Greeneville, Tennessee visit/ John Hunt Morgan’s death site
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NOTE: Spent 5 days last week in Knoxville area and learned much about East Tennessee. I never realized the area was such a stronghold for Union sympathizers, making this region’s history very remarkable to me.
We visited Greeneville and it’s surrounds, Knoxville, and went home via Chickamaug/Chattanooga National Battlefield, as well as going up along the crest of Missionary Ridge. Will post some pics of those sites soon…

With the very helpful posts of members including @DBF , @Gettmore , @Buckeye Bill and others, I was more enlightened about the particulars of Gen.John Hunt Morgan’s death.

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Where is it Wednesday, Gettysburg?
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1. Identify this site
2. What stands in this exact spot today
3. What is now directly in back of you when viewing this location
A Tuesday Tea the Nurses vs Doctors - Their's was a Different Battlefield
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Today we meet the ladies who laid the foundation for professional nurses. It was not an easy task yet they rose to the challenge and opened doors for future generations of female nurses in the United States. Fannie Beers was a Northern born girl who married A.P. Beers at a young age. She was living in New Haven, Connecticut with her mother, when she met her future husband while he was studying at Yale University. After their marriage the couple settled in New Orleans in a city and people that Fannie fell in love with. When the war began her husband enlisted in Fenner's Louisiana Light Artillery while Fanny, then pregnant with her second child, returned to her mother's home in the...

Food Trivia  Cook Awards for Sept. 2022

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The Foods and Recipes Forum is pleased to announce Cook Awards for Sept. 2022. Thanks to all who posted.

The winners are:

@NH Civil War Gal for "Lobscouse - a Common Part of the Civil War Soldier's Diet".

@Will Carry "Tennessee Hard Tack".

@major bill "Food Packages from home".

@Albert Sailhorst for "National Drink A Beer Day Is Sept. 28!", Sept. is chicken Month Curry Fowl Recipe"., and "Potato Pie Recipe for National Potato Month!"

Congratulations and thanks to all.

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 ★ ★   Buford, John

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John Buford Jr.
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Born: March 4, 1826
Birthplace: Woodford County, Kentucky
Father: Colonel John Buford Sr. 1778 – 1847
Mother: Ann B. Watson
Wife: Martha McDowell “Pattie” Duke 1830 – 1903

Children:
James Duke Buford 1855 – 1874​
(Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky)​
Pattie McDowell Duke Buford 1857 – 1863​
(Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky)​

Education:
1848: Graduated from West Point Military...​

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