Sounds like Forrest, but many had reason to have made that statement.
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Sounds like Forrest, but many had reason to have made that statement.
Resica
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He went by "The Black Knight of the Confederacy".
That would have been Ashby.
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That would be correct Sir.
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What Confederate general rode a horse named "Fire-eater"?
I think that may have been Gen. Albert Sidney Johnson.
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That is correct!!
What coastal fort never fell to naval bombardment, but fell within 15 minutes of its attack by ground troops?
That would have to be McAlister.
Cigar to Jim
We're going to have to change out cigars to something I actually like. How bout a glass of sweet tea?
In Virginia there were a bunch of Federals about ready to sit down to dinner late one afternoon when they were surprised to see rabbits and foxes running through their encampment. These small creatures were soon followed by Confederates who overwhelmed those Federals and others further along. No one got any dinner that evening and most no breakfast the next day. Where might this have happened?
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How about Chancellorsville, Virginia.
Big glass of sweet tea (or steaming mug of coffee at this hour) to Resica.
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Who recruited and commanded the 1st and 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters through the Gettysburg Campaign?
Wouldn't that be the fellow who later invented a primer system for metallic cartridges?
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That I don't know, but he did come up with these things after he resigned in 1864. He invented numerous engines of war, including a twin-screw submarine gunboat, a torpedo boat for evading torpedo nets, a long-distance rangefinder and a distance fuse for shrapnel.
Resica
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After googling it Mr. Jim, it looks like he did what you said.
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His boys stopped Cadmus Wilcox's Alabamians in Pitzer's Woods on the 2nd at Gettysburg.
Hiram Berdan. After the War he invented lots of military stuff including the Berdan primer still in use today in lots of military ammunition.
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