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- Long Island, NY
In my part of NY most folks use Bull Run, Shiloh, and Antietam as the names of those battles.
Am i wrong in thinking that the majority of the battles shared a common name, those noted above being the anomaly?
Not anymore. Just Americans.don't ask me - i don't recall any other, but that's neither a blue nor a grey uniform. is it?
Not anymore. Just Americans.
What year and what is the uniform, unit? I keep looking at the fellow. Is it Napoleonic or is later in the 1800's?was talkingg about my avatar, as an excuse for incompetence regarding your question
I like napoleonic. I thought it might be, but y'all keep uniform styles for so long it can be hard to tell.4. regiment 'könig' chevaulegers of royal bavarian cavalry. ca 1812. chevauleger (light horses) were maulded into the bavarian word schwallanscher.
Actually, no. There's a whole thread on battles with multiple names here http://civilwartalk.com/threads/battles-with-two-names.87668/Am i wrong in thinking that the majority of the battles shared a common name, those noted above being the anomaly?
Ok. More than i thought. Lot more than i thought. lolActually, no. There's a whole thread on battles with multiple names here http://civilwartalk.com/threads/battles-with-two-names.87668/
Am i wrong in thinking that the majority of the battles shared a common name, those noted above being the anomaly?
thx - gonna read itActually, no. There's a whole thread on battles with multiple names here http://civilwartalk.com/threads/battles-with-two-names.87668/
I think one of the things we are overlooking is who named them. Most civilians both North & South had no way to know that a battle was even going on, or much less a name until that got their hands on a newspaper or from the telegraph operator. The newspaper were just like the newspapers of today in that they wanted to sell papers.
there's nothing wrong with selling papers. Most people didn't even know there was a battle going on. I think I will look at Northern and Southern papers write ups about the same battles. Let you know what I find out.
These poor guys were on the march and had no idea what town they were in (and maybe road signs were used as campfires along with fence rails) unless they asked.Some of the yanks, at first, referred to Antietam as the battle keedysville as it was the last town they passed.