Amazing Civil War Facts, bats first! Learn these Amazing Civil War Facts and share Though the Confederacy was far behind the North in technology and manufacturing capability, they were not ever short of ingenuity. Take a look at these amazing Civil War facts. The Confederates utilized bats and their poop. Consider the wealth of bat […]
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#Battle, The #CivilWar in New Mexico
On this day in 1862, Union forces by a stroke of luck halted the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico, at that time including Arizona. The Confederates hoped to capture New Mexico and other parts of the West. There were other reasons, but the cash-strapped Confederacy wanted the western mines for the gold and silver. From San Antonio, the […]
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When i was a youngster living in Brady, texas, i took a great interest in the civil war. my friends joined me in re-fighting the various civil war battles. if we charged little round top, we simply climbed a tree to reach the roof of the garage. made sense to us. it was fun using […]
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Heavens to Murgatroyd! Would you believe the email spell checker did not recognize the word, murgatroyd? Lost Words from our childhood: Words gone as fast as the buggy whip! The other day a not so elderly lady said something to her son about driving a Jalopy and he looked at her quizzically and said, “What […]
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1.From 1861 to 1865, the number of #orphans in America doubled. 2. #Horses and other draft animals had about a 7 month #life expectancy during the war. 3. The leading cause of death by disease during the war was diarrhea. About one case in 40 was fatal. Poor sanitation in camps and prisoner of war […]
Continue ReadingA Hacker in Africa On the savannah in Africa, there sat quietly one day A brave e-book novelist a typing away. He sat by a brook ‘neath a low Bilbao tree And the dew on the grass cooled him off, don’t you see. And the writer glanced once when a man with […]
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