederate general in the war was Abraham Buford. Hey, TD! I think I remember reading that, too. Wasn't it written by ...   Thu Mar 20th, 2008 01:05 pm

Watch out, Ole. The devil is in the details. :P Joanie might agree... ...   Thu Mar 20th, 2008 04:37 am

Don, Upon further review, I think you might have got the timing pretty close. Using the only documented rate of march I'm aware of — Sedgwick's 35-mile ...   Thu Mar 20th, 2008 01:37 am

And, how do you rate JEB Stuart? There, you see. I knew I'd forget somebody. I'd say Stuart was great early in the war, but from ...   Thu Mar 20th, 2008 12:14 am

'Then, in a remarkable burst of speed, he only dawdled.' Bwahahaha. Spectacular, Ole. Thanks for today's smile. :) ...   Wed Mar 19th, 2008 04:13 pm

Albert, Allow me to respectfully disagree, at least about Mac. McClellan was virtually given the Peninsula by Johnston, but perhaps because of his caution, he still couldn't ...   Wed Mar 19th, 2008 02:06 pm

Rob, Munching on your fodder for further discussion from earlier in the thread, I agree with most of what you say. Having said that (?), since ...   Wed Mar 19th, 2008 03:30 am

That's a very nice post, HankC. Allow me to add that I think the great generals displayed qualities of resolve, a courage of conviction, an ability ...   Tue Mar 18th, 2008 05:04 pm

According to Alan Nolan in his book 'The Iron Brigade,' the unit had 1,883 effectives on the morning of July 1, 1863. By the end of ...   Mon Mar 17th, 2008 07:08 pm

Maybe the stuff is still there and is waiting to be purchased at The Horse Soldier. :) Interestingly enough, the books I have — 'The Iron ...   Mon Mar 17th, 2008 01:18 pm

JOANIE!!!! Man, when you disappear, you really fall off the face of the earth (which I believe is located somewhere near East Lansing, right?). But when ...   Sat Mar 15th, 2008 02:01 pm

Holy smokes. You mean we even get Europeans tied up in our own bureaucratic red tape? I had no idea. Sorry about that. Is there anything ...   Sun Mar 9th, 2008 06:33 pm

I absolutely love this — two guys from England discussing between themselves, and knowledgably, about the Emancipation Proclamation. Wow. I also notice all our friends ...   Sun Mar 9th, 2008 12:36 pm

Susan, Your check is in the mail ...   Sun Mar 9th, 2008 12:15 am

It's called 'Traveller' and it was printed in 1989. If you go to Amazon.com, I think you can get a copy starting at three cents ...   Fri Mar 7th, 2008 01:00 pm