Driving around I discovered this obscure old Civil War battlefield |
never fight uphill, meboys*
Posted by Sounder on April 26, 2024, 15:54:16, in reply to "Driving around I discovered this obscure old Civil War battlefield"
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Posted by ibdoc on April 26, 2024, 15:57:07, in reply to "never fight uphill, meboys*"
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my great great grandfather was at that battle. no shit. led 300 troops…
Posted by LeatherneckIllini on April 26, 2024, 12:41:47, in reply to "Driving around I discovered this obscure old Civil War battlefield"
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my great great grandfather was an aide to Stonewall Jackson
Posted by Throwsize on April 26, 2024, 15:48:59, in reply to "my great great grandfather was at that battle. no shit. led 300 troops…"
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i drive by that spot all the time to DC. it’s eight by the Chancellorsville visitor center.
Posted by LeatherneckIllini on April 26, 2024, 16:05:31, in reply to "my great great grandfather was an aide to Stonewall Jackson"
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Make sure to have put together all your research first
Posted by RVA on April 26, 2024, 16:16:01, in reply to "i drive by that spot all the time to DC. it’s eight by the Chancellorsville visitor center."
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Did he ever fight in Virginia?
Posted by BoCool on April 26, 2024, 15:05:24, in reply to "my great great grandfather was at that battle. no shit. led 300 troops…" FM radio broadcasts from the 60s through the 2000s.
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3 of the 7 Days battles, Fredricksburg and 1864 Valley Campaign. Also West Virginia…
Posted by LeatherneckIllini on April 26, 2024, 15:24:13, in reply to "Did he ever fight in Virginia?"
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innovators of the "Salt Bae" storming tactic
Posted by RVA on April 26, 2024, 13:41:40, in reply to "my great great grandfather was at that battle. no shit. led 300 troops…"
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nice! our great great grandfather decided to go home after the additional 30 days service….
Posted by LeatherneckIllini on April 26, 2024, 15:28:18, in reply to "innovators of the "Salt Bae" storming tactic"
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The expiring enlistments in the summer of 64 is really something
Posted by RVA on April 26, 2024, 16:21:02, in reply to "nice! our great great grandfather decided to go home after the additional 30 days service…."
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Have you been there?*
Posted by Stu on April 26, 2024, 13:01:51, in reply to "my great great grandfather was at that battle. no shit. led 300 troops…"
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even though we live just 40 min away i haven’t. i have gone to his 7 days battles…
Posted by LeatherneckIllini on April 26, 2024, 13:19:24, in reply to "Have you been there?*"
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Go to New Market. Best Civil War museum there is. Every uniform, every firearm, everything.*
Posted by Stu on April 26, 2024, 13:40:41, in reply to "even though we live just 40 min away i haven’t. i have gone to his 7 days battles…"
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i need to. he wasn’t there as they marched down separately and joined Hunters Raid after New Markw…
Posted by LeatherneckIllini on April 26, 2024, 14:06:53, in reply to "Go to New Market. Best Civil War museum there is. Every uniform, every firearm, everything.*"
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Sweet Sweetback’s Badass Batallion
Posted by DT on April 26, 2024, 12:55:45, in reply to "my great great grandfather was at that battle. no shit. led 300 troops…"
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I just sold the vinyl LP to that Blaxploitation film last weekend...no shit. *
Posted by haighter on April 26, 2024, 13:09:31, in reply to "Sweet Sweetback’s Badass Batallion"
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Gen. William "Grumble" Jones killed near that spot*
Posted by RVA on April 26, 2024, 12:30:34, in reply to "Driving around I discovered this obscure old Civil War battlefield"
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ooo
Posted by IlliniSax05 on April 26, 2024, 12:36:14, in reply to "Gen. William "Grumble" Jones killed near that spot*" MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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so interesting, and so vicious and horrible, and so beautiful in so many different ways
Posted by ibdoc on April 26, 2024, 10:57:38, in reply to "Driving around I discovered this obscure old Civil War battlefield"
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Also this cool monument to real American heroes
Posted by Stu on April 26, 2024, 10:32:06, in reply to "Driving around I discovered this obscure old Civil War battlefield"
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one of the oldest known references to “hey, chorizo”*
Posted by bbonb on April 26, 2024, 14:16:06, in reply to "Also this cool monument to real American heroes"
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Pretty impressive that they were able to fit them all under there*
Posted by OB25 on April 26, 2024, 10:58:54, in reply to "Also this cool monument to real American heroes"
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