The Union Saved by a Flapjack!

[John Hartwell]

From the National Tribune, February 25, 1897:

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

OH dear. Nice of the writer to use THAT term when attempting to praise the cook. Wince.

Hadn't heard the flapjack story! Now I want to know where the author came up with that. I'm not commenting either way, you'd have just thought, if true, Gettysburg would boast another eatery- Lee's Flapjack House. You KNOW McConaughy would have opened it along with his new hotel.

 

[Seduzal]

That's a new one on me ..never heard or seen this before. Thanks for sharing this article.

 

[lupaglupa]

An interesting way to excuse Lee for his failures - he did it for his men. He would have won the battle if only he'd eaten well but he just couldn't.... <snort> Just another way to polish the General's reputation.

 

[Tom Elmore]

Cherries were plentiful on the march route, and General Lee was fond of buttermilk. Mixing those two together can create stomach issues, which a separate source has also mentioned. If there is any truth to it, it was likely a temporary affliction, because the many recorded Lee sightings at Gettysburg have him constantly in the saddle, occasionally for extended periods, without the slightest hint of detours made for personal reasons.

 

[JOHN42768]

Give me a break. Talk about far fetched excuses. Ripley where are you, we have one for you? I wonder if that paper sells bridges.

 

[John Hartwell]

Alright, I'll post the rest of that National Tribune editorial begun in the OP. It provides enough to argue about until the cows come home.

The National Tribune, remember, was the official organ of the Grand Army of the Republic.

 

[James N.]

… Hadn't heard the flapjack story! Now I want to know where the author came up with that. I'm not commenting either way, you'd have just thought, if true, Gettysburg would boast another eatery- Lee's Flapjack House. You KNOW McConaughy would have opened it along with his new hotel.

Well, there used to be General Lee's Restaurant beside the now-vanished motel that sat around his headquarters!

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

Well, there used to be General Lee's Restaurant beside the now-vanished motel that sat around his headquarters!

Maybe it's where Lee really camped. That's a joke. Didn't Bacheldor (sp?) have a shot at proving R.E. never actually slept in the HQ? Seems swiftly debunked, maybe Bacheldor was thinking about the restaurant instead.

 

[James N.]

Maybe it's where Lee really camped. That's a joke. Didn't Bacheldor (sp?) have a shot at proving R.E. never actually slept in the HQ? Seems swiftly debunked, maybe Bacheldor was thinking about the restaurant instead.

As far as I've ever read, Lee *may* have eaten inside the Thompson house, but supposedly slept in his usual headquarters tent, pitched across the Chambersburg Pike from the house and where the headquarters wagons were all parked.

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

As far as I've ever read, Lee *may* have eaten inside the Thompson house, but supposedly slept in his usual headquarters tent, pitched across the Chambersburg Pike from the house and where the headquarters wagons were all parked.

So that's true? *sigh*. Trouble with having so many, many sources- read a scathing rebuttal of that, one of those apparently outraged, point by point things you see post war? I may have saved it, will look around. I'm genuinely not arguing either way, would have no material to work with. I was poking around, digging up era information on the widow, it came up somewhere. From what I've seen, there was a small Bacheldor backlash among some vets- could have grown out of that.

 

[James N.]

So that's true? *sigh*. Trouble with having so many, many sources- read a scathing rebuttal of that, one of those apparently outraged, point by point things you see post war? I may have saved it, will look around. I'm genuinely not arguing either way, would have no material to work with. I was poking around, digging up era information on the widow, it came up somewhere. From what I've seen, there was a small Bacheldor backlash among some vets- could have grown out of that.

I think it's significant that the Park marker denoting Lee's Headquarters (an upside cannon barrel set in a stone base) is actually across the street (Chambersburg Pike) from the Thompson house.

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

I think it's significant that the Park marker denoting Lee's Headquarters (an upside cannon barrel set in a stone base) is actually across the street (Chambersburg Pike) from the Thompson house.

You know, for something so significant that happened not that long ago ( really, only a few generations if you think about it ) it's enormously difficult sorting through all the information and coming up with ' what really happened '. It's why I joined here although not without qualms. Lurked for a good while, this place was intimidating as heck. There were just so many members who knew this stuff, how'd everyone tolerate the new folks who knew nothing? Transpires very well and if you ask a question, you get an answer. NOW I have to go pay attention to the marker next trip there, cool stuff to know.

 

[James N.]

You know, for something so significant that happened not that long ago ( really, only a few generations if you think about it ) it's enormously difficult sorting through all the information and coming up with ' what really happened '. It's why I joined here although not without qualms. Lurked for a good while, this place was intimidating as heck. There were just so many members who knew this stuff, how'd everyone tolerate the new folks who knew nothing? Transpires very well and if you ask a question, you get an answer. NOW I have to go pay attention to the marker next trip there, cool stuff to know.

Your story reminds me of the old gag line, "I usta couldn't effen spell salesmun und now I air one."

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

Your story reminds me of the old gag line, "I usta couldn't effen spell salesmun und now I air one."

TOO funny! The only reasons that wouldn't be me is a. CWT's software yells at you when you misspell something ( so you can go look it up ) and b. Having been here since 2012, if there's one thing I've learned it's that I don't know anything. But you guys still don't seem to mind.

 

[John S. Carter]

From the National Tribune, February 25, 1897:

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And I thought that it was his heart that was his medical diagnosis? Did he not have to ride in a cart because of this ?