March 2016 PotM Accepting Entries!

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If you love to take photos at Civil War battlefields or Reenactments, you can now post your best shots in our Monthly Contest!

Be sure to read the rules, some rules have been changed and we have added new rules!

Rules:
1) Each Member may submit one (1) photo per monthly contest.
2) The person submitting the photo must be the photographer.
3) Photo must not be more than 60 days old. *exceptions may be made please contact @ami if you need an exception.
3a) Accepting photos up to 4 months old for March 2016
4) Photo may be from a Reenactment, Battlefield, or any other Civil War subject matter.
5) Once a photo is submitted to a Monthly Contest, it cannot be entered into any future Monthly Contest.
6) All submissions must be entered before Februrary 15th, 2016.
7) Only the 20 photos with the most likes will be entered in the voting thread. Likes must be given by February 20th, 2016. If there are not more than 20 entries, all will be entered for voting.
8) Winner will be chosen by membership vote. Voting will begin February 22, 2016 and end February 28, 2015.
9) If you won the previous months contest please wait one month before entering again. We want to showcase everyone who enters.
10) Titles or descriptions will not accompany the photos in the voting thread, however, I will link to the submissions thread for people wishing to have more info.

To Enter:
1) Reply to this thread, and include your attached photo by using the "Upload a File" button, then select "full image".


Legal:
  • Users submitting photos to the forum for this contest will retain full rights to their photographs, including ownership, but through the act of submission will also grant to the CivilWarTalk.com a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free license to reproduce, distribute, and display the submitted photos.
  • Entrants are responsible for ensuring that they possess the right to submit a photo.
  • As always, CivilWarTalk reserves the right to delete any photos or content it deems as questionable or offensive.
  • All current forum Terms of Use apply to all contest entries.
What are you playing for:
  • The winning photo will be featured in our Monthly Newsletter!
  • Bragging rights!
 

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Columbia Square in Savannah, Georgia.
Picture taken 1/24/16

Savannah was occupied by Federal troops at the conclusion of Sherman's March to the Sea. The city was originally defended by General William J. Hardee who had defensive lines surrounding the city. The fall of Fort McAllister on December 13, 1864 cut off the city which forced the Confederates to withdraw into South Carolina and abandoning the city. The federals spent Christmas, a month total, in Savannah encamped in the squares of the town. The above square, Columbia Square, was laid out in 1799 and features the 1820 Davenport House which witnessed the occupation.
 
Earthworks at Cold Harbor Battlefield. Picture taken on 1/11/2016. Of all the battlefield pictures I took on my recent trip to Richmond/Petersburg,this is my favorite. I think it was the moment that grabs me:

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Grave of Confederate Veteran James Selen Stout in Pine Forest Cemetery, Hopkins County, Texas.

Well, that seals the deal.
That Republic of Texas connection has the upper hand in my book, and shall secure you my vote, haha.

Now if you will excuse me, i need to go make a couple hundred alternate CWT accounts to help assure the win.

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This is a near-sunset landscape shot of the Old Government Road as it dips down into Fort Lancaster, TX. The men of Sibley's Brigade passed through here while carrying the fight into New Mexico.

The route back home along the Old Government Road was a much different story:

"The trip from Fort Bliss to San Antonio was more tortuous than that around Fort Craig. Unlike the cold they endured in New Mexico, the early summer heat of western Texas was now the enemy. The soldiers soon found that many of the already limited water holes were unusable, having been sabotaged by Indians, most likely the Lipan Apache. One of the water holes, Van Horn’s Wells, was even filled with dirt and animal carcasses. The heat and lack of water took a terrible toll, and, soon, the weary soldiers could be seen strung out for miles. Theophilius Noel later wrote that some men simply fell by the roadside to die, their “tongues so swollen that they could not articulate a word, more crazed than rational, they looked like frantic mad men.” He also reported seeing one man so thirsty, that he shot a steer and cut its throat so he could drink the blood."

"Stage passengers traveling from El Paso to San Antonio saw many of Sibley’s men and one recalled that they were in wretched condition, “many of them were sick, many ragged, and all hungry.” As a result, news of the plight of Sibley’s Brigade reached San Antonio and soon spread throughout the state. Within days, the soldiers’ families began to descend upon the city, where they filled wagons with water and provisions, and then headed west down the trail to El Paso, anxiously looking for their loved ones. Some would find them and rescue them, while for many others, this would be where they learned that a son, husband, or brother had been lost in the campaign."

"In the weeks from early July until late August, the remnants of Sibley’s once proud Army of New Mexico staggered into San Antonio. Of the approximately 3,300 men who made up the army in October 1861, only about 2,000 returned. Approximately half of the command finally reported in and the rest were never seen again, as men simply went directly to their homes. As each unit arrived, it was furloughed and dismissed for purposes of rest and refitting. However, many of the companies were never recalled. Sibley’s New Mexico campaign had ended; much of his army had disappeared; and with it had gone the South’s dream of its own Manifest Destiny."


(Narrative Source: https://bobcivilwarhistory.wordpres...s-brigade-the-confederate-army-of-new-mexico/)
 
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If you love to take photos at Civil War battlefields or Reenactments, you can now post your best shots in our Monthly Contest!

Be sure to read the rules, some rules have been changed and we have added new rules!

Rules:
1) Each Member may submit one (1) photo per monthly contest.
2) The person submitting the photo must be the photographer.
3) Photo must not be more than 60 days old. *exceptions may be made please contact @ami if you need an exception.
3a) Accepting photos up to 4 months old for March 2016
4) Photo may be from a Reenactment, Battlefield, or any other Civil War subject matter.
5) Once a photo is submitted to a Monthly Contest, it cannot be entered into any future Monthly Contest.
6) All submissions must be entered before Februrary 15th, 2016.
7) Only the 20 photos with the most likes will be entered in the voting thread. Likes must be given by February 20th, 2016. If there are not more than 20 entries, all will be entered for voting.
8) Winner will be chosen by membership vote. Voting will begin February 22, 2016 and end February 28, 2015.
9) If you won the previous months contest please wait one month before entering again. We want to showcase everyone who enters.
10) Titles or descriptions will not accompany the photos in the voting thread, however, I will link to the submissions thread for people wishing to have more info.

To Enter:
1) Reply to this thread, and include your attached photo by using the "Upload a File" button, then select "full image".


Legal:
  • Users submitting photos to the forum for this contest will retain full rights to their photographs, including ownership, but through the act of submission will also grant to the CivilWarTalk.com a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free license to reproduce, distribute, and display the submitted photos.
  • Entrants are responsible for ensuring that they possess the right to submit a photo.
  • As always, CivilWarTalk reserves the right to delete any photos or content it deems as questionable or offensive.
  • All current forum Terms of Use apply to all contest entries.
What are you playing for:
  • The winning photo will be featured in our Monthly Newsletter!
  • Bragging rights!
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