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I'm wayyy out here in Tulsa, OK and there ins't much to see here in ways of Civil War hsitory. A couple forts, some lesser known battles, but nothing really close. A far cry from When I lived in Front Royal and Alexandria, VA. Over Christmas break we drove to RI (1700 miles, 30 hours!) On the way back we took a slightly different route and passed so close to Antitetam! I wanted to stop, but it was 3 AM and I'm sure the park rangers would have said something... plus it was cold , like 10 degrees or something stupid... I sure do miss being in the thick of things. It's been 2 long years since I've been to a good park Here's to better jobs with better vacations and more money to take em!! CHEERS!
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"In mortal combat, a man may and will become so infuriated by the din and dangers of a bloody fight that his heart will turn to stone and his every de sire [be] for blood."
John Hadley, 7th Indiana after the battle at Port Republic
I think Pea Ridge is right up the road too! Road trip anybody??
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"In mortal combat, a man may and will become so infuriated by the din and dangers of a bloody fight that his heart will turn to stone and his every de sire [be] for blood."
John Hadley, 7th Indiana after the battle at Port Republic
Sounds like the transplant is due to shift into a transMississippi mode. Suggestion: Wander into Lawrence and say nice things about Border Ruffians. Then cross the border and tell everyone you meet that you're a jayhawker. Report back, if possible.
ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
Sounds like the transplant is due to shift into a transMississippi mode. Suggestion: Wander into Lawrence and say nice things about Border Ruffians. Then cross the border and tell everyone you meet that you're a jayhawker. Report back, if possible.
ole
Dred don't listen to him, he wants to see you dead.
You have fallen victim to the Eastern fiction that there was no CW west of the Mississipi. I suggest that you visit not only Pea Ridge but Wilson's Creek as well, it is only about 60 miles north of Pea Ridge. Be sure to visit the museum as well as the battle field. Visit Baxter Springs Kansas as well as Fort Scott. Be sure to seethe Mine Creek battle field, a Kansas state historical site, where the only battle between "Uniformed Troops" in Kansas took place. There you will find what I beleive to be the only Confederate monument in Kansas. Just for grins, see if you can find Gen. Stnd Watie's grave there in Oklahoma.
I also reccomend that you look up a slim volume called Civil War in the Indian Territory, by Steve Cottrell.
Oh and by the way there ain't no such thing as a "border ruffian" the correct term is "Missouri Partisan Ranger"
Tell that to Border Ruffian. Oh, I don't want to see Dred dead, just thought he'd like to live on the edge a bit.
When I'm in Charleston this summer, I'll be sure to wear my Sherman t-shirt. That's just the kind of hair-pin I am. Anyone know where I can find a "Swamp Angel" T?
ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
Stand a better chance singin the praises of Border Ruffians in Kansas than singin the praises of Red Legs in oh say Clay or Johnson County Missouri.
Theres alot of sites not necessarily battlefields in Missouri and Arkansas besides the ones already mentioned. They are scattered all over the state. Centralia, Palmyra, Danville, High Hill, New Florence are all near me and are all the sites of some pretty bloody doings or related to some pretty bloody doings.
The Wire Road/Telegraph Road that was used in the Union advances to Wilsons Creek and Pea Ridge is pretty well documented and parts preserved especially in Webster County.
In my County Boonslick Road the route that Anderson used to attack the Northern Missouri RR in St Charles County is still there and paved and you can follow the route from nearly where Anderson was first spotted entering Danville to High Hill where he burnt a RR Depot and Water Tower.
Danville has the Baker Plantation and Danville Girls School both buildings were there when Anderson burned the rest of Danville.
Forget not Picacho Peak in Arizona, site of an 1962 battle!
I'm in Idaho... this is WEST, mate! And before anyone snubs their noses at my state, in 1865 there was an encampment of Union soldiers at the historical site where I'm a docent. They were protecting the Kelton Road from marauders, not warding off pesky Rebs, but there were lads in blue right here in my backyard.
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