Hops are used for flavor.....Different types of hops impart different flavors......That's why some European beers can smell "skunkey", for example. Once my wort (beer before it is ...   Thu May 19th, 2011 05:20 pm

I also forgot to mention the Hawken rifle I need to work on and the Mountain Howitzer I bought needs work done on the trail!!!.....At ...   Thu May 19th, 2011 02:07 am

Shoot!!!....I need to find the time to make some root beer/sasaparilla for the boys in my reenactin group!!!....I just need time!!!....We've go a boat-load of ...   Thu May 19th, 2011 01:21 am

Interesting.......So, how does Saspirilla fit in??? Thanks for the research & info!!!! ...   Wed May 18th, 2011 03:51 am

Anything written by Mackinley Kantor, i.e. "Gettysburg, "Andersonville"....."Shiloh" by Shelby Foote....."Across Five Aprils"..... ...   Wed May 18th, 2011 02:11 am

WOW!!!!...I am glad it all got straightened out, but still wish things had been different for you...... ...   Sun May 15th, 2011 12:39 am

How'd ya find out it was a fake and was it hard to get your money back?? I sure wish it had turned out different for ...   Sat May 14th, 2011 11:08 pm

Thanks, Helcat!!....One of my other hobbies (besides CW reenacting/study) is making my own beer!!!....I always wantd to try my hand a root beer!!!! ...   Fri May 13th, 2011 01:50 am

Texas Deender-----Thanks for the info!!!.....I wasn't confident that the websites I cited didn't simply "gloss over" his Lt Colonelcy....The problem with internet websites is that ...   Wed May 11th, 2011 03:22 am

Pender was a Major Gen. by the time of Gettysburg. So far, all I can find is that he started off the war as Captain of ...   Tue May 10th, 2011 07:45 pm

Thank You!!!!....I appreciate the peace!!!! ...   Wed May 4th, 2011 01:23 am

Ok...... ...   Wed May 4th, 2011 12:08 am

We get the point about your opinion.....It would appear, however, that the consensus here is that we're happy and appreciative of the work that goes into ...   Wed May 4th, 2011 12:03 am

Barry-Thanks for the info!!!.....I'll hafta get that book up a little higher on my summer reading schedule!!! ...   Sat Apr 9th, 2011 12:02 am

Barry- The only book I have on Longstreet (though I haven't read it yet, as I have too many lined up before it!) is "From Manassas ...   Fri Apr 8th, 2011 01:34 am

WOW, BHR, you've got some history there!!....Good luck with it!! ...   Sun Mar 27th, 2011 11:48 pm

Mark_Thanks!!....I'll certainly have to play with that site!!.....I did look at it for a little bit, but really need to spend more time with it!!   John ...   Sat Mar 26th, 2011 11:24 pm

In the not too distant future, we'll be saying the same of Korean and Viet Nam Vet stories....We need to collect as many of them ...   Sat Mar 26th, 2011 04:08 am

I am looking for the "Official Record of the War of Rebellion" (O.R's) on cd. I need it to be searchable. I found it on Amazon.com, ...   Sat Mar 26th, 2011 03:45 am

Capt. Crow makes a good point!!!....and, when ya get the bigger bar, I think we all need to show up just to make sure you ...   Wed Mar 23rd, 2011 02:16 am

I reenact with a Confederate artillry unit.....I study the Southern cause.....I sympathize with Confederate ideolgy (State's rights, defense of homeland).......My g-g-grandfather was Sgt. in the Union ...   Sun Mar 20th, 2011 04:16 am

BHR62, I say honor both......Each sacrificed for what they believed and both were, and are, your family....I hope you give them honor, respect and love.... ...   Sat Mar 19th, 2011 10:51 pm

Capt. Crow, I hafta agree with you there, too..... ...   Sat Mar 19th, 2011 10:47 pm

Regulator, No offense intended, .....I see you only joined a day before you made your post, so I am curious as to how long you ...   Fri Mar 18th, 2011 04:09 am

Well, I like things the way they are just fine.....As a rule, I am a Southern sympathizer and don't see a bias and I don't ...   Fri Mar 18th, 2011 01:44 am

They are, indeed, awful nice monuments......I am glad there are organizations and people like us who never forget....... ...   Wed Mar 16th, 2011 12:17 am

I hafta go with fedreb on this one.....Brash and flambouyant as he was, he was bold and victorious....... I'm not a Custer fan, either, but I ...   Wed Mar 16th, 2011 12:11 am

Two years ago I read William C. Davis' "A Taste for War: The Culinary History of the Blue and Gray"....which I HIGHLY recomend!!! (mentioned in ...   Wed Mar 16th, 2011 12:08 am

Capt. Crow....Whe RWTD first came out, I was foolishly stbborn because it had Jewel in it and my (erroneous) understanding was that it was a ...   Fri Mar 11th, 2011 12:40 am

"Ride with the Devil"....????.....I LOVED the dialoge!!! ...   Thu Mar 10th, 2011 01:05 am

"Shenendoha" with Jimmy Stewart is pretty good.....a little hokey, perhaps, but pretty good.....How about "The Beguiled" with Clint Eastwood??? ...   Tue Mar 8th, 2011 02:02 am

Cool!!! I have never seen Birth of a Nation and have always been curious about it.....I'll have to look up the schedule......Thanks for the info!! ...   Fri Mar 4th, 2011 11:53 pm

Have ya got pics??......What markings are on the barrel???...... ...   Tue Mar 1st, 2011 11:21 pm

Cpt. Crow, You may be surprised to find there are more reenactments than you may think!!! For example: I live in Illinois on the Iowa border. ...   Fri Feb 25th, 2011 11:34 pm

Thank you, Hellcat!!! Very well said and very true!!! I am glad you take the time to go to reenactments and to learn new things. That is ...   Fri Feb 25th, 2011 06:45 pm

We are the boys so gay and happy, Wherever we chance to be, If at home, or on camp duty, 'Tis the same, we're always ...   Fri Feb 25th, 2011 02:17 am

Bama, hmmmmm....good question! A few years ago, I emailed the director of the Chattanooga NPS, who told me the following: "The number of hospitals in and about Chattanooga before and ...   Thu Feb 24th, 2011 08:20 pm

Doc Ce....Good answer!!!....I didn't see it before I made my post or I would have mentioned it!!!! ...   Thu Feb 24th, 2011 01:51 am

Bama gives a great answer!!! When reenacting, we remember our ancestors and wonder just how close we come to experiencing what they experienced (and, we understand ...   Thu Feb 24th, 2011 01:34 am

Hank, I don't know where your CW reenactments take place, but as an active reenactor, specifically, with an artillery unit, my feelings are hurt by ...   Tue Feb 22nd, 2011 01:05 am