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So how many wooden nutmugs were there?
So how many wooden nutmugs were there?
Thanks! I actually took the advance course for maths for my A-Levels (together with English). But I'm not certain it's right. @OldReliable1862 took his solution to his algebra teacher who confirmed it was the right one: https://civilwartalk.com/threads/official-thread-of-the-knights-of-edisto.151835/page-5#post-1936207@luinrina has the best answer, 100. And must have studied algebra much more closely than I did which was a .
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My teacher explained that the real and wooden nutmegs should not be lumped together when solving the equation, which it looks like you did here (no offensive intended!) . Mind you, none of this is coming from me, algebra certainly isn't my strong suit!Thanks! I actually took the advance course for maths for my A-Levels (together with English). But I'm not certain it's right. @OldReliable1862 took his solution to his algebra teacher who confirmed it was the right one: https://civilwartalk.com/threads/official-thread-of-the-knights-of-edisto.151835/page-5#post-1936207
I guess good ole Harvey would have been able to answer that in a heartbeat.
Believe it or not Bruce, I actually posted about that a while back. https://civilwartalk.com/threads/longstreet-moccassins-d-h-hills-invention.140902/#post-1702388I'd be interested in a full account of the entire [moccassin] episode, but it apparently all blew over at about the time Hill was transferred out of the ANV. I believe the arrests were ordered throughout Hill's Division.
I've heard that Hill was frustrated at not receiving a corps command after Jackson's death, however I've also heard Hill rubbed Lee the wrong way. I'm not sure what the real reason is.So, what's the consensus on the "real reason" Hill was removed from command in the ANV?
I've heard different theories, but what do member of the Club say?
He had three horses shot from under him at Sharpsburg. I'm hoping that @NH Civil War Gal will post her story about one of the other instances. It's a good one I had not read before.Wasn't it at Sharpsburg that the front legs of Hill's horse were shot off? I would imagine some comment was said there at that incident either by Hill or a spectator.
Hill was not removed from command in the ANV...at the end of 1862, Hill was not well and planned to leave the service...the command in North Carolina came open due to events outside the ANV and Hill accepted that command rather than leave the service,. Longstreet became the Dept commander (SE VA and NC)..there were various operations and troop movements during this time, none of which ever came to completion...Longstreet was recalled to the ANV in May..parts of the two divisions he had taken with him were jumbled in with other troops in the three districts that constituted the Dept....Lee inquires of Hill about available troops, Hill is not much help ..the reason was that Hill only knew about troops under his direct operational control. There seems to have been some communication difficulty as Lee had assumed that Hill had taken Dept command on Longstreet's departure, but that had not happened, the three districts then had no common command. Lee saw that Hill was given Dept command, but the realities of Lee's intentions cause problems. Lee wants all of the veteran troops he can get to take on his march. Understandable. Hill does not want to lose all the veterans, as he realizes he will have to defend NC, Petersburg, Richmond and all its approaches. It is at this point Lee and Hill have a soured relationship. President Davis intervened,diplomatically, but not entirely in Lee's favor.It is at this point, when Hill was not with the ANV that Lee will not have him in his chain of command again..So, what's the consensus on the "real reason" Hill was removed from command in the ANV?
I've heard different theories, but what do member of the Club say?
Now wait one minute!!Thanks! I actually took the advance course for maths for my A-Levels (together with English). But I'm not certain it's right. @OldReliable1862 took his solution to his algebra teacher who confirmed it was the right one: https://civilwartalk.com/threads/official-thread-of-the-knights-of-edisto.151835/page-5#post-1936207
I guess good ole Harvey would have been able to answer that in a heartbeat.