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The FReeper Foxhole Remembers the Battle of Yellow Tavern (5/11/1864) - Jan. 19th, 2005
Civil War Times | November 1966 | William W. Hassler

Posted on 01/18/2005 10:40:50 PM PST by SAMWolf



Lord,

Keep our Troops forever in Your care

Give them victory over the enemy...

Grant them a safe and swift return...

Bless those who mourn the lost.
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for all those serving their country at this time.


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Yellow Tavern


Here the South lost an important cavalry battle -- and one of its greatest generals.

As the Army of the Potomac raced the Army of Northern Virginia from the Wilderness to Spotsylvania Court House on May 8, 1864, dyspeptic Major General George Gordon Meade fretted at Phil Sheridan's delay in clearing the path for the infantry. When Sheridan drew rein at Meade's headquarters just before noon, Meade impatiently upbraided the 33-year-old bantam Irishman for letting the Cavalry Corps impede the march of Warren's V Corps.


General J.E.B. Stuart


Sheridan doughtily barked that Meade had only himself to blame for the holdup since he had countermanded Sheridan's orders to the cavalry. Realizing he had spoken hastily and unfairly, Meade put his hand on Sheridan's shoulder in a conciliatory gesture and said, "No, I don't mean that." But Sheridan was in no mood to be mollified. Shrugging off Meade's friendly hand, he arched his bushy eyebrows and snorted, "If I am permitted to cut loose from this army, I'll draw Stuart after me and whip him too."

Sheridan's prophetic statement, uttered in a burst of anger, expressed his conviction that the cavalry should constitute a compact striking force rather than a nondescript appendage of the infantry for such chores as picket escorts, wagon train guards, and courier duties. In April, Sheridan had called on Lincoln prior to taking command of the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac and informed him, "I'm going to take the cavalry away from the bobtailed brigadier generals. They must do without their escorts. I intend to make the cavalry an arm of the service."

When Meade repeated to Grant Sheridan's boast about whipping Stuart, the commander in chief, who had learned to respect Sheridan in the West, quizzically replied, "Did Sheridan say that? Well, he generally knows what he is talking about. Let him start right out and do it." And losing no time, the cigar-puffing Grant found Sheridan and gave him oral orders to cut loose from the Army of the Potomac with his cavalry, pass around Lee's right, threaten Richmond and in so doing draw off and attack Stuart. Then, after exhausting his rations and forage, he was to replenish his supplies from Ben Butler on the James. Upon completion of his mission, he would rejoin the Army of the Potomac. Grant anticipated that Sheridan's expedition would disrupt Lee's communications and draw off Stuart's cavalry which had harassed his overland campaign.


General Phillip Sheridan


Sheridan assembled his division commanders, Gregg, Merritt, and Wilson, and briefed them on their mission against Stuart. "I know we can beat him," Sheridan confidently asserted, "and in view of my recent representations to General Meade I shall expect nothing but success." Sheridan indicated that the three cavalry divisions would move in a single column around Lee's right flank unless Stuart successfully interposed in which case the Federal cavalry would rejoin the Army of the Potomac by making a wide sweep around Lee's left via Gordonsville. The magnitude of the maneuver pleasantly surprised his lieutenants who were accustomed to hit-and-run forays against limited objectives.

Following this council, the horde of bluecoat troopers cooked three days' rations and packed half a day's forage on their saddles. To increase their mobility, the officers stripped the command of unserviceable animals and cumbersome equipment such as wagons and tents. The only bulky impedimenta taken were the indispensable ammunition trains, two ambulances per division, and a few pack mules to lug the baggage.

At daylight on May 9, Sheridan's well-closed column of fours proceeded to Hamilton's Crossing beyond Fredericksburg and thence southward on Telegraph Road toward Richmond. Sheridan, astride his great black charger, rode in the vanguard accompanied by his headquarters flag bearing red and white twin stars. The scrappy cavalry commander set a leisurely pace for his thirteen-mile column which residents in the area reported took four hours to pass a given point. Little Phil's initial objective was the north bank of the North Anna River just south of Chilesburg where his troopers could forage before meeting Stuart.


Sheridan at Yellow Tavern


Sheridan's 10,000 troopers had been moving at a walk for about two hours and had passed Massaponax Church, ten miles south of Fredericksburg, when Jeb Stuart learned that his new cavalry adversary was initiating a large-scale maneuver. The fact that Sheridan was heading south with his entire corps warned Stuart that the expedition's objective must be a major one: Richmond, the railroads, or both.

Jeb himself had spent the last few days fending off Union infantry and cavalry to enable Lee's advance First Corps under R.H. Anderson to get into position at Spotsylvania Court House. With Grant threatening to outflank the Army of Northern Virginia, Stuart felt obliged to leave Rosser's and Young's brigades of Wade Hampton's cavalry division to cover Lee's flanks.

To cope with Sheridan, Jeb dispatched Wickham's cavalry brigade of Fitzhugh Lee's division, which galloped toward Sheridan's rear. Then after informing General R.E. Lee of what was happening with the cavalry and promising to notify him "if it amounts to anything serious," he rode off toward Telegraph Road with Fitzhugh Lee and the cavalry brigades commanded by James Gordon and Lunsford Lomax. Altogether, Stuart had 4,000-5,000 troopers to intercept Sheridan's 10,000. Late in the afternoon Wickham caught up with Sheridan's rear guard, the 6th Ohio of Brigadier General Henry Davies' 1st Brigade. Wickham attacked and took some prisoners. The main Federal column shrugged off this jab without halting, turned off Telegraph Road, and proceeded toward Beaver Dam where R.E. Lee had located his advance supply depot on the Virginia Central Railroad.


JEB Stuart at Yellow Tavern


At Mitchell's Store, Wickham again spiritedly charged the rear guard, which firmly stood its ground on a hill. After one or two of his regiments had been repulsed, Wickham ordered Captain George Mathews to break the formidable line of bluecoats with a squadron from the 3d Virginia. Confident that "he will go through," Wickham admiringly observed Matthews' column of fours pierce the opposing lines only to have the bluecoats close ranks behind the attackers and maul them. In the ensuing scuffle, Matthews lost eighteen men and was himself mortally wounded while fighting on foot with drawn saber.

At this juncture Stuart rode up to a chorus of huzzas from his weary veterans. After conferring hurriedly with Wickham, Jeb decided to divide his forces. He would take Gordon's brigade westward to Davenport's Bridge where he could move in any direction to probe Sheridan's intentions. Fitz Lee was to follow Sheridan with the remaining troopers in case the bluecoats doubled on themselves to rejoin Grant or to strike out in a different direction.

About dark, Merritt's division crossed the North Anna River at Anderson's Ford while Gregg and Wilson encamped on the north bank, having engaged Wickham, who boldly struck the rear guard. While Merritt's troopers bivouacked, Brigadier General George A. Custer's brigade captured Beaver Dam Station. Charging into the lightly defended depot, the cavalrymen liberated 378 Union prisoners packed into two trains just about to pull out for Richmond. The Confederate custodians of the depot, apprehensive lest their stores fall into enemy hands, set the torch to the warehouses, which held about a million rations of meat and half a million of bread. Custer's men completed the job by destroying precious medical supplies for Lee's army together with 100 railway cars and two locomotives. The Michigan troopers also tore up the railroad tracks and telegraph lines for ten miles.



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To: Iris7

Morning Iris7.

The french had their time in history, just like the Greeks and Romans, it's just they won't admit it's over. ;-)


21 posted on 01/19/2005 6:47:01 AM PST by SAMWolf (I hate 4-letter words!...cook...wash...dust...iron...)
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To: E.G.C.

Morning E.G.C.

Hoping for another day like yesterday. It was sunny and warm. :-)


22 posted on 01/19/2005 6:47:38 AM PST by SAMWolf (I hate 4-letter words!...cook...wash...dust...iron...)
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To: GailA

Morning GailA.

The temperature going up there?


23 posted on 01/19/2005 6:48:12 AM PST by SAMWolf (I hate 4-letter words!...cook...wash...dust...iron...)
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To: Samwise

For SAMWolf. Snippy always posts the headed for a rootbeer post. Today it was "Sam", probably Snippy_Wolf, but I post the F-O-G to that post every day, BECAUSE I know it's Snippy.


24 posted on 01/19/2005 6:48:31 AM PST by Professional Engineer (I don't need no steekin' microchip jockeys.)
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To: The Mayor

Morning Mayor.


25 posted on 01/19/2005 6:48:55 AM PST by SAMWolf (I hate 4-letter words!...cook...wash...dust...iron...)
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To: Professional Engineer

Too many Sams. :^)


26 posted on 01/19/2005 6:50:18 AM PST by Samwise (This day does not belong to one man but to all. --Aragorn)
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To: Professional Engineer

No Snickering. ;-)

That was me who posted the pinglist. :-)


27 posted on 01/19/2005 6:50:30 AM PST by SAMWolf (I hate 4-letter words!...cook...wash...dust...iron...)
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To: Samwise
Morning Samwise

Remember, Grasshoppers, you must always use your power for Good. :^)Sure, ruin all my fun.

28 posted on 01/19/2005 6:51:34 AM PST by SAMWolf (I hate 4-letter words!...cook...wash...dust...iron...)
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To: Professional Engineer
BECAUSE I know it's Snippy.

Neener! Neener! Neener! (See post 27)

29 posted on 01/19/2005 6:52:45 AM PST by SAMWolf (I hate 4-letter words!...cook...wash...dust...iron...)
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To: SAMWolf; Professional Engineer
No Snickering. ;-) That was me who posted the pinglist. :-)

I thought he was making a "That's no lady, that's Samwise" joke.

30 posted on 01/19/2005 6:53:34 AM PST by Samwise (This day does not belong to one man but to all. --Aragorn)
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To: SAMWolf; Professional Engineer; snippy_about_it; All

In case you haven't seen this, watch the Second Term JibJab. It's hilarious.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1323577/posts


31 posted on 01/19/2005 6:55:40 AM PST by Samwise (This day does not belong to one man but to all. --Aragorn)
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To: SAMWolf

Hi Sam!


32 posted on 01/19/2005 7:00:37 AM PST by The Mayor (God is the only ally we can always count on.)
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To: Samwise

LOL! Still like the first one the best though.


33 posted on 01/19/2005 7:02:24 AM PST by SAMWolf (I hate 4-letter words!...cook...wash...dust...iron...)
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To: Neil E. Wright

Thanks for your kind words Neil.


34 posted on 01/19/2005 7:06:09 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: Iris7

Good tagline Iris7. Good observations too. Good morning.


35 posted on 01/19/2005 7:08:20 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: Aeronaut

Good morning Aeronaut.


36 posted on 01/19/2005 7:08:37 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: E.G.C.

Good morning EGC. We're having a warm spell up here in the NW. Upper 50's today!


37 posted on 01/19/2005 7:09:22 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: SAMWolf

On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on January 19:
0570 Mohammed Islamic prophet
1095 St Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester (ended sale of slaves at Bristol)
1200 Dogen Kigen Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto
1736 James Watt Scotland, inventor (steam engine)
1749 Isaiah Thomas US, printer/editor/publisher/historian
1798 Auguste Comte philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism)

1807 Robert Edward Lee Stratford VA, General-in-Chief (Confederacy)

1809 Edgar Allan Poe Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum)
1813 Sir Henry Bessemer engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine)
1816 Henry Gray Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1820 John Haskell King Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1888
1830 George Blake Cosby Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1909
1839 Paul Cézanne France, impressionist painter (Bathers)
1863 Werner Sombart German fascist (Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben)
1892 Olafur Thors Icelandic PM (6 times, 1942-63)
1914 Lester Flatt country musician (Flatt & Scruggs-Ballad of Jed Clampett, Rocky Top)
1920 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Lima Perú, 5th Secretary-General of UN (1982-91)
1922 Guy Madison [Robert Moseley], Bakersfield CA, actor (Wild Bill Hickok)
1924 Jean François Revel French journalist/author (Ni Marx ni Jésus)
1931 Robert MacNeil Montréal Québec Canada, news anchor (NBC Weekend News 1965-67)
1935 Tippi Hedren Minnesota, actress (The Birds, Marnie, Bold & Beautiful)
1936 Ursula Andress Switzerland, actress (She, Dr No)
1938 Phil Everly Brownie KY, singer (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie)
1942 Shelly Fabares Santa Monica CA, actress (Donna Reed Show, Coach)
1943 Janis Joplin Port Arthur TX, blues rock singer (Down on Me)
1944 Richard [Erskine Frere] Leakey Nairobi Kenya, anthropologist
1946 Dolly Rebecca Parton Sevierville TN, country singer (Dolly, 9 to 5)
1953 Desi Arnaz Jr Los Angeles CA, actor (Craig-Here's Lucy, Fakeout, Joyride)
1954 Steve DeBerg NFL quarterback (Broncos, Chiefs, Bucs, 49ers)
1954 Katey Sagal Los Angeles CA, actress (Peg Bundy-Married with Children)
1969 Junior Seau NFL inside linebacker (San Diego Chargers)
1976 Claire Grech Miss Malta-Universe (1997)



Deaths which occurred on January 19:
0639 Dagobert I king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies
1479 Johan II king of Aragón/Navarra, dies at 81
1547 Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29
1576 Hans Sachs composer, dies at 81
1629 Abbas I Shah of Persia (1588-1629), dies at 57
1885 Fred Burnaby English Colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle
1965 Frank Reicher actor (King Kong, Nazi Agent, Son of Kong), dies at 89
1975 Thomas Hart Benson US artist, dies at 85
1980 William O Douglas member US Supreme court (1939-75), dies at 81
1990 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Indian guru, dies at 58
1995 Eugene Fuller polymath/linguist, dies at 80
1997 James Dickey poet/novelist, dies at 84
1998 Carl Perkins singer/songwriter(Honey Don't), dies at 65


Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1967 ASHBY DONALD R. SR.---NEWPORT NEWS VA.
1967 BRADY ALLEN C.---NORFOLK VA.
[03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1967 EHRLICH DENNIS MICHAEL---POMPTON PLAINS NJ.
1967 JAYROE JULIUS S.---GEORGETOWN SC.
[03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1967 KRAMER GALAND D.---NORMAN OK.
[02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE IN 98]
1967 YARBROUGH WILLIAM P. JR.---ABILENE TX.
[REMAINS RETURNED 08/14/85]
1968 JOHNSON WILLIAM D.---ROCKY MOUNT NC.
1968 MURRAY PATRICK PETER---ST PAUL MN.
[REMAINS RETURNED 04/10/86]
1968 WALLACE HOBART MCKINLE JR---SHARON WV. 1974 KOSH GERALD E.
[01/31/74 RELEASED HONG KONG]

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.


On this day...
0379 Theodosius installed as co-emperor of East Roman Empire
0973 Pope Benedictus VI elected
1419 French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War
1493 France cedes Roussillon & Cerdágne to Spain by treaty of Barcelona
1668 King Louis XIV & Emperor Leopold I sign treaty dividing Spain
1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling
1793 French King Louis XVI sentenced to death
1795 Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy
1806 Britain occupies the Cape of Good Hope
1825 Ezra Daggett & nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans
1829 Johann von Goethe's "Faust, Part 1" premieres
1839 Aden conquered by British East India Company
1840 Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)
1853 Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premieres, in Rome
1861 Georgia becomes 5th state to secede
1861 MS troops take Fort Massachusetts an Ship Island
1862 Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads)
1863 General Mieroslawski appointed dictator of Poland
1865 Union occupies Fort Anderson NC
1871 1st Negro lodge of US Masons approved, New Jersey
1886 Aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota
1898 Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game
1899 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms
1903 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England
1903 New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced
1915 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die
1915 Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude
1917 Silvertown Essex's ammunition factory explodes; 300 die
1918 Soviets disallows a Constitution Assembly
1920 US Senate votes against membership in League of Nations
1922 Geological survey says US oil supply would be depleted in 20 years
1923 WMC-AM in Memphis TN begins radio transmissions
1925 -48ºF (-44ºC), Van Buren ME (state record)
1929 Acadia National Park, Maine established
1934 Kenesaw Mountain Landis denies Joe Jackson's appeal for reinstatement
1937 Cy Young, Tris Speaker & Nap Lajoie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1937 Millionaire Howard Hughes sets transcontinental air record (7h28m25s)
1938 GM began mass production of diesel engines

1939 Ernest Hausen of Wisconsin sets chicken-plucking record-4.4 seconds

1942 Japanese forces invade Burma
1942 Titus Brandsma (Carmelite priest) arrested by German occupiers for speaking out against Nazism as a "lie" and "pagan"
1950 Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Canada CF-100 military plane
1952 PGA approves allowing black participants
1955 "The Millionaire" TV program premieres on CBS
1955 1st Presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower)
1955 "Scrabble" debuts on board game market
1956 Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field
1957 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1961 1st episode for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is filmed
1966 Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister
1971 Beatles' Helter Skelter is played at the Charles Manson trial
1972 Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, & Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame
1977 President Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose)
1977 World's largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival
1977 Ernie Banks elected to Hall of Fame
1978 Eddie Mathews elected to Hall of Fame
1978 Judge William H Webster appointed head of FBI
1979 John N Mitchell (former AG) released on parole from federal prison
1981 Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide
1981 US & Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages
1983 Klaus Barbie, SS chief of Lyon in Nazi-France, arrested in Bolivia
1984 California Supreme Court refuses to allow quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia to starve herself to death in a public hospital, she appeals and is later granted the right to die
1985 "Born In The USA" by Bruce Springsteen peaked at #9
1986 Spain recognizes Israel
1987 Guy Hunt becomes Alabama's 1st Republican governor since 1874
1989 President Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon
1991 Sergeant Slaughter defeats Ultimate Warrior for WWF championship belt
1992 IBM announces a nearly $5B loss for 1992
1992 Nature Boy Ric Flair becomes WWF champ at Royal Rumble
1992 Rowdy Roddy Piper beats Mountie to become WWF Intercontinental Champ
1993 Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal
1993 Oakland A's unveil new elephant logo
1994 -20ºF (-29ºC) (5 32 AM) coldest day ever recorded in Cleveland OH
1994 -36ºF (-38ºC) in New Whiteland IN (state record)


Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
World : Kiwanis Week (Day 2)
Southern US : Robert E Lee Day
Texas : Confederate Heroes' Day
US : Horror Novels Are Horrendous Day
US : Junk Food News Alert Day
US : Cuckoo Dancing Week (Day 2)
National Oatmeal Month


Religious Observances
Orthodox : Commemoration of God (Epiphany) (Manifestation)
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of SS Marius, Martha, Audifax & Abachum, martyrs
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Canute, king of Denmark
Anglican : Feast of Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester, end Bristol slave sale
Lutheran : Commemoration of St Henry, bishop of Uppsala Finland/martyr


Religious History
1563 The Heidelberg Catechism was first published in Germany. Written by Peter Ursinus and Caspar Olevianus, it comprised a balanced statement of Calvinist tradition, and was soon after accepted by nearly all of the Reformed churches in Europe.
1568 Death of Miles Coverdale, 80, publisher of the first printed English Bible. He completed the translation of the Old Testament which William Tyndale had left unfinished at his death in 1536.
1774 Pioneer Methodist bishop Francis Asbury wrote in his journal: 'Lord, ever draw my heart after thee! May I see no beauty in any other object, nor desire anything but thee!'
1804 Anglican missionary to Persia Henry Martyn wrote in his journal: 'To be made fit for the work of a missionary I resigned the comforts of a married life, ...and that was a severe struggle. Now again will I put forth the hand of faith, though the struggle will be far more severe.'
1889 The Salvation Army split, as one faction within the denomination renounced allegiance to founder William Booth. Booth's son Ballington and his wife Maud led the American splinter group, which in 1896 incorporated itself as a separate denomination known as the Volunteers of America.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.


Thought for the day :
"Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier."


38 posted on 01/19/2005 7:09:45 AM PST by Valin (Sometimes you're the bug, and sometimes you're the windshield)
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To: GailA

Good morning Gail.


39 posted on 01/19/2005 7:09:45 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: The Mayor

Good morning Mayor.


40 posted on 01/19/2005 7:10:51 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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