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Posted on 03/09/2020 3:54:38 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Bull Snipe
I apologize because I looked it up. Thaddeus Steven's steel works were in Franklin County, much closer to present day Chambersburg than Pittsburgh. Sorry.
Pittsburgh did not have a well developed steel industry until some years later.
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03/09/2020 1:32:49 PM PDT
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Vigilanteman
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To: Celtic Conservative
While your statement is generally accurate, in Grants case, he was weirdly effective.From the time Grant began the Overland Campaign, I believe it was 9 weeks until Lee was essentially bottled up in Petersburg and reduced to delaying the inevitable.
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03/17/2020 9:42:08 AM PDT
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Bubba Ho-Tep
("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels."--Tom Waits)
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