Good evening, Lee... First visited Chickamauga in 2000 and immediately knew it'd be at least a two-visit park. Now that I made it back for the "second helping"...
Good evening, Lee... First visited Chickamauga in 2000 and immediately knew it'd be at least a two-visit park. Now that I made it back for the "second helping"...
In a message dated 8/4/2004 11:16:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, carpmaster@... writes: I also enjoyed "When The Ripe Pears Fell" but todate have not run...
... Kent - my error - you are quite correct. Must of been that late night typing! I'm glad to see some of my friends from the GDG also on this list... Best, ...
Precisely, by no means was a mistakenly overloaded musket unmanageable given some time... but in combat, there couldn't possibly be time to go through the...
I was able to visit Perryville last month during the Kentucky Civil War Heritage Trail. I think it was Kurt I met at the visitors center. He gave me his card...
Gee, Laurie, what makes you think you have friends on this list? :) Good to see some "locals" posting... Jeff Blakeley Co B, 2nd WI Co H, 104th IL Co D, 10th...
... unmanageable ... It could be the fact that many of the weapons became overloaded by use of two different soldiers on the field. If one's gun became ...
... Well hello there Jeff - I'm just optimistic =-). Like Dave Powell, I enjoy the western theatre as well and am a confirmed 'the war was won in the west'...
... Having a muzzleloader myself, I would say that there would be several ways in which a gun could get overloaded: -the above could happen, as the second...
In a message dated 8/7/2004 7:44:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, carlw4514@... writes: I would think it would not behoove anyone to run around trying to ......
Most (all?) of us who read and post notes on this board believe that the war was won/lost in the Western Theater. But do we all believe the one thing that...
Interesing post Virginia. Myself, I do not beleive the South could have ever won a complete military victory over the North. But I do believe that had the...
In a message dated 8/7/2004 3:37:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, virginia_cajun@... writes: Without this basic tenet, saying that the war was won/lost in...
alexandersteinmetz2000@... wrote:although the war will never be truly reconstructed in movies what movie(s) do you guys think best brings out what the...
In this neck of the woods (Ozark Plateau) I'd say "Ride With the Devil". Pat ... From: alexander steinmetz To: civilwarwest@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday,...
Good answer. And there are a number of instances in history where the side with the Biggest Battalions lost. Start with a couple that the folk of 1860 would...
In a message dated 8/8/2004 3:25:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... It is a good fact, and very true. That said Lee fought a lot harder in 1864 than Johnston...
Colonel von Lettow-Vorbeck held out for five years in East Africa in WWI and was winning when the war ended. He was always outnumbered by twenty or so to one,...
... The below may be more appreciated today now that the Hunley has been so thoroughly examined. Some facts: -the CSA really sank a *bunch* of US ships with...
(1) Gods and Generals "The Lincoln Administration has required us to raise 3 regiments -- tell them we have done so!" -- Col Thomas J Jackson, CSA (2)...
GLORY and RIDE WITH THE DEVIL are probably the most realistic, of those I've seen. What is WICKED SPRING about? Carl ... truly reconstructed in movies what...
Interesting how the OCTORARA incident was viewed at the time, compared to what is known today. Check out the Photos section of our website where I have posted...
Thanks, I forgot about the HUNLEY, I taped that; it depicts the men dying at their posts without a struggle. This was confirmed AFTER the movie was made, when...
alexandersteinmetz2000@... wrote: wicked spring takes place during the battle of the wilderness when 3 union and 3 confederate soldiers get lost and have...
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In a message dated 8/8/2004 12:31:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... IIRC, in the HUNLEY, the final moments of the crew of the Hunley depicted them drowning...
OK, correct there, it has been established that they did not drown... first clue on this was that stalactites formed, only possible if air was present ... they...
