Ga. Civil War re-enactors will don blue

Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | 01/14/05 | Jeffrey McMurray

[yarddog]

I once attended a Confederate memorial day observance in Georgia. The guest speaker gave a moving speech and tribute.

I discovered later he was a local history professor and was from Pennsylvania.

[investigateworld]

later read

[peyton randolph]

Why not make it even more P.C...let them wear U.N. blue helmets too and carry white flags.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

It's harder to find Union people in that area now than it was during the war. Walker County, where Chickamauga is located, voted against secession. I think there's a lot of people who would be surprised to find out that their North Georgia ancestors sympathized with the Blue instead of the Gray.

[JustaCowgirl]

Nice. I've been to Chickamauga and also to Signal Mountain in Chattanooga. Also there was a Civil War battlefield not more than a mile from my home (Battle of Bull Run).

[JustaCowgirl]

Interesting. Even today, north Georgia and South Georgia are quite different in culture, at least it seems that way to me.

Have you been promoted from Captain? Congratulations.

[general_re]

They moved Manassas to Oklahoma? ;)

[JustaCowgirl]

LOL! No, I haven't always lived in Oklahoma. However, I may also have my history messed up. I lived near Knoxville, TN, and there was a civil war battle fought there. The area was called Bull Run, and I think I messed up the reference.

I think Manassas is safe. :0

[mdittmar]

I honor them all;

Dixie

The Battle Hymn Of The Republic

It's the history of the country I love.

[yarddog]

That service was in Appling County in South Georgia.

My Great Grandfather lost two brothers at the battle of Chickamauga. He was in the 18th Alabama. The army gave him a wagon to take them home but he couldn't get across the Alabama River and buried them there.

[FreedomFarmer]

I grew up on a reservation. We played Cowboy & Indians.

NOBODY wanted to be the Cowboy.

[general_re]

Couple of battles fought in and around Knoxville, but Bull Run Creek is in Manassas, VA, which is where the Battle of Bull Run was fought ;)

[JustaCowgirl]

Wow, it's hard to imagine the pain and suffering of that war, isn't it.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Interesting. Even today, north Georgia and South Georgia are quite different in culture, at least it seems that way to me.

My mom's family was from Georgia and I had two male Walker County ancestors during the war. One was a Confederate soldier and the other was a Union loyalist who apparently worked for Sherman's army as they were passing through. The war was a messy business in split-loyalty areas.

Have you been promoted from Captain? Congratulations.

I deserved a promotion after putting up with Mr. Moose and Bunny Rabbit all these years.

[JustaCowgirl]

Have you been promoted from Captain? Congratulations.

I deserved a promotion after putting up with Mr. Moose and Bunny Rabbit all these years.

Not to mention that insubordinate Mister Green Jeans.

[JustaCowgirl]

NOBODY wanted to be the Cowboy.

Well, I certainly couldn't help them. I'm Just a Cowgirl! :-)

[pajama pundit]

Man what a beautiful Dixie. Reminds me of one night (summer of 1976) when I was visiting someone in Shreveport, LA and the local TV station signed off with a similar rendition of Dixie (NOT the other national anthem) showing scenes of the South.

[Arkinsaw]

I honor them all; Dixie The Battle Hymn Of The Republic It's the history of the country I love.

Indeed.

[cyborg]

I love Dixie! thanks for posting