150 years ago today...

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i thoroughly enjoyed book one...angry right now that i haven't had time to get much into book two. have been sick for about a week, so i'm behind on a lot of stuff right now except for work.
the vicksburg seige took six weeks, so i figure it'll take up several chapters. and of course there's gettysburg.

and yes, it does help having grown up near so many historical sites. manassas, richmond, d.c., fredericksburg, etc. and of course revolution sites i've been lucky enough to go to, my favorite being yorktown. managed a trip to camden,sc a few years back-awesome stuff, including the jail where a young andrew jackson was locked up for fighting against king and country! jamestown, williamsburg..mt vernon-many times. if you ever get a chance to go to d.c. and the surrounding area, go! you will not regret it. too much history to skip.

now...if i can just get tony to drive me to new york.

the siege took six weeks but before that grant had to figure a way around the cliffs on the mississippi to set up the siege. the campaign to set up the siege is the great part. once the siege started there wasn't really any doubt about the result.

i sit here imagining almost all of derby trail nation yawning and wondering why we're not pm'ing.

screw them.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

the siege took six weeks but before that grant had to figure a way around the cliffs on the mississippi to set up the siege. the campaign to set up the siege is the great part. once the siege started there wasn't really any doubt about the result.

i sit here imagining almost all of derby trail nation yawning and wondering why we're not pm'ing.

screw them.

i plan to go to arkansas post in july when my husband goes fishing for the wknd with his father and siblings.

as for the siege, grant just had his 7th unsuccessful plan to find a way into vicksburg. i've been to the military park a few times, the last time was a hike. 17 miles in a day! i won't do that again...anyway, we climbed up the side of a hill and found a marker at the top which stated that they hauled two cannon up to the top of this hill to start another point of bombardment. hell, we could barely get ourselves up there without carrying a thing. unreal. and of course there are houses with cannonballs still in the wall. most of the citizenry dug caves in the hillsides and lived there thoughout the siege, since the houses were so unsafe.