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Sure is a lot of silence on the site. Kinda eerie. Seems like bad Karma...

Hey Chuck, the guy (Ron) who sent to me the request for a bullet ID wants to know what happened to it. :) Told him that you are a MOST important and busy feller who would put it on the Forum as time allowed, which is the truth. He knows that's so and it ain't no problem. Interesting bullet type, though. I'm not sure if it's CW period. JimT may have some input.

A rich Yankee friend of mine from Ohio (and one of his/my rich Yankee friends from IL) called this afternoon to wish me a good 4th of July. Their sentiments would have been well received if they's not bothered to have reminded me that Vicksburg surrendered on that date. Bad Karma one more time again...cannot print my response...they did not call back. Rich Yankees have NO sense of humor! :roll: Hey: If Y'all think the South is soo bad then why do you vacation and/or move down here. Heck, if the South is SOO bad, then 'Delta Airlines Is Ready When You Are' to fly you back to the North! :lol:

Your friendly, always helpfull if possible, Son of the South (American by birth, but Southern by the grace of god [yep, I'm bored, too]), great-great (?) grand nephew of a Union LT. Boyer who was at Gettysburg (we don't talk a lot about that down here)...

Gotta go check on the PORK ribs I'm BBQing on the grill. 'Course Yankees and Texicans BBQ beef! I step aside for Texicans for this impropriety as they have earned the right to do so. However: Yankees...go figure. My father was born in Ohio and grew up in Pennsylvania and ALWAYS said that folks in the North do NOT know how to 'cook out'. :p

GO SAINTS :bawl
Gary
 

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Gary,

It's just the season when it slows down. Happens every year. I would think a Pa. boy wouldn't hold a 150 year old grudge. Time to get over it.

Thanks for the pic of you eating the bannana or taxi cab or whatever you caught. It's the Fourth Of July and we should all remember what it means to all of us.

Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend!

CraigC
 
YUK, YUK, YUK

Hello Friend Craig,
Just was checking to see if anyone was alive and kicking out there. Relic hunting down here at this time is either too hot or too wet. Maybe some of the other member of our Forum are having some luck!?
Very best regards,
Gary
 
No digging up here. I did get the chance to use a White XLT to find sprinkler heads on a golf course. It did work just fine but, none were CW period. There were a few several that were very close.

CraigC
 
Too Quiet

Gary and Craig,

I was starting to think that the board wasn't working.

As a Yankee born (Massachusetts), naturalized Texan now living in Pennsylvania I have feet planted firmly on both sides of the Mason Dixon so for the weekend we had both beef and pork on the grill (and lobster in the oven).

I spent Thursday and Friday on the Gettysburg battlefield attending the 141st anniversary Ranger walks. Thursday was Troy Harmon's presentation on the 11th Corps/1st Day and we walked the battlelines north of town. Friday I attended Eric Campbell's Wheatfield walk and had the honor of walking the paths of both my Mass and Texas bretheren. It was quite a feeling to follow the flow back and forth across the Wheatfield, Stoney Hill, Rose Woods and Trostle Woods 141 years later.

My only comment on the Rich Yankee/Son of the South controversy is an excerpt from the diary of Thomas Francis Galwey, Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry describing an event from the morning of July 3rd, 1863, that took place a short time before the artillery opened up Longstreet's assault on the Federal Line:

The skirmishing was of that steady nature that come from acquaintance with the ground and with the enemy's manner of fighting. The firing was rapid enough, and yet there was not much random work. It was almost as much as a man's life was worth to rise to his height from the ground. The advance of our line in the early morning had strewn the ground with our wounded, who, in our retreat to the fence, were necessarily left where they fell, now between the two fires. About thirty yards in front of my company stood a solitary tree which, I suppose, had been left as a shade for men in the harvest field. During the morning this tree became conspicuous on account of the well-aimed shots that came from it. We soon became aware that a couple of bold enemy sharpshooters had crawled up to it and were now practicing on any thoughtless man who offered himself as a mark. About the middle of the forenoon a cry of, "Don't fire, Yanks!" rang out, and we all got up to see what was coming. A man with his gun slung across his shoulder came out from the tree. Several of our fellows aimed at him but the others checked them, to see what would follow. The man had a canteen in his hand and, when he had come about half-way to us, we saw him (God bless him) kneel down and give a drink to one of our wounded who lay there beyond us. Of course we cheered the Reb, and someone shouted, "Bully for you! Johnny!" Whilst this was going on, we had all risen to our feet. The enemy too, having ceased to fire, were also, standing. As soon as the sharpshooter had finished his generous work, he turned around and went back to the tree, and then at the top of his voice shouted, "Down Yanks, we're going to fire." And down we lay again.

Hope that everybody had a great fourth.
TomH
 
Francis Galwey

Gary,

I took that excerpt from a post to the Gettysburg discussion group. For the past two weeks members have been posting diary entries from both sides to give a view from the front, starting with the approach to the fields and following through the final retreat.

I thought that was the best of the posts and now cannot walk on that part of the battlefield without thinking about the sharpshooter.

TomH
 
Hello Tom,
I very much enjoy battlefield walks, myself. Participated in one the past two years at Coffeeville, MS. This was a small battle in December, 1862, on the Mississippi Central Rail Road Campaign. Lasted only a few hours. A local historian hosts it and we are able to walk the battlefield from it's start to finish (just after dark). It's an awsome experience to be at a certain spot at the exact time something occured and read first hand accounts of the soldiers who were there. 'Course, I'd rather do this in Mississippi in December than at Gettysburg in July! :lol:
My best regards,
Gary
 
Battlefield Walks

Gary,

There's nothing like walking the ground to help understand what happened there. Plus, the Rangers that conduct the walks are such experts on the field that I always learn a bunch. They always try to break up the tactical with the human interest stories so the mix is very entertaining as well as informative.

Weather was great, mid 80's, kinda high humidity (real close to the 1863 conditions). The rangers had really mapped out the walk so whenever we needed to stand around for the presentation or questions they tried to find a good shady spot for us (a bit of a problem in the Wheatfield).

At one point we formed a regimental line of battle on the rise in the center of the Wheatfield to the left of Winslow's battery and advanced toward the CS positions at the south end of the field. By the fifth step the line came apart like a Chinese motorcycle and within a hundred yards we were a random mob.

Later,
TomH
 
Pic posts.

I will post them this weekend. I have about 20 or so to post, so I will post 5-6 this weekend and then move form there.
 
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