My question had to do with specific instances in which what I assume were 155mm shells were fired and there was an explosion that was similar to...
Just because the Bible says there will always be wars doesn't mean that God approves of war. The Bible says that many forms of evil will exist....
Since when has serious doubts about the efficacy of any weapon system stood in the way of profit in wars? I do know that there were shells for the...
I am sure that we have MIAs from the Revolution. How many from the War Between the States? War is always sad. "If God's on our side, he'll stop the...
Back to the actual topic, it was technology, tactics, motivation, and logistics. Think of Napoleon and Hitler trying to invade Russia by land. The...
The actual quote is "If God's on our side He'll stop the next war". Bob Dylan was speaking to those who justify war by calling on the name of their...
Wasn't it a Jewish-American folksinger who said "If God were on our side, He'd stop the next war"?
I am all too familiar with both the mentality of following orders and blaming the little guy. I am sure that higher ups who had the distance that...
Have you ever heard the phrase "White Man's Burden"? Jefferson didn't just free his slaves because he had the obligation to care for them, to provide...
I had two different people I knew and trusted tell me of the apparent use of 150 mm tactical nukes in Vietnam. These were 150mm shells with the...
Palatka has a WW1 memorial bridge across the St John's bridge, which is about a mile wide here. There are two doughboy statues on the other side of...
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Not only was it difficult to free slaves (you had to prove to the courts that they would be able to care for their self, no freeing elderly or sick...
Although both are probably apochryphal, the former sounds more like what I know of Mosby. Mosby, like many Southern military leaders, is one of the...
There was no attempt to overthrow the Federal government, therefore it was not a cviil war but rather a war between the states, hence the "War...
In many cases sharecropping was used to shelter black relatives and protect them from the overt racism. In the late 1950s I visited relatives in SC...
Americans had rifles which were vastly superior to the arms of the redcoats, and they were capable of using them well. American soldiers shot at...
It has also occurred to me to mention that the quotation mentioned by Kate above may also reflect that Forrest was probably talking to people who may...
After "Reconstruction" Southern African Americans were having trouble getting any but the most menial work. Forrest advocated allowing "colored"...
Gen. Forrest has no relation to the organizations that have used names similar to the original Klan. When it was shut down, it was deconstituted so...
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