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Civil War vets "greet each other as comrades" 75 yrs after G'burg.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 6:27 pm
Posted on 7/25/15 at 6:27 pm
Interesting. These guys were once mortal enemies. They killed, maimed, and butchered each other. The hate ran deep at one time yet they were able to greet each other as Americans and comrades. There was no name calling, just mutual respect for each other and sorrow for all the losses and bloodshed. There's a lesson in that for today although I can't figure out what it is.
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Posted on 7/25/15 at 6:29 pm to prplhze2000
It's a damn shame R.E. Lee didn't heed Longstreet's advice. Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and Bragg taking a knee at Chickamauga all within 2 months was the end.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 6:30 pm to prplhze2000
Where was this published originally? Got a link to where you found this?
This is pretty interesting and absolutely topical.
This is pretty interesting and absolutely topical.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 6:34 pm to prplhze2000
Reenactment of Pickett's Charge at 50th anniversary
Posted on 7/25/15 at 6:37 pm to Lou Pai
Back when I was 13 and we took a family vacation there, we hired a guide. He was about 75/80 himself and had lived in Gettysburg his whole life. He was there for the 75th reunion shown in your pictures.
He said once the cameras were put away, they beat the hell out of each other with canes and let the obscenities fly.
He said once the cameras were put away, they beat the hell out of each other with canes and let the obscenities fly.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 6:37 pm to Lou Pai
Here is another. I'm getting them off of Newspapers.com.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 6:43 pm to prplhze2000
Posted on 7/25/15 at 6:54 pm to prplhze2000
Impossible. Everyone knows the Confederates were Nazi demons.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 6:55 pm to prplhze2000
Those were better days imho
Posted on 7/25/15 at 6:58 pm to Lou Pai
Those are such great pictures.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 7:17 pm to prplhze2000
Even during the war there are countless stories of soldiers crossing enemy lines to exchange coffee, food, and stories. They were all human beings, just with different views of what they were fighting for.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 8:44 pm to bengalsfootball
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They were all human beings...
At Fredericksburg;
Posted on 7/25/15 at 9:09 pm to prplhze2000
But...they were traitors. They hated each other.
Actually, they respected each other as brothers in arms. But in the modern SJW world, we must ignore this.
Actually, they respected each other as brothers in arms. But in the modern SJW world, we must ignore this.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 12:02 am to udtiger
exactly.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 12:09 am to prplhze2000
I guess because they were all Americans and there was no Twitter yet.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 12:20 am to tigerpimpbot
Wouldn't they be incredibly old? Like 95 on the low end to 115 on the high?
I'm surprised they found 2000 of them still alive and mobile enough to attend
I'm surprised they found 2000 of them still alive and mobile enough to attend
Posted on 7/26/15 at 12:33 am to tigerpimpbot
Thou speaketh truth.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 12:38 am to KBeezy
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I'm surprised they found 2000 of them still alive and mobile enough to attend
They probably ate less gluten.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 5:40 am to KBeezy
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by KBeezy Wouldn't they be incredibly old? Like 95 on the low end to 115 on the high? I'm surprised they found 2000 of them still alive and mobile enough to attend
Men of all ages fought in the civil war. I'm sure there were 10 or 12 year olds out there fighting. Making them around 85.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 6:15 am to prplhze2000
Read up on the Angel of Marye's Heights. Great story at Battle of Friedricksburg.
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