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Old War School buffs
Posted on 2/1/10 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 2/1/10 at 3:39 pm
Is this True or False?
It was sent by a Bama buddy.
It was sent by a Bama buddy.
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The original school was where the La state capitol is now located. The first president of what is now LSU was William Tecumseh Sherman, the famous March-to-the-Sea, burn Atlanta General. Of course, an off-shoot of Sherman's troops burned the University of Alabama.
LSU was moved to its present site when Huey Long decided to build a new capitol in the early 30's. The Tulane-dominated legislature refused to let Long build a football stadium. Long then proposed dorms with a huge quadrangle. That quadrangle is the field of Tiger Stadium and the old dorm buildings under the stadium are the dorms Long proposed. They were used as dorms until about 20 years ago.
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Posted on 2/1/10 at 3:40 pm to SloMeaux
true
Posted on 2/1/10 at 3:40 pm to SloMeaux
from what i have always been told the huey long part is true
Posted on 2/1/10 at 3:41 pm to SloMeaux
The stadium/dorms was a federal program that Long used in his favor to get the stadium built. Had nothing to do with local politics. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Posted on 2/1/10 at 3:42 pm to SloMeaux
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The original school was where the La state capitol is now located.
nope. originally in Pineville.
Posted on 2/1/10 at 3:42 pm to SloMeaux
Yes, he got funding for dorms and put a field in the middle of it. He also built the MS river bridge just short enough to force exxon, shell, etc. to have to re-locate here. Super tankers can't pass under the bridge.
Posted on 2/1/10 at 3:44 pm to SloMeaux
Yes Ive heard this before. the dorms were built in an oval and then the bleachers were constructed on top of the "dorms".
Posted on 2/1/10 at 3:51 pm to SloMeaux
False
The Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military School was opened in the 1850's in Pineville.William Tecumseh Sherman was the first superintendent.Tiger Stadium was opened in 1924,the Kingfish was elected Gov. in 1928.The battle which resulted in dorm rooms in Tiger Stadium was in the early fifties, it was an argument about enlarging Tiger Stadium or building a new library.
The Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military School was opened in the 1850's in Pineville.William Tecumseh Sherman was the first superintendent.Tiger Stadium was opened in 1924,the Kingfish was elected Gov. in 1928.The battle which resulted in dorm rooms in Tiger Stadium was in the early fifties, it was an argument about enlarging Tiger Stadium or building a new library.
Posted on 2/1/10 at 3:55 pm to SloMeaux
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LSU was moved to its present site when Huey Long decided to build a new capitol in the early 30's. The Tulane-dominated legislature refused to let Long build a football stadium.
Ehhhh, I don't think so...
1860 - Seminary of Learning of the State of Louisiana opens in Pineville on January 2 with 19 students under General Sherman before the Civil War
1869 - after a disasterous fire, the Seminary reopens at the State Institution for the Deaf and the Dumb and the Blind, its first location in Baton Rouge
1870 - the Seminary is renamed The Louisiana State University
1874 - Governor Kellogg signs a bill establishing the Louisiana State A&M College in New Orleans, which opens on the campus of the University of Louisiana in New Orleans (i.e., Tulane)
1877 - a bill merges the La. A&M College with The LSU, creating the new LSU & A&M College
1924 - LSU plays its first football game in new Tiger Stadium
1925 - the first classes begin moving to LSU's new campus (property was bought as early as 1918 in anticipation of the move); the last classes would finish moving there in 1932
1928 - Huey Long elected governor
Posted on 2/1/10 at 4:16 pm to SloMeaux
Was across the street at the pentagon. My grandfather went there. Shermon was the the pres.
Posted on 2/1/10 at 6:23 pm to SloMeaux
The only piece that I believe to be false is ...an off-shoot of Sherman's troops burned the University of Alabama. The Bama boy may want to look at the history channel or a history book.
Posted on 2/1/10 at 7:48 pm to SloMeaux
Posted on 2/1/10 at 7:51 pm to SloMeaux
Basically, what I'm getting is that out of 8 sentences from your friend, only the 2nd and 8th don't have problems. 
Posted on 2/1/10 at 9:45 pm to SloMeaux
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an off-shoot of Sherman's troops burned the University of Alabama.
Brigadier General John T. Croxton's Army of the Cumberland, who burned buildings at the University of Alabama, was involved with Sherman's March to the Sea but it was not an "off-shoot." The March to the Sea campaign was actualy the Atlanta Campaign in the summer of 1864 and began in Chattanooga and moved through Georgia to Savannah only.
In April 1865, under orders by U.S. Grant to destroy Confederate supplies and manufacturing, Croxton's Cavalry was active in Alabama. His force of 1,500 men seized Tuscaloosa, strengthening the Union army's grip on central Alabama and eliminating one of the Confederacy's last major supply and munitions centers. In the process, they burned most of the University of Alabama's buildings, as well as much of the town's industry and warehouses.
ETA: for those interested... LINK
This post was edited on 2/1/10 at 9:50 pm
Posted on 2/2/10 at 12:56 am to SloMeaux
quote:
The original school was where the La state capitol is now located. The first president of what is now LSU was William Tecumseh Sherman, the famous March-to-the-Sea, burn Atlanta General. Of course, an off-shoot of Sherman's troops burned the University of Alabama.
LSU was moved to its present site when Huey Long decided to build a new capitol in the early 30's. The Tulane-dominated legislature refused to let Long build a football stadium. Long then proposed dorms with a huge quadrangle. That quadrangle is the field of Tiger Stadium and the old dorm buildings under the stadium are the dorms Long proposed. They were used as dorms until about 20 years ago.
All true except this. I think it was originally in Pineville.
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