Present Day Yankee and Rebels Meet

[Karen Lips]

What if Johann Steel, Ole, Union Blue, and

Larry Cockerham, Battalion and VaReb met in person?

 

[Vareb]

What if Johann Steel, Ole, Union Blue, and

Larry Cockerham, Battalion and VaReb met in person?

Shucks, I would like to meet everyone. Sounds like fun.

 

[M E Wolf]

Dear KarenLips;

In my personal opinion -- I think naming specific people from the list is putting these individuals in an uncomfortable and unfair position.

Respectfully submitted,
M. E. Wolf

 

[Karen Lips]

M. E. Wolf,

I suppose you are right. No offense was intended to those people named in the post.

 

[Baggage Handler #2]

I bet they'd all get along pretty well.

Interesting point, M.E. since only one "real name" was mentioned, and that might be a psuedonym for all I know.

A better question maybe, is What about Mike Ditka vs Battalion, Ole, Union Blue, and Vareb?

(oooold Saturday Night Live reference, sorry)

 

[johan_steele]

Well Karen; I've met Ole (a fine man) & I'd not mind meeting either Unionblue or Larry who are, IMO, about as fine a set of people I'm likely to meet.

I have an opinion and I give it. I'm here to learn history. I can honestly say I've learned a lot from Ole, Unionblue and Larry.

Yes; Johan Steele is a pseudonym, my real name to those who are interested is Shane Christen.

 

[Vareb]

I bet they'd all get along pretty well.

Interesting point, M.E. since only one "real name" was mentioned, and that might be a psuedonym for all I know.

A better question maybe, is What about Mike Ditka vs Battalion, Ole, Union Blue, and Vareb?

(oooold Saturday Night Live reference, sorry)

Heck, I would like to meet him too along with the rest of the names.

 

[larry_cockerham]

What if Johann Steel, Ole, Union Blue, and

Larry Cockerham, Battalion and VaReb met in person?

I've actually met Ole, Richard Young and the gentleman from Illinois whose name escapes me at the moment. All obviously fine men and good looking, if you stand far enough back. I know Eric Jacobsen and have met him several times as well as the old codger known as Reb Prof. What one must remember about many of us is that we are old as the hills, or at least parts of the hills. After a few years, the distinction between Yank and Rebel is no longer a major issue. The reason we delve into the civil war, as Shane stated earlier, is to learn what really went on. Animosity nor prejudice one way or the other is not much of a factor. The only yankees that cause problems are some of the live ones. I also have loved the New York Yankees from the Bronx. I too have learned small truckloads of information on this period of time from these men and continue to do so. I thank Shane for his kind words and continue to wish him well, as do we all.

 

[ole]

Sounds like a plan.

Just returned from a "muster" of participants in another board. This would be about the group's 12th ... my 4th. There's no reason we couldn't do the same at, say, Chickamauga to make it as central as possible. Some of them are, no doubt, of an opposite persuasion, but that sort of discussion doesn't come up... just history.

Ole

 

[PINCKNEYUSMCRET]

Sounds good to me.

Pinckney

 

[bankerpapaw]

Meeting everyone

What if Johann Steel, Ole, Union Blue, and

Larry Cockerham, Battalion and VaReb met in person?

Wouldn't it be great to all meet somewhere and have a
round-table discussion of the Civil War? I am in awe of
the knowledge some of our folks have.

 

[Battalion]

What if Johann Steel, Ole, Union Blue, and

....Battalion.... met in person?

I cringe at the thought of it....:laugh1:

 

[larry_cockerham]

Wouldn't it be great to all meet somewhere and have a
round-table discussion of the Civil War? I am in awe of
the knowledge some of our folks have.

I'm in awe of my lack of it. That's why I'm here.

 

[richard]

Last week at Chapel Hill, Tn. Larry, Reb Prof and I all gained more knowledge about the subject that we love to write and talk about. Each time anyone posts on this board I always find more about what I didn't know.

Last week while I was talking to a gentleman about an artillary piece that I have been to locate that was "lost" at Moore's Mill near Atlanta. It turns out that the gun is now located in a park in Middle Tennessee. Who would have thought that he would have known it's final resting place, but he did.

Richard

 

[larry_cockerham]

Last week at Chapel Hill, Tn. Larry, Reb Prof and I all gained more knowledge about the subject that we love to write and talk about. Each time anyone posts on this board I always find more about what I didn't know.

Last week while I was talking to a gentleman about an artillary piece that I have been to locate that was "lost" at Moore's Mill near Atlanta. It turns out that the gun is now located in a park in Middle Tennessee. Who would have thought that he would have known it's final resting place, but he did.

Richard

"Seek and Ye shall find." The catch is, it may take a while.

 

[Vareb]

Sounds like a plan.

Just returned from a "muster" of participants in another board. This would be about the group's 12th ... my 4th. There's no reason we couldn't do the same at, say, Chickamauga to make it as central as possible. Some of them are, no doubt, of an opposite persuasion, but that sort of discussion doesn't come up... just history.

Ole

Chickamauga is good. Time and date, please!