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Virginia Man Killed In Civil War Cannonball Blast
FOX/AP ^
| May 02, 2008
Posted on 05/02/2008 5:26:59 PM PDT by nuconvert
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posted on
05/02/2008 5:26:59 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
To: StoneWall Brigade; stainlessbanner
Be careful out there, boys.
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posted on
05/02/2008 5:30:13 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(Immigration without assimilation means the death of this nation~Captainpaintball)
To: nuconvert
Does that make his wife the last Civil War Widow?
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posted on
05/02/2008 5:34:01 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
To: nuconvert; Squantos
Whoops! I wonder what the record is for the oldest ordnance kill?
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posted on
05/02/2008 5:36:27 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
To: nuconvert
Today is the anniversary of Stonewall Jackson’s getting shot at Chancellorsville.
To: nuconvert
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posted on
05/02/2008 5:40:24 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: muir_redwoods
“Does that make his wife the last Civil War Widow?”
Seeing as how there are other peole out there doing this, probably not the last
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posted on
05/02/2008 5:40:40 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(There are bad people in the pistachio business.)
To: U S Army EOD; Lee Heggy
Ping. Thought of you both for different reasons.
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posted on
05/02/2008 5:43:01 PM PDT
by
snippy_about_it
(The FReeper Foxhole. America's history, America's soul.)
To: nuconvert
I know a guy who broke his leg while re-enacting a Civil War battle. A cannon rolled over his leg.
When they took him to the ER, the doctor said to one of the nurses “get me some whiskey - and a saw”
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posted on
05/02/2008 5:43:45 PM PDT
by
Scotswife
To: nuconvert
They couldn’t hit an elephant at this dist...
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posted on
05/02/2008 5:43:53 PM PDT
by
StACase
To: nuconvert
I found a couple Minie balls and some grape shot at an old fort near Ft Campbell many years ago. I still feel the thrill I experienced when I found them.
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posted on
05/02/2008 5:47:00 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Ted Kennedy - Codename -> "Bobber")
To: muir_redwoods
That is a funny remark, even in a sad situation.
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posted on
05/02/2008 5:47:11 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: Verginius Rufus
To: Scotswife
When they took him to the ER, the doctor said to one of the nurses get me some whiskey - and a saw LOL! Pretty good!
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posted on
05/02/2008 5:47:48 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Ted Kennedy - Codename -> "Bobber")
To: dynachrome
Considering that a high percentage of shrapnel and shell projectiles did not explode (esp. Confederate), there undoubtedly will be more accidents like this.
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posted on
05/02/2008 5:48:21 PM PDT
by
attiladhun2
(Obama is the anti-Reagan, instead of opposing the world's tyrants, he wants to embrace them)
To: attiladhun2
Heck, still a lot of WWI and WWII stuff out there.
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posted on
05/02/2008 5:50:01 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(Immigration without assimilation means the death of this nation~Captainpaintball)
To: VeniVidiVici
Not technically grape shot, but canister shot. Grape shot was pretty much absolete by the time of the Civil War.
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posted on
05/02/2008 5:51:09 PM PDT
by
attiladhun2
(Obama is the anti-Reagan, instead of opposing the world's tyrants, he wants to embrace them)
To: nuconvert
Ah . . . if it blew up it was not a cannonball. It was a shell.
A cannonball is a solid chunk of metal. A shell is a hollow sphere filled with explosive. They look different — and even if you cannot tell by looking at it (due to corrosion hiding the fuse hole), a shell would be lighter than a cannonball of the same size.
First rule of restoration: Know what you are restoring.
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posted on
05/02/2008 5:51:59 PM PDT
by
No Truce With Kings
(The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
To: Scotswife
Dr. with a sense of humor. lol
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posted on
05/02/2008 5:52:15 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(There are bad people in the pistachio business.)
To: VeniVidiVici
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posted on
05/02/2008 5:53:43 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(There are bad people in the pistachio business.)
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