Went to Appomattox Court House National Historical Park yesterday.

[bdtex]

Then to the Museum Of The Confederacy about a mile down the road afterward. Very awe-inspiring. Lots of old pics of soldiers and places. Lots of company and regimental flags,uniforms,swords,rifles, pistols and other artifacts of all kinds. It really was breathtaking. Driving around the area and seeing the terrain and Blue Ridge Mountains close by,it was not difficult to imagine how hard it was to move troops and supplies there and how the 2 armies ended up at Appomattox.

 

[bdtex]

I was actually in Lynchburg,VA from Thursday-Sunday afternoon. Went to the Museum Of Lynchburg midday Sunday before lunch and going to the airport. There was a lot about the role of Lynchburg during the Civil War that I did not know. Interesting stuff. Probably going to Richmond next year and probably adding a coupla days to the trip to visit Petersburg and/or Fredericksburg.

 

[trapdoor]

I was actually in Lynchburg,VA from Thursday-Sunday afternoon. Went to the Museum Of Lynchburg midday Sunday before lunch and going to the airport. There was a lot about the role of Lynchburg during the Civil War that I did not know. Interesting stuff. Probably going to Richmond next year and probably adding a coupla days to the trip to visit Petersburg and/or Fredericksburg.

The terrain at Fredericksburg will tell you in a minute which side you wanted to be on, on that battlefield.

 

[bdtex]

The terrain at Fredericksburg will tell you in a minute which side you wanted to be on, on that battlefield.

Yeah. Wonder if Ambrose Burnside went out there and looked at it before he ordered the advance?

 

[ya-ta-hey]

Then to the Museum Of The Confederacy about a mile down the road afterward. Very awe-inspiring. Lots of old pics of soldiers and places. Lots of company and regimental flags,uniforms,swords,rifles, pistols and other artifacts of all kinds. It really was breathtaking. Driving around the area and seeing the terrain and Blue Ridge Mountains close by,it was not difficult to imagine how hard it was to move troops and supplies there and how the 2 armies ended up at Appomattox.

Mr. Tex,

A couple of years ago, I was driving up from North Carolina back to Philadelphia, with the intentions of stopping in Gettysburg. Driving up I-95, you pass right by Petersburg battlefield, Fredricksburg, the Wilderness battlefield, Spotsyvania Courthouse Battlefield, Manasis (Bull Run), and it's a short side trip to Antiedam. Sadly, I was only able to stop a short time at Fredricksburg. Even though most of the battlefield has been developed, it is still a chilling place.

Although my girlfriend would probable hate it, I would love to spend a couple of weeks visiting all the battlefields in the area.

A suggestion, pick up Tony Horiwitz's "Confederates in the Attic." He went around to all the major battlefields, starting with Fort Sumtner, ending in Appomattox, interviewing local historians and the like, and goes into interesting detail about each of the battles.

 

[bdtex]

Mr. Tex,

A couple of years ago, I was driving up from North Carolina back to Philadelphia, with the intentions of stopping in Gettysburg. Driving up I-95, you pass right by Petersburg battlefield, Fredricksburg, the Wilderness battlefield, Spotsyvania Courthouse Battlefield, Manasis (Bull Run), and it's a short side trip to Antiedam. Sadly, I was only able to stop a short time at Fredricksburg. Even though most of the battlefield has been developed, it is still a chilling place.

Although my girlfriend would probable hate it, I would love to spend a couple of weeks visiting all the battlefields in the area.

A suggestion, pick up Tony Horiwitz's "Confederates in the Attic." He went around to all the major battlefields, starting with Fort Sumtner, ending in Appomattox, interviewing local historians and the like, and goes into interesting detail about each of the battles.

I coulda spent at least another hour in the Museum Of The Confederacy and at Appomattox Courthouse. An hour was pretty much enough time for the Museum Of Lynchburg. Went to Newport News/Williamsburg,VA last year for 5 days and only got to to any Civil War sightseeing one day. Went to the Mariner's Museum and saw the USS Monitor Conservation/Restoration exhibit. Did that for 3 hours and coulda stayed another if I'd had time. I'm 56. Hope I live long enough to go back to VA and to Antietam and Gettysburg to see everything I wanna see. I'm thinking about driving to Vicksburg in the spring. I'd like to go see The Hunley in SC too.

 

[ya-ta-hey]

I coulda spent at least another hour in the Museum Of The Confederacy and at Appomattox Courthouse. An hour was pretty much enough time for the Museum Of Lynchburg. Went toNewport News/Williamsburg,VA last year for 5 days and only got to to any Civil War sightseeing one day. Went to the Mariner's Museum and saw the USS Monitor Conservation/Restoration exhibit. Did that for 3 hours and coulda stayed another if I'd had time. I'm 56. Hope I live long enough to go back to VA and to Antietam and Gettysburg to see everything I wanna see. I'm thinking about driving to Vicksburg in the spring. I'd like to go see The Hunley in SC too.

Mr. Tex,

I would like to see Shiloh. Horribly bloody battle, where the confederates intended to suprise the Federals by meeting the split army in the field rather than waiting for them in Corenth like the federals expected them to do.

From what I read in the book I recommended, Vicksburg has given way to riverboat casinos, and most of the historic sites have been developed over. The author only found one small museum which even mentioned the civil war past.

 

[bdtex]

Mr. Tex,

I would like to see Shiloh. Horribly bloody battle, where the confederates intended to suprise the Federals by meeting the split army in the field rather than waiting for them in Corenth like the federals expected them to do.

From what I read in the book I recommended, Vicksburg has given way to riverboat casinos, and most of the historic sites have been developed over. The author only found one small museum which even mentioned the civil war past.

I need to get that book. I like this site too:

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/

 

[ya-ta-hey]

I need to get that book. I like this site too:

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/

Mr. Tex,

I like that site as well. Go to the Shiloh battle, then click on the interactive map link, it will show portions from the PBS show "Civil War, the untold story."

I also like their treatment of the battle of Chickamonga.

 

[fairsheet]

The Civil War, in terms of how the "grunts" on either side, were considered by the men at the top, hints me at WWI and the trenches.

 

[bdtex]

Mr. Tex,

A couple of years ago, I was driving up from North Carolina back to Philadelphia, with the intentions of stopping in Gettysburg. Driving up I-95, you pass right by Petersburg battlefield, Fredricksburg, the Wilderness battlefield, Spotsyvania Courthouse Battlefield, Manasis (Bull Run), and it's a short side trip to Antiedam. Sadly, I was only able to stop a short time at Fredricksburg. Even though most of the battlefield has been developed, it is still a chilling place.

Although my girlfriend would probable hate it, I would love to spend a couple of weeks visiting all the battlefields in the area.

A suggestion, pick up Tony Horiwitz's "Confederates in the Attic." He went around to all the major battlefields, starting with Fort Sumtner, ending in Appomattox, interviewing local historians and the like, and goes into interesting detail about each of the battles.

Today is Gen. Lee's birthday. Ironic huh?

 

[bdtex]

The Civil War, in terms of how the "grunts" on either side, were considered by the men at the top, hints me at WWI and the trenches.

I don't see it that way. Whole lotta Generals and Colonels died in combat in the Civil War.

 

[fairsheet]

I don't see it that way. Whole lotta Generals and Colonels died in combat in the Civil War.

The "men at the top" I refer to, weren't the Generals and Colonels.

 

[bdtex]

The "men at the top" I refer to, weren't the Generals and Colonels.

K. It was much worse in WWI. The men at the top were far removed from the battlefield.

 

[fairsheet]

K. It was much worse in WWI. The men at the top were far removed from the battlefield.

The WWI "men in the trenches" didn't have a clue as to what they were fighting and dying for. I think similar can be said of the men in the Civil War trenches.

 

[ya-ta-hey]

Today is Gen. Lee's birthday. Ironic huh?

Mr. Tex,

I don't know if I'd call it ironic. Wierd coincidence, maybe.

 

[bdtex]

Mr. Tex,

I don't know if I'd call it ironic. Wierd coincidence, maybe.

I'm good with calling it that too.

 

[bdtex]

Mr. Tex,

A couple of years ago, I was driving up from North Carolina back to Philadelphia, with the intentions of stopping in Gettysburg. Driving up I-95, you pass right by Petersburg battlefield, Fredricksburg, the Wilderness battlefield, Spotsyvania Courthouse Battlefield, Manasis (Bull Run), and it's a short side trip to Antiedam. Sadly, I was only able to stop a short time at Fredricksburg. Even though most of the battlefield has been developed, it is still a chilling place.

Although my girlfriend would probable hate it, I would love to spend a couple of weeks visiting all the battlefields in the area.

A suggestion, pick up Tony Horiwitz's "Confederates in the Attic." He went around to all the major battlefields, starting with Fort Sumtner, ending in Appomattox, interviewing local historians and the like, and goes into interesting detail about each of the battles.

Got ahold of that book on Saturday. Got a coupla chapters under my belt. Good stuff.

 

[ya-ta-hey]

Got ahold of that book on Saturday. Got a coupla chapters under my belt. Good stuff.

Mr. Tex,

Suprising, the book is almost 16 years old (published in 1998). Makes me want to go out and get his other books. I take it he fancies himself a non-fiction Michner, were he travels to various places and writes anacdotal histories of the south pacific, the middle east, the discovery of the new world, etc. His Latest book is "Midnight Rising" about John Brown.

Also interesting, he's a Pulizer Prize winner, and his wife won the Pulizer Prize for a novel about a family of Confederate women having to cope and maintain after all the men went off to war.

 

[bdtex]

Mr. Tex,

Suprising, the book is almost 16 years old (published in 1998). Makes me want to go out and get his other books. I take it he fancies himself a non-fiction Michner, were he travels to various places and writes anacdotal histories of the south pacific, the middle east, the discovery of the new world, etc. His Latest book is "Midnight Rising" about John Brown.

Also interesting, he's a Pulizer Prize winner, and his wife won the Pulizer Prize for a novel about a family of Confederate women having to cope and maintain after all the men went off to war.

I'm on the 5th Chapter. I was thinking last night that the book was probably written in 1997 and copyrighted and published in 1998. A whole 'nother generation of Southerners has been born since then and are coming of age now. I wonder what has changed in the places he visited and wrote about?