I'm new here. In addition to Civil War topics, my interests are hunting, fishing, metal detecting and vegetable gardening. I hope to someday use my detector to find a bullet fired during the Civil War and be the first person to hold it in my hand since the one who originally loaded it into a gun.
I live in Grantsburg, Wisconsin, which was named in honor of General Grant's win at Vicksburg.
__________________ "There must be more historians of the Civil War than there were generals figthing in it... Of the two groups, the historians are the more belligerent." David Donald, Lincoln Reconsidered (1961)
There is a topic discussion in the General Campfire Forums about 'hunt'n.'
So, there are a few hunters for sure to befriend.
Feel free to explore the forums and all that there is to experience. Please feel that there is no pressure or rush to post. It is better to post when you are ready and not meeting some quota. Quality over numbers.
History is a race between education and catastrophe - H. G. Wells
Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background, the countless minor scenes and interiors of the secession war; and it is best they should not. The real war will never get into the books - Walt Whitman
Looking forward to seeing you on the board and learning from you.
Sincerely,
Unionblue
__________________ "The American people and the Government at Washington may refuse to recognize it for a time but the inexorable logic of events will force it upon them in the end; that the war now being waged in this land is a war for and against slavery." Frederick Douglass
"Loyalty to our ancestors does not include loyalty to their mistakes." George Santayana
Grantsburg, WI huh....I grew up about an hour from there, home to the 8th Wisconsin Regiment (the old abe regiment). That's wayyyy up north....welcome to the site.
I guess since this is the first post for me I am also a newbie.
Grantsburg, WI huh....I grew up about an hour from there, home to the 8th Wisconsin Regiment (the old able regiment). That's wayyyy up north....welcome to the site.
I guess since this is the first post for me I am also a newbie.
Am personally glad to see two back to back badgers sign on. There's something IRON about Wisconsin men.
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