On the 159th anniversary of popping a cap in Booth's ass - The Unions Greatest Civil War Victory
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Vicksburg - 1863
Back in sync
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Vicksburg - 1863
In my mind, Gettysburg has always been a bit overrated as an American victory. Yes, a loss their would have been catastrophic, but because Meade was such a pussy and let Lee escape, it didn't have much an impact on the overall strategic picture the way Vicksburg did. Gettysburg was just a big bloody mess with a massive home field advantage.
Vicksburg was going balls deep into enemy territory and ripping their guts out. And it got Grant on Lincoln's radar like never before, which is how the war was ultimately won.
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Vicksburg - 1863
Thud.
Don't any of you millennial douche canoes go to any Civil War battlefields ( @whlinder ) or have miniature reenactments?
Sad how far America has fallen.
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Gettysburg - 1863
Like we say, no.
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Vicksburg - 1863
It's OK. I've never been to a Civil War battlefield either.
Would like to see Gettysburg someday.
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Antietam - 1862
Millennial?
Ah hell naw
I went to Gettysburg like 3 weeks ago.
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Gettysburg - 1863
I'm hearing that Vantage will be the site of the 2nd Civil War.
If I grew up in the South I think I'd care more about the Civil War. I'm much more into the history of WW1 and WW2 when men were men and America knew how to fuck shit up to win a war. -
Atlanta & Sherman's March to the Sea - 1864
He knew how to kick ass and burn any evidence. Hamas should hire him - well someone like him being he dead.
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Overland Campaign (i.e., Grant committed to running the damn ball) - 1864
There’s a civil war battlefield in a place called Perryville or some shit like that. It’s a state park/memorial now and about an hour from Lexington.
I was going out that way and left early so I could stop and see the place. Fucking hate to the park was closed at 1pm on a Friday. That’s the closest I’ve ever been to a civil war battlefield unless you count some hiking in Chattanooga.
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Antietam - 1862
Civil war stuff is everywhere in this part of the country. Beyond just the battlefields, the names of everything are from that era. Now with the moves to change the names of things which were named for the losing side it can be utterly confusing to navigate certain areas I spent a lot of time in back in the day.
Part of this is due to living as an adult in the suburban bubble where everything was built new in the past 25 years vs growing up closer in to DC where the original names for things were set much further in the past.
Lee Highway. Jefferson-Davis Highway. Lee High School. Mosby Highway. Lee Jackson highway. There are a bunch more and they’ve all been changed now. I never even realized how ingrained it was in the area until names started to be changed.
I’ve been to Gettysburg, Antietam, Bull Run, some battlefield near Fredericksburg VA, Appomattox courthouse and a couple of memorials in Fredericksburg and Richmond. I should focus more on the Civil war and get my ancestor’s diaries transcribed. But I find WW2 way more interesting. I guess due to the global nature of it and the recency.
