Civil war veterans at Gettysburg anniversary in 1913 – in pictures

The Guardian ^ | Juky 1 2013 | Erin McCann

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1-3 July marks the 150th anniversary of Gettysburg, the battle that many historians cite as a key turning point in the US civil war, which left nearly 50,000 Union and Confederate soldiers dead, wounded or captured on Pennsylvania farmland.

In 1913, on the 50th anniversary of the battle, the same fields played host to the largest ever gathering of civil war veterans, where former soldiers from both sides – many in their 70s – returned to commemorate the war

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Gosh codeturd, I’m crushed. ;-)

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Keep in mind that it was Union forces that set fire to the arsenal before Virginia troops arrived on the scene. Again, the aggression was initiated by the North.

Some aggression.

Lieut. Jones having been advised that a force of 2,500 troops had been ordered by Gov. Letcher to take possession of Harper’s Ferry, and finding his position untenable, under direction of the War Department, he destroyed all the munitions of war, armory, and all the buildings. He withdrew his command under cover of night and almost in the presence of 2,500 troops. Source

If I understand correctly, Jones had 43 men. There were about 360 assembled in Charles Town moving towards the arsenal and about 2,500 moving in from elsewhere. What would you do under the circumstances?

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Point of this was it WAS calculated, and started w/ Buchanan, not Lincoln.

Actually it was Anderson. Buchanan didn't know he was moving until after he did it.

Oh, it (settlement) was discussed.

Really? When.

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What would you do under the circumstances?

That would depend on my motive. It I was to honor the word our federal government gave to the Commonwealth of Virginia three score and seventeen years earlier, then I would have surrendered the armory and negotiated for reparations. But if my motive was to violate that assurance and suppress an independent Virginia, then I would have blown up the armory.

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Now we know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.

All done- you aren’t a member. Kolob awaits.

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Well it you can’t answer the question then you can’t answer the question.

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Won’t. “Well...bye”