seekingOwnertoo -> RE: 50 Shades of NOPE (11/25/2013 4:58:16 PM)
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ORIGINAL: seekingOwnertoo Roch ... Known you are African American for years .... and intelligent, as well as articulate too. [:)] That said, let me ask you an off the wall question ... and I guess I will answer, too. LOL At Gettysburg ... who changed the course of the civil war, and emancipation? If your answer is: JEB Stuart's Confederate "Invinciblle's"; then be very happy they were defeated by George Armstrong Custer and his Michigan Cavalry. Heck, this is so obscure a fact, it wasn't even on the news in Michigan, during the July 150th anniversary of Gettysburg. If you doubt me, read the book, " The Cavalry Battle that Saved the Union"; by Paul Walker. Why bring it up here? Well, this thread is 50 shades of humor ... and you said you were African American ... so I thought I would shove this in! LOL Lots of those moments during Gettysburgh, Lee ordering Pickett's charge through an exposed wheat field when the union had the higher ground, Joshua Chamberlain and his Maine boys running up under fire to take little Round Top (if the confederates took that, the union would have been in deep shit), and of course, the fact that Lee even tried invading the north, that cost him every time:). On the other hand, the battle was lengthened by Dan Hooker and some really bad decisions (what do you want for a man who was the first person in US history I believe to get off of killing his wife and her lover on a plea of temporary insanity and gave the euphemism of hookers to prostitutes from the 'camp followers' he enjoyed:). I know I am way off topic, but if anyone plans on going to Gettysburg, I highly recommend going to the national stables and going on a tour by horseback, on top of everything else, the guides are incredible, most of them have Phd level knowledge of history.... This tread is old, so I will throw this out. Your comment on the horseback ride tour is fascinating! Sounds like a real adventure through days of history. Did they take you 3 miles east of Gettysburg, to East Cavalry Field? Where the Michigan Monument is located on Custer Road? That said, knew there were lots of moments in that battle, but the point of the book, Lee's plan on the fateful final day, was a simultaneous attack. Picketts charge from the front, Jeb Stuart from the rear ... Except, JEB Stuart ran into Custer ... The author, a former Armored Cavalry Officer, and instructor in tactics, maintains that part of the battle escapes the view of all Historians.
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