The Mysteriously Funny Sockdologizing Line from Our American Cousin The New York Times had an article on line today, the anniversary of Lincoln's Assassination at Ford's Theater, with a story about Booth's selection of the line from the play "Our American Cousin" which Booth knew would cause a great belly laugh from the audience and so was his best chance of
Enlistment Age Distribution | Civil War Potpourri This is chart I came across and it asks an interesting question My guess is that 18 year olds and 44 year olds increased since people were lying to get enlisted Am I right? Also if you were to say you were 44 would they have to retire you when you turned 45? During the war you had to be at
The Pillaged Grave of a Civil War Hero -- Col. W. M. Shy Best guess would be "Meeting of the Waters" plantation on Del Rio Pike (where West Harpeth adjoins Harpeth river) which is about a mile from Shy's home and place of burial
Colonel Stephen D. Thruston 3rd North Carolina (Spotsylvania . . . My guess is that the description of Thruston's wounding as 'severe' was an exaggeration and that he remained in charge, even though he was lightly wounded on May 10 These kinds of errors are common in Clark's histories Checked Wood's memoir and found no mention of Thruston's wounding
Zone1 - Guess Whos Back!? :D | US Message Board Happy belated Easter and Mother's Day everybody I apologize for being gone so long but I wasn't going to be gone forever I'm WAAAYYY behind on political news though Right now all I know is that the old woke pope croaked, we got a new one who I don't know whether or not he's woke, and the