The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Pickett's Charge (7/3/1863) - Aug. 21st, 2003

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[SAMWolf]

Evening PhilDragoo.

Thanks for the "Charge of the Light Brigade", very appropriate to Pickett's Charge.

I imagine a Minie Ball did a lot of damage. Marching into massed rifle and cannon fire is just something that is hard to contemplate.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!

[snippy_about_it]

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honor the charge they made, Honor the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred.


Brought me to tears Phil, this poetry is very clear.

[stainlessbanner]

I just realized where your FReeper name came from.

Excellent! I didn't know Pickett's favorite flag was the STB. BTW: The flag is also called Jackson's flag b/c it was placed over Stonewall's casket upon his unfortunate death.

[stainlessbanner]

Very cool picture Snippy. Thanks for sharing!

[snippy_about_it]

Very cool picture Snippy

Your welcome.!

[colorado tanker]

Snippy, I have no intention of "dissing" southrons or refighting the Civil War. I can understand that for southernors drinking down Lincoln's words can be hard since he was the northern war leader.

I agree the Gettysburg Address was originally written to consececrate the Union cemetary and obviously served that purpose.

I also agree that the confederate dead received deplorable treatment, although I would guess that had Lincoln lived that probably would have been addressed.

As with so much of what Lincoln did, he was thinking to the future, after the War, when he gave his Address. (That's probably one of the reasons northerners didn't care much for the speech at the time.) I have no doubt that Lincoln regarded the battlefield as hallowed ground for the dead of both armies. The text of the Address reveals his vision for a free, united and self governing country. I'm reminded of the incident right after the war when Lincoln requested Dixie be played in the White House - he was looking for ways to bind up the nation's wounds and set the course for a reunited America governed by the principles of the Declaration of Independence.

All that said, for me Lincoln's Gettyburg Address and Second Inaugural Address are some of the most inspirational speeches ever given in the cause of our great experiment in republican government.

[snippy_about_it]

I'm reminded of the incident right after the war when Lincoln requested Dixie be played in the White House..

Thanks colorado tanker, I didn't know this piece of history. More studying needed by me! :)

[colorado tanker]

Lincoln believed strongly that the South should not be dealt with punitively, but that all efforts should be directed at reconciliation. One of the interesting "what ifs" to me is what if Lincoln had lived to take on the Radical Republicans.

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks colorado tanker. I learn something new everyday.

[Darksheare]

George Haas has been promoted from PFC to Spc4.
And other than that, I haven't heard anything.
But he's alive and in one piece at least.
And that is VERY good news.

Hopefully, he'll have his butt back stateside soon.

[snippy_about_it]

You're back! Yeah.

Good to hear about your friend George. We hope he is home soon too!