Greetings from Germany

[samgrant]

Originally Posted by Southern Son

OK, we have teabags in Germany.But i was surprised that you can make cartridges from them.
And yes i drink tea, but only with 'De Geele Köm'.
2/3 light,hot tea and 1/3 'De Geele Köm'.

I wonder if those soldiers who 'fights mit Sigel' were drinking 'De Geele Köm' at Chancellorsville?

[ole]

How do you guys get the umlaut over the "o"? Are you pretyping in a word processing program and then cutting and pasting?

By the way, what is De Geele Kom?
Ole

[Southern Son]

Originally Posted by samgrant

I wonder if those soldiers who 'fights mit Sigel' were drinking 'De Geele Köm' at Chancellorsville?

Ah, the disgrace of Chancellorsville.The reputation of German-American regiments is not high in the states?
Chancellorsville will always be at the top?
But we had Germans at the Battle of Gettysburg. On the first day, the 1st Corps, in which many of the Pennsylvania Dutch regiments served, and the half-German 11th Corps, which had five regiments of either variety in it, bought with their blood enough time for the federalists to adequately prepare the high ground, which proved critical in the end for the Union victory. On the second day, they participated in beating back Confederate attacks that threatened to crack the Union defences on Cemetery Hill and in other strategic locations.
From the book:**** Dutch: Pennsylvania Germans at Gettysburg

[Southern Son]

Originally Posted by ole

By the way, what is De Geele Kom?
Ole

De Geele Köm is a caraway schnaps (snaps).They make white and yellow Köm.It is a little bit like Akvavit( Its name comes from aqua vitae, the Latin for "water of life").
Where i live (Nordfriesland,Schleswig-Holstein) it is a 'National Drink'.
Don't forget that Schleswig-Holstein belongs hundreds of years to Denmark.The motto of Schleswig-Holstein is "Forever undivided".
A little link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleswig-Holstein

[rock city guard]

hello, I was in french and indian war for a while. i had a good time. how is it in Germany?

[FSPowers]

Wilkommen from Texas.

I was in Germany as a boy, 1972-1975 in Augsburg, and 1977-1979 in Baumholder (actually started high school at Baumholder American High). My father was a civilian contractor installing computers for NATO.

I wanted to go back when I was in the Active US Air Force, but they chose to send me to the UK. (Not bad, I got to marry a British girl.)

I invite you to look at a thread I wrote called "Treue der Union" about some pro-Union Germans in Central Texas. The area north of San Antonio was settled heavily by Germans. The town of New Braunfels still calls their daily paper a zeitung and the Wurstfest they have every year is great.
I can hear the band now.

Once again, welcome.