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Guess what, to day, I got this pair of flintlock pistols for...

Hey I kind of gotten rusty at metal detecting, Could someone review me some basics because I haven't found jack squat lately. :grin:

Here's a Question for you whizzes in the Civil War: Who was the first African American to become an Officer? :-?

Je suis diligente et timide! :grin:

Hey what side of the Civil War are you from? Since my ancestor were Southern, then I'm a Southern! :grin:

Who am I? I was to be a president, but at a young age I saw the Jeff Davis being escorted to Fort Monroe. :-?

Here's a question for you whizzes in the American Civil War: What famous orator spoke for over two hours after the battle of Gettysburg? :-?

I then said to my men, " Pour it on them boys!" And shots ranged out killing all of the union guerrillas and their horses (probably got in the way). I said to my men that they did a good job, but they really didn't have to kill the horses, because some of our officers needed them, but it was OK...

Who am I, People thought that I was a hypochondriac by sucking on lemons and sleeping under wet blankets at night. :-?

Here's a question for you whizzes of the American Civil: What general occupied the Riddick's folly house during the Civil War? :-?

If you have a burning question about the history of the American Civil War just ask me! Feel free to at any time! :grin:

As my company pointed at me, the colonel looked at me and said, " Well do ya have an apple for me or what." And then everybody laughed at the site and then we felled back into rank again and march a couple more miles before stopping to set up camp. As I was unrolling my knapsack a friend of mine...

What town am I? I was captured seventy-six times during the war, when armies were fighting in the Shenandoah Valley.

Here's a question for you whizzes in the American Civil War: What was the first battle of the Civil War?

At that split second I knew that I could kill that sharpshooter myself, so I slung out my bowie knife and flunged it right at his head, thus killing him instantly. A few minutes later the skirmishers fled from the scene and went over yonder. I stopped quickly to grab my bowie knife that was...