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Post by phillyj on Apr 4, 2012 10:22:16 GMT
If you get time to scan the web whilst on tour Roddy take a look at this link, seems they are trying to figure out the true cost in men of the US Civil War. www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17604991
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Post by roddy byers on Apr 14, 2012 8:17:10 GMT
Yep.... terribble cost of human life.. Desease and lack of medical skills killed more than bullets ,n, bombs.
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Post by TTN on Apr 17, 2012 9:10:12 GMT
True in all wars - the system does more damage to humans than the ordanance.
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Post by roddy byers on Apr 18, 2012 10:27:54 GMT
War - what is it good for! Trouble is im a sucker for uniforms*
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Post by phillyj on Apr 18, 2012 12:25:59 GMT
I was watching a WWI doBanana Milkshakeentary the other day and was stunned to hear about the Spanish Flu pandemic which wiped out a lot of the soldiers that survived the actual fighting in 1918, as well as killing millions of people around the world.
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Post by TTN on Apr 18, 2012 13:50:30 GMT
If you told 'em you don't much like it, they shoot you - you just coudn't win.
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Post by roddy byers on Apr 19, 2012 11:45:00 GMT
My mate from Texas - Todds in Gettysburg at the moment, hes gonna get me a Cavalry cap badge for my Kepi*
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Post by phillyj on May 2, 2012 9:53:01 GMT
Don't suppose you subscribe to the National Geographic Roddy? This month it's got a decent article on the Civil War with a large map included in it.
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Post by Hugh on May 2, 2012 14:52:55 GMT
I think the Republicans are trying to convince voters that dragging the country back to their embellished past is a good thing
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Post by roddy byers on May 3, 2012 9:31:06 GMT
Flags cause wars... lost mine on the battlefield that Melubu Inn*
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Post by Hugh on May 16, 2012 3:12:49 GMT
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Post by roddy byers on May 16, 2012 8:42:08 GMT
Dont think ive seen that b4?
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Post by Hugh on May 16, 2012 16:05:49 GMT
He also made the film An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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Post by roddy byers on May 17, 2012 8:33:17 GMT
Trouble is the Rebs are always too well dressed ,n, fed.. and the were mostly shoeless..
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Post by phillyj on May 17, 2012 9:48:56 GMT
so they didn't all look like Patrick Swayze in North and South?
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