"The most immovable commander might have been shaken. But it was in just such sudden emergencies that General Grant was always at his best."---Lt Col ...   Sat Jan 10th, 2009 05:21 am

Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery. ...   Mon Dec 22nd, 2008 08:41 pm

I'm sure I'm not telling you folks anything you don't already know but Guy Ritchie is a very successful British film Director and Producer ( ...   Sat Dec 20th, 2008 08:42 am

12/31/1862. In a letter to his daughter, from a camp near Fairfax Station, General Alpheus Williams wrote " Christmas has come and gone so gently ...   Fri Dec 19th, 2008 05:35 am

Sorry Pvt. My American is obviously not up to scratch, I'll practice and try harder. Meanwhile I'll have to use English and hope you can ...   Mon Dec 8th, 2008 12:39 pm

These places being so familiar to me I forgot to mention we also have huge Napoleonic fortress and redoubts, (I worked in one for years ...   Mon Dec 8th, 2008 07:29 am

The above with apologies to ole and his clan ...   Sun Dec 7th, 2008 09:14 pm

Johan I figure that long ago, pre-history, England was joined to Norway until they started serving that Lutefisk stuff, that's when ...   Sun Dec 7th, 2008 09:12 pm

Susan, Always welcome. Johan, No you got us wrong, we are the bit between Wales ...   Sun Dec 7th, 2008 05:23 am

Locally it would have to be Dover Castle a place steeped in history from the oldest Roman Lighthouse in Britain , the great Norman Castle ...   Sat Dec 6th, 2008 03:50 pm

This would be really terrible, Pamplin was the best drive-up Museum/Park that we went to on our last trip to Virginia and I am/was so ...   Wed Dec 3rd, 2008 07:13 pm

Ever since my wife and I got together, nearly 40 years ago, we have always taken the train just before Christmas to see the lights, ...   Sun Nov 30th, 2008 10:08 am

ole I believe it was religious persecution that led the Pilgrims to flee this island. I also believe that had we still got enough of those ...   Thu Nov 27th, 2008 06:05 am

ole, Please correct me if I'm wrong but would it be right to say that you guys wouldn't be having Thanksgiving if ...   Wed Nov 26th, 2008 07:59 pm

No ole we don't , but Christmas is coming, that annual orgy of food drink and presents is not far away. ...   Wed Nov 26th, 2008 07:49 pm

Enough of this talk of food and feasting, it is now time to go cook it and prepare yourself to eat it, loosen the belts ...   Wed Nov 26th, 2008 06:43 pm

Prices are falling here as well.......only $6 a gallon now! ...   Mon Nov 24th, 2008 08:12 pm

I once bought my (then) new wife a state-of-the-art food mixer as a Christmas gift. It now haunts me like Charles Dickens' Ghost of Christmas ...   Mon Nov 17th, 2008 07:43 pm

I think you'd better throw in a loaf of bread with the toaster ...   Mon Nov 17th, 2008 04:16 pm

ole wrote: I can't think of any technical advantage devolving from the use of photographs. I do think however, if the printing industry had the ...   Fri Nov 14th, 2008 03:44 pm

Izzy, Its not really as bad as it sounds. I regularly compare with my friend in CT., she pays just over ...   Tue Nov 11th, 2008 08:36 pm

Recent reductions have just dropped the price here to the equivalent of just under $7 a gallon. It may soon be cheaper to ship my ...   Tue Nov 11th, 2008 07:53 pm

Retreat from Gettysburg by Kent Masterson Brown ...   Tue Nov 11th, 2008 04:01 pm

From this and previous posts you obviously have a downer on Wiley Sword. Most authurs ( not all ) have some bias for and against ...   Sun Nov 9th, 2008 08:34 am

Pam,        According to the Acoustical Society of America the 3 most important causes of the abnormal situation ( acoustic shadow) are sound absorption, wind shear, ...   Sat Nov 8th, 2008 06:46 pm

I have just finished eating a good Cornish Pasty ( sometimes called a Whores Purse because it is crimpted tight shut and its anybodys guess ...   Fri Nov 7th, 2008 06:20 pm

izzy, Cottage pie is just like shepherds pie only made with lamb instead of beef. Mash in sausage and mash ...   Fri Nov 7th, 2008 07:37 am

You guys sometimes amaze me with your knowledge of the ACW but this thread is really teaching me things. I love the sound of halupkis, ...   Thu Nov 6th, 2008 08:17 pm

I'm not a great TV watcher but as Susan says there is good and bad in everything. It was on TV where I first saw ...   Fri Oct 31st, 2008 08:34 am

I bought the Golden Book at a car boot sale some years ago, never opened it until I started reading this thread and must agree ...   Fri Oct 24th, 2008 07:57 pm

All or any of it. It is all a learning experience to me. ...   Tue Oct 21st, 2008 03:37 pm

I have to agree Cleburne would be a great subject for a movie but for me, as a salt water fan, a film following the ...   Mon Oct 13th, 2008 06:42 pm

I have just finished reading the book Cold Mountain, if you haven't read it yet, don't........the film is much better ...   Thu Oct 9th, 2008 03:29 pm

I have never researched this but why would France want to commit to the CSA in a war seen as a fight to retain slavery? ...   Wed Oct 8th, 2008 05:42 pm

Pam A good reference point for all things related to CW Railways is George B Abdill's " Civil War Railroads. A ...   Mon Sep 29th, 2008 09:21 pm

Another of my favourite CW movies is Red Badge of Courage but my copy is an old VHS and I no longer have the player, ...   Fri Sep 26th, 2008 09:44 pm

1 Glory 2 Ride with the Devil 3 Gettysburg I'm a Clint Eastwood fan, GB&U is terrific entertainment. I too enjoyed Gangs of New York but the ...   Fri Sep 26th, 2008 08:51 pm

Thanks guys. Rounders is still played over here by young schoolkids. I went to my first baseball game when I was in Florida earlier ...   Wed Sep 24th, 2008 05:18 pm

Something I have often read but have never known, what exactly did Abner Doubleday do to make him the Father of Baseball? ...   Wed Sep 24th, 2008 04:24 pm