Forum: Reenactment
09-29-2008, 10:01 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 7,825
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Forum: Civil War
02-07-2007, 09:46 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,362
John Bell Hood
Oh yeah, JB Hood really helped the Confederate cause at Franklin, yessireebob! :d: Don't forget, if the CSA hadn't gone out of business, he eventually would have been court-martialed (& deservedly...
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Forum: Reenactment
11-09-2006, 04:04 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,837
muskets & reenactors
Been there; done that; got the tee shirt!
...broken ribs, lost toenails, heat exhaustion, powder grains in the face, (hangovers), etc etc etc...
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Forum: Reenactment
11-08-2006, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,837
muskets/fusils
I wasn't thinking about the shooting of blank charges so much as about the way longarms get beat up so much in re-enacting: dropped, bumped against rocks & other hard objects ("oops, another chunk of...
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Forum: General Posts
10-02-2006, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 189
Views: 11,290
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Forum: French and Indian War
09-29-2006, 07:33 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 11,613
Re: NW Passage
That mad gleam in Spencer Tracy's eyes was very memorable. Too bad Part 2 was never filmed.
But...what happened to the blonde girl and the Indian boy who were helping Robert Young's character...
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Forum: General Posts
09-26-2006, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,642
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Forum: General Posts
09-24-2006, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 85
Views: 5,060
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Forum: Civil War
09-23-2006, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 7,922
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Forum: General Posts
09-23-2006, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,417
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Forum: Civil War
09-22-2006, 09:07 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 7,922
Marse Robert
If RE Lee was such a great general, they why did he sent his troops against cannon massed hub-to-hub, as he did at Malvern Hill? And then do virtually the same thing 1 year later at Gettysburg? He...
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Forum: Civil War
09-22-2006, 08:46 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 7,922
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Forum: General Posts
09-22-2006, 08:40 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,527
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Forum: General Posts
09-21-2006, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,210
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Forum: Civil War
09-18-2006, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,867
Grant
And, hey, let's not forget how Grant "saved" his wounded after Cold Harbor! :d:
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Forum: Civil War
09-17-2006, 09:48 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,867
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Forum: Revolutionary War
09-15-2006, 08:33 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,873
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Forum: Revolutionary War
09-15-2006, 08:09 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,701
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Forum: Revolutionary War
09-15-2006, 08:07 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,873
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Forum: General Posts
09-13-2006, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 894
Telling time...
On some air bases the Air Force is on one side of the field and civilian aircraft use the other side of the field, with the control tower in the middle.
One day the tower received a call from an...
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Forum: Enduring Freedom
09-11-2006, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,236
Letter from Afghanistan
Here's an email to a good friend of mine from her son who is stationed in Afghanistan, dated 7 Sep 2006:
If you are able to send anything, please PM me and I will give you the address. Thanks a...
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Forum: Vietnam
09-11-2006, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 5,262
Re: 8th of November 1965
Here's a link to the video "The 8th of November" (http://www.bigandrich.com/) At the home page, click on "Videos" button, then click on "The 8th of November" button.
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Forum: General Posts
09-10-2006, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 849
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Forum: Civil War
09-08-2006, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,646
Re: Good point...........
A couple of thoughts on this...the US fought "the Late Unpleasantness" primarily to preserve the Union & only to "free the slaves" as somewhat of an afterthought. Don't even get me started about the...
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Forum: General Posts
09-08-2006, 08:24 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,121
France bashing...gotta love it...
Some random thoughts...
Comparing 18th century French with modern French, their military now would be pretty danged tough if their ranks were filled with 225 year old soldiers!
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