I'm glad you posted this. Restores some of my faith that the entire world hasn't lost its thinking and reasoning powers. Sure ISIS is a threat....
I'm not sure what kinds of comments you want... but yes, you're right about Mosby's originating in Virginia. They were a partisan cavalry unit and...
What a great story... and congrats for finding your family! Sounds as if you were, as they say, "one of the lucky ones" whose family was just as...
Thomas, you make me smile. :) There's really no sense in trying to stir up controversy. I've worked with many historians and people who work the...
This isn't a biography book that's been written yet, but I wasn't sure where to post what I want to say. And when her book *is* written, it will be...
Hey Sam... and welcome! I'm thinking of a number of threads here that I suspect you'd like to weigh in on with the interest in history that you...
For me, it could be nothing except 1993's Gettysburg. Not for the accuracy... because it's not all accurate. And there are bloopers. But all that...
...And the very same to you! No fun for this girl, though... ruptured ear drum and infection, and the pain is *intense* so I'm just chilling today....
I like teaching, too... that's why I felt that I should have known this answer. :) But I didn't... That said, it's getting very annoying about...
Two things of note happened on July 4 during the Civil War... and both in 1863. The first that is most well known is that it's the day Lee started...
Okay thanks... but then why is the theory I've seen that Churchill didn't want to hit a European country? Just more Internet misinformation? Sure...
I know very little about the Korean War... so any bit of information I pick up is generally new to me. (That's my disclaimer in case this question...
Next month will mark the "anniversary" (hate using that word for something like this!) of the atomic bomb drops on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945....
There were other things happening on 3 July 1863 during the Battle of Gettysburg, but they were for the most part overshadowed by "the big one", the...
Today's date is when fighting happened at places like the Peach Orchard, Devil's Den, the Wheatfield, and Little Round Top as Lee tried to keep up...
Okay, I'm going to take your term "destructive" literally and not think about casualty numbers, single battle losses, etc. And in doing that, the...
:) Well, it *would* be a pain to need a passport to drive to Florida. In the General's defense (yes, ol' Kate is fair if she's anything!) many...
Attention from Civil War Trust? Oh yes, they work on restoration of all battlefields, major and not so major. Example... they want to preserve more...
Much of Gettysburg is being restored to the way it was in 1863. Last week I saw that what used to be the old Visitor Center parking lot was being...
Today marks the opening of the three-day Battle of Gettysburg. Before Lee's troops retreated south, the fields were covered with many thousands of...
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