[Peter Libra]

Thanks for the information I am able to take the lyrics in good part. I visited the historic national park at Kings Mountain in South Carolina. The battle was in 1781, victory for America. A number of Kentucky militia were involved in that battle too. A British army drum is on display at the museum in Frankfort, Kentucky.

I hope your ancestors survived the Battle of New Orleans, I know the actual casualties of the American defenders were minimal. The British lost over 2000 men killed, and taken prisoner.

[Rockpile]

Yep they went home.

5g grandfather Rockpile and two other grandfathers were Revolution vets and got land warrant farms in Kentucky. Had another relative that was a Captain in the French & Indian War and then a Lt. Colonel in the Revolution.

Of course, that many generations back we have lots of relatives.

[Rockpile]

Speaking of the Bismarck, just last night I was perusing a website of Royal Navy losses in WW2. Damn they lost a lot of vessels and crew especially from 1940-42.

I reside near 500 miles fron the sea in a semi-desert area but have always found ships and such fascinating.