Fire away, gentlemen!
The fading photos and stories of Union and Confederate Veterans from that summer of 1913, shaking hands, sharing a meal and trading war stories.......................................... LOL, and how about the last battle when the Confederate Veterans approached the Union Center and were attacked by white haired and bearded Union Veterans swinging their canes yelling “We didn’t let you take it then and we are not going to let you take it now.” Geez to think there were still a couple alive in my lifetime. They were guests at the Worlds Fair in NY in 1939. The last veteran lived 20 years past that.
BTW, read the Bruce Catton books, they are a much more comfortable read.
I’ve read both Catton and Foote - 3 volumes each.
Major differences are that Catton was an historian and his sympathies at least tilted towards the North. Foote was primarily a novelist (that’s why his books are titled - The Civil War: A Narrative) and his sympathies are more in line with the South.
They’re both excellent however - albeit it takes a while to make it all the way through either work.
We visited Gettysburg almost exactly a year ago. I highly recommend it, and if possible, to spend at least a couple of days there and hire a guide. It’s difficult to take it all in.
We are almost as far removed from Viet Nam as the Veterans of 1913 were to the Civil War. I am in my mid 60s, but don’t feel “old”. I doubt if the Viet Nam era Veterans will hold a reunion anytime soon.
For a number of reason, Viet Nam was a war of individuals. Many went over as individual being assigned were needed and then at the end of their tour returning home as an individual.
Someday I hope to make the pilgrimage to the Viet Nam Memorial. My intent is to visit the wall early in the morning or late at night when few tourist are there. I have yet to say good bye to those that did not come home. That is the only reunion I will attend.
I spent four years at Gettysburg as a student at G-Burg College. The air drips with history. I still get back there anytime I find myself in the northeast...
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Thanks GOP_Raider.The War Between the States Sesquicentennial, 150th Anniversary, runs from 2010 through 2015.Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution.CSA Vice President Alexander H. Stephens, Cornerstone speech, March 21, 1861 -- "...last, not least. The new constitution has put at rest, forever, all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution -- African slavery as it exists amongst us -- the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution. Jefferson in his forecast, had anticipated this, as the 'rock upon which the old Union would split.' He was right. What was conjecture with him, is now a realized fact."To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. |
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Thanks for posting!
“Comrades and friends, these splendid statues of marble and granite and bronze shall finally crumble to dust, and in the ages to come, will perhaps be forgotten, but the spirit that has called this great assembly of our people together, on this field, shall live forever.” -----Dr. Nathaniel D. Cox at 1913 Gettysburg Reunion
A great sentiment and well expressed.
Speaking of the Civil War two of my favorite movies are “Gettysburg” and “Gods and Generals.” It was understood that the trilogy would be complete with a third movie, “Last Full Measure,” based on the book, about the last two years of the Civil War. But the years have gone by and no movie. I’m highly disappointed. Does any Freeper know why there are no plans to complete the trilogy? I read somewhere on the internet that Ted Turner does not want to fund a third movie. Does anyone know?
“Ashokan Farewell”