Thank you Bob and Andy for the ideas of respiration and aspiration. I looked at my scanned copies and it was neither. My wildest best guess now is it is...
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aot1952
Jul 1, 2002 11:58 am
Mr. Joe- No question about it and I have long agreed with your conclusion that someone was trying to "cook the books". However, unlike you I am not as ready to...
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aot1952
Jul 1, 2002 12:16 pm
P.s.- Also before I forget I think it is also interesting to look at Van Cleve's (Beatty's US Division) losses. This was the Union division that Breckenridge...
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andyburden@...
da_burden
Jul 1, 2002 1:35 pm
Interesting nos. Perhaps the manner in which Breck's casualties were incurred (Mendenhall's massed batteries) has contributed to the belief that Jan. 2 was...
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andyburden@...
da_burden
Jul 1, 2002 1:39 pm
IIRC, the interpretive sign at McFadden's ford claims that 1400 CSA troops fell there. Don't have my books close at hand, but surely more than 1200 men were...
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slippymississippi
slippymissis...
Jul 1, 2002 3:14 pm
... I think you're missing a couple of key points. The first attempt at running the guns was unique because he used a huge fleet of ironclads that had been...
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Aurelie1999@...
laurarose1886
Jul 1, 2002 3:35 pm
Remember the Father of Waters begins in St. Paul MN and tumbles through the rich farmlands and manufacturing centers of the old Northwest. Vicksburg...
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ltcpataylor
Jul 1, 2002 5:20 pm
One of the biggest "conceptual" problems with a lot of Civil War tactics is that the generals involved were generally devotees of Baron Henri Jomini. Mahan...
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ltcpataylor
Jul 1, 2002 5:45 pm
Connie, Very good points. During my college days at Nebraska a professor of mine tole me that one of the worse losses that the Confederates suppered with the...
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Aurelie1999@...
laurarose1886
Jul 1, 2002 6:07 pm
Pete, you are so right. And imagine the smell!!! In our motorized world, we often forget about all the details that went into running a war back in them thar...
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lilsteve68@...
lilsteve68
Jul 1, 2002 7:41 pm
In a message dated 7/1/02 8:39:45 AM Central Daylight Time, ... Yeah he must have been .. I been to the ford many of times .. real peacefull there .. Amazing...
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M. E. Heatherington
meheatherington
Jul 1, 2002 9:00 pm
"So does this thread get on anybody's nerves?" -- You may have been dancing around a bad pun, Billie, but I have to confess that this info makes me feel sorry...
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M. E. Heatherington
meheatherington
Jul 1, 2002 9:35 pm
An addendum to Connie's note about the Msp R and the upper Midwest: It was the farmers and merchants from the old North West, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, who...
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ACES_DUGOUT
acesdugout
Jul 1, 2002 9:50 pm
Hi Y'all The basic for the Field surgeon or most Medical service was ether, alcohol or bite on this. And devil take the hindmost. The sutler had patent...
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WmHiram
Jul 1, 2002 10:04 pm
No aspirin until the 1890s, Madelon. Opiates, with their myriad nasty side effects, were the only analgesics at the time. Soooo glad I live in the 21st...
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wh_keene
Jul 1, 2002 10:09 pm
... <meheatherington@h...> wrote: "....Hence arose two unanticipated results of the Conf closing of the river..." Prior to the war, railroads were growing in...
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WmHiram
Jul 1, 2002 10:11 pm
Um, James, I don't know where you got your medical information but belladonna is NOT the main ingredient in aspirin. Aspirin started out as a brand name for...
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carlw4514
Jul 1, 2002 10:38 pm
James may have been thinking of willow bark, the ancient precursor. However, the below suggests that ancient uses of salicylate-containing plants may not...
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slippymississippi
slippymissis...
Jul 1, 2002 10:53 pm
... Grabau makes a fascinating suggestion: that the "contraband" who suggested landing at Bruinsburg, the spy who handed over Johnston's plans to Grant, the...
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wh_keene
Jul 1, 2002 11:21 pm
Mississippi was crisscrossed with anti-confederate population. a) slaves/contraband b) the 'Free State of Jones' in the southeast portion of the state c) the...
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carlw4514
Jul 1, 2002 11:35 pm
I find myself agreeing that just having some ability to "run the batteries" can be easily misunderstood as an acceptable facility. As long as the Confederates...
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dmsmith001
Jul 2, 2002 12:04 am
... In a word, baloney. Loring easily could have reached the Port Gibson Road, and made his way to any of several of available crossings. I don't think he...
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dmsmith001
Jul 2, 2002 12:11 am
Well, I started to answer this, but Yahoo ate it. :-) In a word, we'll never know exactly why Loring didn't rejoin Pemberton. But if I have to make a...
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dmsmith001
Jul 2, 2002 12:20 am
Sadly enough, Joe, I"m not sure there's a single point in your post that I'd disagree with. For the idly curious, I did a Round Table talk on Longstreet at ...
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FLYNSWEDE@...
Jul 2, 2002 1:10 am
In a message dated 7/1/2002 6:12:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Tinture of Belladona also was one of the common doses given back in the thirties to kids that...
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Aurelie1999@...
laurarose1886
Jul 2, 2002 1:20 am
In a message dated 7/1/02 8:10:57 PM Central Daylight Time, FLYNSWEDE@... writes: << Damn ugly tasting green stuff ugh. Now I just wonder how I remember...
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fishx111@...
Jul 2, 2002 2:26 am
Is it not also true that Vicksburg MS, was on the high ground, and in a major bend in the MS.Therefore it would give a good vantage point of the river, and ...
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fishx111@...
Jul 2, 2002 2:28 am
So is the final answer HERPES?...
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hartshje
Jul 2, 2002 2:31 am
... Dave, I read your excellent presentation and commend you for it. One other point you made in it concerned Longstreet calling up Wheeler's cavalry. I had...
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hartshje
Jul 2, 2002 3:13 am
Wakefield, Yes, Van Cleve was roughly handled and in fact routed. But he, too, fought a hard fight on Dec 31st against Cleburne's division. So how much did...
