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Remembering the Gettysburg Reunion of 1913
Canada Free Press ^ | July 3, 2012 | Calvin E. Johnson, Jr.

Posted on 07/03/2012 3:28:07 PM PDT by BigReb555

Do you know who Gen. Robert Edward Lee, Major Gen. George Edward Pickett and Major Gen. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain were?

(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: bowdoincollege; brunswick; confederate; joshualchamberlain; maine; union; veterans
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To: WellyP

I love Chamberlain’s story. His professor’s logic was impeccable. Out of ammunition. In danger of being flanked. Can’t retreat. Can’t hold. Only one thing to do - charge!


21 posted on 07/03/2012 4:19:38 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: SamuraiScot; rockrr
There is less gallant, forgiving detachment and more bad feeling and vindictiveness about this war now than there was in 1913—when the men who tried to kill each other in the field were still living.

That's because the PC concern about "hate" and "the legacy of slavery" is entirely insincere. It is just part of the shop-worn, Communist-scripted war against all our institutions.

Hmmm ... so it couldn't have anything to do with nobody wanting to rock the boat on segregation ... interesting ...

It is time for Northern and Southern patriots to unite (as they are doing in the TEA Party) to overcome and destroy every last institution of the Left and its culture, and keep only enough of its tedious, mind-numbing books to serve as a warning to future generations.

You do realize that the big-time progressive Woodrow Wilson presided over the reunion and spoke there.

Even then it was hard to keep ideologies separate, let alone destroy them.

22 posted on 07/03/2012 4:25:08 PM PDT by x
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To: Texas Fossil
"The Civil War was the US’s greatest tragedy. For both North & South."

Lt. Thomas Chamberlain: "Where'd you get captured?"
Confederate Prisoner: "Railroad cut just west of Gettysburg town. Wasn't a pretty sight. Many a good boy lost a young and promising life. Some were blue, some were grey."
From the movie 'Gettysburg' (1993)
23 posted on 07/03/2012 4:28:51 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: ExGeeEye

that is sarcasm right?


24 posted on 07/03/2012 4:33:57 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: SamuraiScot

you are only pARTIlly correct. the animosity comes from other sourves and was evident even in the 20s.


25 posted on 07/03/2012 4:37:00 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: SamuraiScot

that should have been partially correct


26 posted on 07/03/2012 4:38:57 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Kartographer

The result of that war that was positive was: it advanced the settling of Texas by at least 75 years.

They simply wanted to be left alone to live their lives in peace. Still do.


27 posted on 07/03/2012 4:45:56 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Nifster

Not really. I mean I could tell you that one of them sings, another displays astonishing vulgarity in a TV “reality” series...but don’t nail me down to specifics, and a couple of them I just don’t remember hearing before.


28 posted on 07/03/2012 4:54:49 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (Romney Sucks. Mutiny Now, or something.)
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To: ExGeeEye

I have also always been fascinated by another officer, highly regarded... Major General John Reynolds, of the Iron Brigade. Killed on the first day, defending McPherson’s woods. The Iron Brigade was virtually destroyed that day. Of course, since it was five regiments of “westerners”, it got little notice in the eastern press (I think the same thing happened in Turner’s movie.)

I’ve always thought the story of Kate Hewitt and Reynolds would make a great movie. Where did she disappear to after she apparently joined a convent after Reynolds’ death?


29 posted on 07/03/2012 4:59:26 PM PDT by Sigurdrifta
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To: Sigurdrifta

Wikipedia article on Reynolds:

“Kate Hewitt had agreed with Reynolds that if he were killed in the war and they could not marry, she would join a convent. After he was buried, she traveled to Emmitsburg, Maryland, and joined the St. Joseph Central House of the Order of the Daughters of Charity (now part of Mount Saint Mary’s University).”


30 posted on 07/03/2012 5:03:06 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (Romney Sucks. Mutiny Now, or something.)
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To: SamuraiScot

Excellent.


31 posted on 07/03/2012 5:12:58 PM PDT by metesky (Brethren, leave us go amongst them! - Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond, The Searchers)
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To: ExGeeEye

Yes I know, but it appears she did not stay there. (see “Gettysburg: A Meditation on War and Values”, paperback edition, 1997, p 74, by Kent Gramm, based on Reynolds’ biographer, Edward Nichols.)

She seems to have just disappeared from view.


32 posted on 07/03/2012 5:31:04 PM PDT by Sigurdrifta
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To: BigReb555
I was there for the dedication of the Gibbon's monument at the 125th Anniversary. I pulled a six horse hitch as Confederate and Union for the anniversary on the park. We pulled it from Ewell's area to Little Round Top. It was a memorable time. The first man killed from the South at Gettysburg was a member of the 14th Tennessee, the first Northerner was from the 8th Illinois Cavalry.
33 posted on 07/03/2012 5:32:27 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: ExGeeEye

And now I am worried. Did Roberts teach you history??


34 posted on 07/03/2012 6:17:15 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Texas Fossil
It amazes me today how this subject is treated here on FR. History does not record the abuses after that War, only the sense of overcoming that lead us into “Reconstruction”. Not since that time have we seen such dark times as we now face.

How do you figure? As best I've seen there isn't an aspect of the War Between The States that hasn't been covered. And nothing off limits either. Point in fact, here we are talking about secession and its roots in American history.

35 posted on 07/03/2012 6:18:05 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To “Edelweiss”

America, country mine
We pray that you ‘ere remain free.
World’s last light, pure and bright
Of liberty, n’opportunity.

Our best and brightest lend strength, their own
Blessing lands to sow freedom

America, country mine
Give our full measure to save thee


36 posted on 07/03/2012 6:18:27 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: Texas Fossil

I was born in 1939, my father was born in 1886, my paternal grandfather was born in 1840. and he fought for the Confederacy.

This seems so odd to me, only two generations removed from that sad war.


37 posted on 07/03/2012 6:27:38 PM PDT by Sea Parrot (Don't ever think that the reason I am peaceful is because I forgot how to be violent)
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To: BigReb555

A recording of the rebel yell:

http://www.nellaware.com/blog/the-rebel-yell.html


38 posted on 07/03/2012 6:30:40 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Public unions exist to protect the unions from the taxpaying public)
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To: Sea Parrot

My wife’s “grandfather” was born before the Civil War in NC. That is amazing to me. He outlived 3 wives.


39 posted on 07/03/2012 6:35:27 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Sea Parrot
President Tyler has you beat!

Former President John Tyler’s (1790-1862) grandchildren still alive


By Eric Pfeiffer, Yahoo! News
Jan 25, 2012

Former President John Tyler, born 221 years ago, still has two living grandchildren. The one-term president isn't a well-known historical figure; he's probably best remembered for helping to push through the annexation of Texas in 1845, shortly before leaving office.

So, how is it possible that a former president who died 150 years ago would still have direct descendents alive today? As it turns out, the Tyler men were known for fathering children late in life. And that math is pretty outstanding when added up:

John Tyler was born in 1790. He became the 10th president of the United States in 1841 after William Henry Harrison died in office. Tyler fathered Lyon Gardiner Tyler in 1853, at age 63. Then, at the age of 71, Lyon Gardiner Tyler fathered Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr. in 1924 and four years later at age 75, Harrison Ruffin Tyler. Both men are still alive today.

That means just three generations of the Tyler family are spread out over more than 200 years. President Tyler was also a prolific father, having 15 children (8 boys and 7 girls) with two wives.

How many people alive can say "My Grandfather was born in the 18th Century!"?

40 posted on 07/03/2012 6:55:55 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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