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I have been watching the History Channel this afternoon...two very interesting program...

The first program was a two hour show about the ghosts and spirits and apparitions of the battlefield at Gettysburgh...it was very interesting...I told BigDom about it, and he is going to watch it when it comes on again, later tonite...he will be interested in it, because when we camped in a tent outside of Gettysburgh, in 1976, BigDom woke up in the middle of the night, hollering, because he heard cannons and guns firing, and swore there was a battle going on....My dad, reassured him, that many people have heard the very same thing, and many people believe that many of the spirits of the dead soldiers, are still fighting the battle...

Now I am watching the second show, which is about Prostitution and sex subjects, during the Civil War...its also very interesting...seems that New Orleans was the 'sin' city of that time...if the men got onto the dance floor, most of the lady dance partners, were practically naked to begin with, and altho they started out dancing, usually the dance rapidly turned into just sex...and if dance halls and brothels, were overcrowded, the proprietors, just tossed blankets and rugs right out into the streets, and people had sex right there....

Also they show old birth control devices of the time...odd types of mens condoms, and a crude syrynge for ladies to use to clean themselves up right after sex to prevent pregnancy...usually they filled the syrynge with whiskey or beer to kill the sperm...all very interesting...

And apparently when the soldiers wrote home to their families, wives, parents and such, they just talk about family matters and nice things...but when they wrote letters to their male friends, they bragged on and on about the wonderful brothels, and how easy it was to get a woman...described by one young man as $2 a jump, $5 for the whole night....

And pornography also was flourishing during the civil war...even in the military camps, there were flyers and newspapers, advertising all sorts of pics, and such for the mens viewing pleasure...

All very interesting...