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You and your timelines. LolTold ya Freshly reported in the 1940s...
You and your timelines. LolTold ya Freshly reported in the 1940s...
Oh my, don't make me dust off Robertson.
You and your timelines. Lol
I'm not sure I understand this. I can tell you my father told me a story once. He fought in WWII and never spoke of it. When he told me the story, it was like he was there again. Sometimes, bullets, blood and death sear a memory into someone's mind and they can recall the details accurately for the rest of their life.You have not seen the tip of my timeline iceberg, my friend
Got to read the official Union reports to newspaper correspondents on July 3, 1863 from Meade's HQs at 5:00 PM and 7:15 PM coming (kinda) shortly to a place near you...
I'm not sure I understand this. I can tell you my father told me a story once. He fought in WWII and never spoke of it. When he told me the story, it was like he was there again. Sometimes, bullets, blood and death sear a memory into someone's mind and they can recall the details accurately for the rest of their life.
No argument here. Most were not aware of the big picture to begin with.Agreed. Individual perspectives esp. traumatic events are ingrained and they are always there. And in a weird way that our brains work the details are there (like what shoes one was wearing or what color was their shirt or or or) but the bigger picture tends to fade after time and when people are asked about the bigger picture, they even say they do not know, or they use commonly accepted material about what happened in the bigger picture.
At the time of Jackson's death Anna had been living with relatives in North Carolina when Julia was born there. I'm currently re-reading H. K. Douglas' I Rode With Stonewall and he says that when Julia was born Jackson told NO one about it and that they finally heard it from outside rumors. Of course Julia was still a tiny infant when he died and although she and her mother were present, I imagine she was left out of any ceremonies or memorial services. As for Anna, I imagine she and Julia returned to her family in North Carolina so their exposure in Lexington was likely very limited.
Henry Kyd Douglas is the source for the lemons.Ironically neither the flag that covered the casket. The flag on the left is the final flag of the Confederacy. I do however love the lemons. Another interesting topic I've never fully explored. Some say merely folklore.
As far as I can tell, Richard Taylor was first (and certainly most complete) with the lemon story. He claims in Destruction and Reconstruction that Jackson's diet during the Valley Campaign consisted of hard tack, lemons, and water. Taylor often seemed more interested in being colorful than in being accurate, though. He certainly was colorful--he obsessed about Jackson's "huge feet."Henry Kyd Douglas is the source for the lemons.
Do you recall the name of the house?We visited Jackson's headquarters, a lovely house he shared for a brief time with his wife, in Winchester a couple of summers ago. Our tour guide was a very elderly lady who was a devoted Jackson fan. She cautioned us that the lemon stories were greatly exaggerated. Nonetheless, we found his grave with numerous lemons strewn about in tribute later that day.
The headquarters house in Winchester (the one currently operated a museum) was originally called "Alta Vista." I think it's now exclusively called Jackson's Headquarters.Do you recall the name of the house?
And it was Douglas who said TJ used one like a baton during a battle, pointing with it, gesticulating, getting all excited, etc.As far as I can tell, Richard Taylor was first (and certainly most complete) with the lemon story. He claims in Destruction and Reconstruction that Jackson's diet during the Valley Campaign consisted of hard tack, lemons, and water. Taylor often seemed more interested in being colorful than in being accurate, though. He certainly was colorful--he obsessed about Jackson's "huge feet."
Do you recall the name of the house?
The headquarters house in Winchester (the one currently operated a museum) was originally called "Alta Vista." I think it's now exclusively called Jackson's Headquarters.
I am envious regarding all who got to see the Stonewall Headquarters. It was on my A list when we were in Winchester but, they close at 4:00 pm so we couldn't get there because we were on the road seeing places like Antietam. I was seriously bummed not to see it (and also not to see the Patsy Cline house, which also closed at 4:00). Did I mention I'm bummed I didn't get to see the Stonewall Headquarters ?