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To: nickcarraway

It was Kearsage, not "Kearsarge".

The error is in the original story. (Maybe the Columbus paper got it wrong on purpose? < g > )

14 posted on 07/14/2005 10:53:55 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)

To: AnAmericanMother

It was Kearsage, not "Kearsarge".

You sure about that? I've always seen it spelled "Kearsarge," from the old 1880s "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" book to the present day.

17 posted on 07/14/2005 11:01:58 AM PDT by SpringheelJack

To: AnAmericanMother; SpringheelJack

It was Kearsage, not "Kearsarge".

Someone tell the US Naval Historical Center! :)

21 posted on 07/14/2005 12:00:35 PM PDT by Constitution Day (I am the Sultan of Oom-Papa-Mow-Mow.)

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