Maynard Academy

NICKNAMES OF THE WORLD

doogle45 — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:00:15 +0000

“NICKNAMES OF THE WORLD”BYSKIP ENGLISH- (4/22/03)

MALE SINGER- “THE VELVET FOG”?
PRESIDENT- “THE RAILSPLITTER” OR “THE ORIGINAL GORILLA”?
N L PITCHER FOR GIANTS AND DODGERS- “SAL, THE BARBER”?
BEST EVER BOXER- “THE GREATEST” & “LOUISVILLE LIP”
AWESOME EARLIER BOXER- “THE BROWN BOMBER”?
PRESIDENT’S WIFE- “FIRST LADY TO THE WORLD”? UN REP FOR USA?
WW II GERMAN- “THE DESERT FOX” OF THE “AFRIKA CORPS”?
BRAVEST SOUTHERN GENERAL – “THE WIZZARD OF THE SADDLE”?
VIRGINIA BORN YANKEE SOLDIER- “THE ROCK OF CHICKAMAUGA”?
REAL/MOVIE OUTLAWS- “BUTCH CASSIDY & “THE SUNDANCE KID”?
SPACE DOCTOR- “BONES” TO CAPT. KIRK? ACTOR’S NAME?
BIG, FAT ENTERTAINER- “THE GREAT ONE”?
SINGER- “THE GODFATHER OF SOUL”?
SOUTHERN SOLDIER FROM VA.- “THE GREY GHOST”?
YANKEE SOLDIER- “FIGHTING JOE” DIDN’T AT CHANCELLORSVILLE?
AMERICAN REV. WAR HERO- “THE SWAMP FOX”?
STATE OF US- “THE GRAND CANYON STATE”?
DANCER- “MR. BOJANGLES”?
GOLFER- “THE GOLDEN BEAR”?
FICTIONAL HERO- “THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO”?
EUTHANASIA ENTHUSIAST- “DR. DEATH”?
T V CRAZY MAN- “THE CROCODILE HUNTER”?
STATE- “THE BEEHIVE STATE” FOR HARD WORK CHURCH?
BIG CITY- “THE WINDY CITY”& “CITY OF BIG SHOULDERS”?
BIGGER CITY- “THE CITY OF THE ANGELS” OR “LA LA LAND”?
SINGER- MUST “RESPECT” “THE QUEEN OF SOUL”?
“BOB DYLAN” COULD TELL WHICH WAY THE WIND BLOWS?
“WHEN DOVES CRY” SINGER FORMERLY KNOWN AS “PRINCE”?
NFL TEAM- “MONSTERS OF THE MIDWAY”?
NBA STAR- “MAGIC”?
NBA STAR- “DR. J”?
“BOY GENERAL”, “YELLOWHAIR”, &“SON OF/MORNING STAR”?
WW II & KOREA HERO -“AMERICAN CAESAR” & “DUGOUT DOUG”?
CONFEDERATE HERO/OUTLAW “MR. HOWARD” SHOT IN BACK?
CHICAGO GANGSTER- “SCARFACE”?
SITE OF JAPANESE SURRENDER/WW II- “THE MIGHTY MO”?
NAZI MADMAN OF CONCENTRATION CAMPS- “THE DR. OF DEATH”?
DODGER HALL OF FAMER- “THE DUKE OF FLATBUSH AVENUE”?
N Y GIANT HALL OF FAMER- “THE SAY HEY KID”?
GERMAN WW I FLYING ACE- “THE RED BARON”, SNOOPY?

ANSWERS TO “NICKNAMES OF THE WORLD” (4/22/03)

MEL TORME
LINCOLN
MAGLIE
M. ALI
JOE LOUIS
E. ROOSEVELT
ERWIN ROMMEL
NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST
GEORGE THOMAS
BLANK LEROY PARKER AND HARRY LONGBAUGH
DOCTOR LEONARD MC COY/ PLAYED BY DEFOREST KELLEY
JACKIE GLEASON
JAMES BROWN
JOHN SINGLETON MOSBY – “MOSBY’S RANGERS”
GENERAL JOE HOOKER
FRANCIS MARION
ARIZONA
BILL ROBINSON
JACK NICKLAUS
EDMUND DANTES
JACK KEVORKIAN
UTAH
STEVE IRWIN
CHICAGO
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
ARETHA FRANKLIN
ROBERT “BOBBY” ZIMMERMAN
PRINCE ROGERS NELSON OF MINNESOTA
“DA BEARS” OF CHICAGO
EARVIN JOHNSON
JULIUS ERVING
GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER
DOUGLAS MAC ARTHUR
JESSE JAMES
AL CAPONE
BATTLESHIP USS MISSOURI- (PRES. TRUMAN FROM MISSOURI!)
JOSEPH MENGELA
EDWIN DONALD “DUKE” SNIDER
WILLIE HOWARD MAYS
BARON MANFRED VON RICHTHOVEN, GERMAN ACE WWI.

KNOW YOUR ENEMY?

doogle45 — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:56:54 +0000

KNOW YOUR ENEMY

by DOUG MAYNARD

IRAQ IS THE PRESENT DAY NAME OF THE “BABYLONIAN EMPIRE”/ BIBLE.

EVERY ORGANIZED RELIGION HAS A ROOT SYSTEM BASED IN BABYLON.

ALL EARLY EMPIRES WERE BASED ON RIVER SYSTEMS. EGYPT= NILE.

THE MIDDLE EAST MEETS THE NEAR EAST AT PERSIAN GULF.

THE FAR EAST IS CHINA, NORTH KOREA AND INDONESIA-ANTI-USA?

EAST IS ORIENTAL. USA IS OCCIDENTAL. DIFFERENT STROKES/ FOLKS?

BABYLONIANS FOUGHT ASSYRIANS. IRAQ V SYRIA TODAY.

THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATIES RIVERS AREA GAVE BIRTH/CIVILIZATION

MESO (MIDDLE OF) POTAMIA (RIVERS)= SUMERIANS/ LANGUAGE/WHEEL.

IRAQ IS IN MESOPOTAMIA- IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TWO GREAT RIVERS.

THEY INVENTED WRITING, LAW/MANY LEGENDS LIKE FLOOD STORY

RICH JEWS IN CAPIVITY TOOK THESE STORIES BACK HOME AFTERWARD

MANY BIBLE STORIES ARE FROM THIS PERIOD AND BORROWED FROM BABYON.

BABYLON COMES FROM “BABEL”. THAT’S WHERE THE TOWER WAS.

BABYLON BY NAME MEANS LITERALLY, “CONFUSED”. SEE BIBLE.

THE GARDEN OF EDEN WAS ALSO IN “MESOPOTAMIA”.

THE PERSIAN GULF IS IRAQ’S ONLY OUTLET TO THE INDIAN OCEAN.

JEWISH PATRIARCH “ABRAM” WAS FROM CITY OF “UR” IN IRAQ.

BASRA IS A MAJOR TARGET AND HAS BEEN SCENE OF ETERNAL BATTLES.

TURKEY TOUCHES IRAQ. IS HALF WESTERN/ HALF EASTERN/ THOUGHT.

BABYLON IS ALSO CALLED THE “LAND OF SHINAR” IN THE BIBLE.

You are HERE too

doogle45 — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:01:26 +0000

URHERE2 USELESS INFO-ONE QUESTION TEST

WE’RE JUST SURFING THE COSMOS.

LIKE MICROSCOPIC FLEETS OF TALL SAILED SHIPS IN A BOUNDLESS OCEAN OF UNIVERSE,

OUR GALAXIES BOBBLE THROUGH GRAVITY’S ROUGH WAVES TOWARD CRASHING TIDES

ON SOME FAR DISTANT SHORE OF A NEW AND DIFFERENT WORLD

ALWAYS JUST OUT OF OUR PRESENT SIGHT AND REACH!

LIKE THE NINA, PINTA, AND THE SANTA MARIA OF SPACE/CYBERSPACE. -

SKIP ENGLISH-2003

IT’S ALL ABOUT LIGHT AND THE FACT THAT ITS SPEED NEVER CHANGES. NO MATTER WHAT!

THE SPEED OF LIGHT IS 186,000 MILES PER SECOND! CARS 60 SEC/MILE.

LIGHT GOES AROUND THE EARTH SIX OR MORE TIMES IN A SECOND.

ONE LIGHT YEAR IS ABOUT 6 TRILLION MILES AT 186,000 PER SECOND.

THE NEAREST STAR TO THE SUN IS 4.5 LIGHT YEARS AWAY-NEXT DOOR.

EARTH IS DIVIDED INTO OCCIDENTAL/ORIENTAL, YANKEE/REBEL QUADS.

LIGHT IS SO SLOW THAT IT TAKES BILLIONS OF YEARS TO GET HERE.

LIGHT TAKES 8 MINUTES TO GET HERE FROM THE SUN- 93 MILLION MILES.

LIGHT TAKES SEVEN HOURS TO GET TO PLUTO, THE END OF OUR SYSTEM.

OUR SUN IS A STAR UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL AND CARRIES NINE PLANETS AROUND THE GALAXY LIKE A LONG LIMO IN LAS VEGAS.

OUR SUN WOULD LOOK LIKE ALL OTHER STARS IF IT WOULD GET OUT OF OUR FACE.

LIGHT TAKES BILLIONS OF YEARS TO GET HERE FROM SPACE.

EINSTEIN SAYS THAT SPACE/TIME IS THE 4^TH DEMINSION AND KOUFAX CURVED.

THE “C” IN E=MC2 IS FOR THE ONLY “CONSTANT”- THE SPEED OF LIGHT.

E=MC2=ATOMIC FISSION=ATOMIC FUSION=HYDROGEN BOMB- THE POWER OF THE SUN- ALONG WITH HELIUM OF BALLOONS FOR OUR KIDS.

OUR GALAXY HAS OVER 100 BILLION STARS LIKE OUR SUN.

OUR GALAXY IS A TINY ISLAND IN A GIANT OCEAN OF THE LOCAL GROUP.

OUR SUN HAS NINE PLANETS AND UNTOLD MOONS OF JUPITER ALONE.

THAT MEANS 900 BILLION POSSIBLE PLANETS TIMES 5 MOONS EACH.

THAT’S JUST IN OUR GALAXY, AND THERE ARE OVER 100 BILLION GALAXIES.

LIKE NUKE-SUBS, GALAXIES DIVE INTO SPACE AND TAKE US TOO!

THE MOON CIRCLES THE EARTH, WHICH CIRCLES THE SUN, WHICH CIRCLES THE GALAXY, WHICH CIRCLES THE LOCAL GROUP, WHICH CIRCLES THE SUPERCLUSTER ALL SCREAMING AT AWESOME SPEEDS,

YET WE WORRY ABOUT GETTING ON AN AIRPLANE.

IF THE EARTH WERE THE SIZE OF A DIME, VENUS WOULD BE A PENNY, MARS A NICKLE, SATURN BIGGER THAN A BASKETBALL, JUPITER BIGGER THAN A GIANT BEACH BALL, AND THE SUN BIGGER THAN A GIANT BALLOON IN THE MACY’S PARADE AT THANKSGIVING. – SKYSCRAPER SIZE!

THE SUN IS JUST AN AVERAGE SIZED STAR- NO BIG DEAL.

THERE ARE COMETS, CUPIDS, ASTEROIDS, MOONS, PLANETS, SUNS, GALAXIES, CLUSTERS, SUPERCLUSTERS, AND MUCH MORE IN ALL OF SPACE- YET ALMOST ALL OF SPACE IS A PERFECT EMPTY NOTHINGNESS CALLED THE “COSMIC VOID”. A VAST “WASTELAND” AS T. S. ELIOT WOULD SAY.

POP YOUR GUM IN EMPTY SPACE AND YOU’LL GO BACKWARD AT WARP SPEED, SCOTTY! (NEWTON AND NO GRAVITY RULE!)

ANYTHING YOU FIND IN SPACE IS LIKE FINDING A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK BILLIONS OF LIGHT YEARS HIGH. INFINITELY WORSE ODDS THAN FINDING A QUALITY TELEVISION PROGRAM EXCEPT DURING SWEEPS WEEKS.

LIKE A HEAVY BOWLING BALL ROLLING ACROSS A SEMI- TIGHT TARPOLEON, EARTH “WARPS” THE SPACE AROUND IT AS IT ROLLS ACROSS THE LANES OF SPACE/TIME’S NEW DEMENSION. (4^TH)

IMAGINE THE WARP OF ROLLING THE GALAXY ACROSS THE SAME LANES.

LIKE TINY SPIDERS ON AN ETERNAL WEB, TINY SUPERCLUSTERS OF BILLIONS OF GALAXIES ARE SEPARATED BY GIGANTIC HOLES OF SPACE IN BETWEEN.

WHY IS IT SO FAR TO THE HOUSE NEXTDOOR? ELBOW ROOM?

THE TINY FILIMENTS OF SPIDERWEB GALAXIES ARE HELD TOGETHER BY GRAVITY AND THE “STRONG FORCE” AND TORN APART BY THE “WEAK FORCE” FROM THE INSIDE AND WHATEVER TEARS GRAVITY APART FROM THE OUTSIDE.

GRAVITY, ELECTOMAGNETISM, AND THE WEAK FORCE ARE REALLY THE SAME THING (ELCTROMAGNETICWEAKFORCE)

ONLY THE STRONG FORCE IS OUTSIDE EINSTEIN’S GUT THEORY (GRAND UNIFIED THEORY- THAT UNITES EVERYTHING INTO ONE FORCE).

EINSTEIN PROVED THE FIRST THREE BUT DIED TRYING TO PROVE THE STRONG FORCE FIT THE THEORY.

FOR SEMI-UNREAL CHECK EINSTEIN’S TWIN THEORY OF TIME DILATION IN THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY, WHICH WE PROVED IN THE SIXTIES THOUGH HE SAID IT IN ABOUT 1915. YOU ARE 20, YOUR TWIN IS 120 IF YOU’RE GONE A YEAR @ THE SPEED OF LIGHT.

FOR SUPER UNREAL, CHECK OUT THE QUANTUM THEORY OF THE SUPERSMALL WORLD THAT MAKES UP EVERYTHING, YET LIKE A GHOST DISAPPEARS WHEN YOU TRY TO PIN IT DOWN!

QUARKS, BOSONS, Z-PARTICLES, GLUONS, AND OTHER SUPERSMALL QUANTUM PARTICLES MAKE UP NUCULI OF ALL ATOMS, WHICH MAKE UP ALL MOLECULES, WHICH MAKE UP COMPOUNDS, WHICH MAKE UP YOU!

DNA IS A MOLECULE THAT MAKES YOU UP! RNA MAY BE EQUAL.

DNA IS AS FAR INSIDE YOUR CELLS AS PLUTO IS FROM THE SUN OUTSIDE. SEVEN HOURS @ 186,000 MILES PER SECOND.

IMAGINE THE TINY CAMERA THAT CAUGHT THE FIRST PROVEN Z-PARTICLE ON ITS WAY RIGHT THROUGH THE EARTH.

ORION’S ARM POINTS TO THE OLD, RED STARRED CENTER OF THE GALAXY WHERE THE BLACK HOLE LIVES AND ARRESTS EVERYTHING INCLUDING LIGHT. WE LIVE IN “ORION’S ARM” OF THE GALAXY!

WHEN YOU LOOK BACK INTO SPACE, YOU LOOK BACK INTO TIME AS WELL BECAUSE THEY ARE THE SAME THING.

YOU SEE THE SUN AS IT WAS 8 MINUTES AGO. THE SUN COULD HAVE BURNED OUT AND EXPLODED FIVE MINUTES AGO, BUT WE WOULD STILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO LIVE!

YOU SEE THE FAR GALAXIES AS THEY WERE BILLIONS OF YEARS AGO.

WAS EINSTEIN WARPED FOR SAYING SPACE/TIME WAS? (BOWLING BALL EXAMPLE).

MODERN “STRING THEORY” SEEMS TO CONNECT ALL. FORCES.

TODAY’S EINSTEIN, AUTHOR OF A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, AND WORKING 100 YEARS OF ADVANCEMENT LATER, DISAGREES WITH EINSTEIN. WHO IS HE? (STEPHEN HAWKING)

EVEN LIGHT, HOPPING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 186,000 MPS GETS CAUGHT BY THE SPEEDTRAP (BY THE BLACKHOLE’S SKYWAY PATROL), IS ARRESTED, PUT INTO THE BLACKHOLE’S GRAVITY CAR, AND TAKEN DOWNTOWN INTO THE BLACK HOLE’S WORMHOLE INTO ANOTHER PART OF SPACE/TIME- ALSO AT 186,000 MPS OF COURSE- IT’S CONSTANT- REMEMBER E=MC2? C=CONSTANT.

SPECIAL REALITIVITY DOES NOT RULE OUT BACK TO THE FUTURE OR ANY OF THE MANY SEQUELS BASED ON THE THEORY.

SUPERMAN SAVED LOIS LANE FROM THE DEAD USING THE REVERSAL OF SPACE/TIME.

A PIECE OF PAPER IS A TWO DEMENSIONAL OBJECT IN A THREE D WORLD.

WE WOULD BE LIKE A PIECE OF PAPER IN THE 4^TH D OF SPACE/TIME.

TWO QUESTION TEST. (I LIED)

HOW BIG IS THE COSMOS?

HOW SMALL IS DNA?

HOW BIG OR SMALL IS OUR SUPREME BEING? (LIED AGAIN.)

SOMETIMES TO FIND OUR WAY WHEN WE GET LOST IN LIFE AND FEAR,

WE ALL NEED A SIGN THAT SAYS. “URHERE”! THERE U R !

Robert E. Lee

doogle45 — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:12:04 +0000

LEE’S DECISION

DOUG MAYNARD

SCC INSTRUCTOR

20 TRAMMELL AVE.

CANTON, NC 28716

828-648-5500

Early in 1861, Colonel Robert Edward Lee, in command of the United States Second Cavalry, had been ordered to return to Washington, D. C. from fighting Apache and Comanche Indians near the Rio Grande border of Old Mexico.

Lee, now fifty-four years old, was exhausted from his long trip and the danger and humiliation of being kicked out of San Antonio by Texas confederates. Texas rebels had just taken over all that state’s federal forts, and since Lee had been wearing the beautiful blue “Yankee” uniform that he had worn proudly for thirty-five years, his life had been threatened, his possessions taken, and he had been forced to finish his long trip in civilian attire.

As he entered General Winfield Scott’s office in new President Lincoln’s Washington DC, Lee considered the imponderable decision he knew he now would have to make.

“Old Fuss and Feathers” Scott was now over three hundred pounds and considered

“ancient”, but he was the most experienced military man alive and had been Lee’s mentor in the army since the war with Mexico almost fifteen years ago.

Lee knew that Scott was about to offer him the very thing he had hardly dared hope for in his long distinguished career—total command of all US Army forces—just like his all-time hero and real father figure, George Washington!

George Washington was of course THE great hero of all of America. Honoring his memory was the only thing remaining that southern “FIRE EATERS” and the Yankee “ABOLITIONISTS” could still agree on since South Carolina and the others had moved on federal installations. Washington was the nation’s hero, but to Robert E Lee he was more than that.

Washington was almost a living presence in the house and area of Virginia where Lee was born. His very home itself had come from Washington’s family and personal effects of the greatest American hero throughout the residence reminded Lee of stories of the American Revolution and his father’s relationship with Washington.

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Doug Maynard

20 Trammell Ave

Canton, NC 28716

828-648-5500

SCC Instructor

Lee’s real father was the Revolutionary War hero “Lighthorse Harry” Lee, friend of the great Washington himself, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the man who originated the funeral quote about Washington being FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE AND FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN.

Lee’s poor father, who had suffered much worse defeats after the revolution than he ever

had during it, had been forced to abandon his family and his country in debt and disgrace, and “Light Horse Harry” had died far away when Lee had been only eleven years old.

At that young age, Robert had immediately assumed the role of “the man of the family” and had tended to his invalid mother until he left for the US Military Academy in 1825 when he was eighteen. Of course now we all know that he also spent the rest of his life tending to his invalid wife. Honor and Duty came first!

Lee used the magnificent example of Washington as his role model as he determined to reclaim his family name and honor through a life dedicated to duty, honor, and country, just as they said at West Point.

As a cadet at the US Military Academy, Lee had been so perfect that even the other cadets called him “The Marble Model” in honor of his devotion to professionalism and his obvious qualities as a leader and a gentleman.

Lee had survived the insurrection against Federal installations in Texas, and as he walked into the office of his greatest friend in the army, he knew his job would be to put down any further loss of property and face by leading his mighty force against the rebels who had just started to build their army near Montgomery, Alabama, the capitol of the new confederacy.

Lee had stated often and plainly his opposition to both slavery and succession, and he knew Scott would expect him to follow the lead of Scott, himself a Virginian, and other Virginians such as Lee’s friend George Thomas, who stood like a “rock” for the union and the US flag.

Yet Lee had paced the floor all the previous night trying to weigh his options, and his heart throbbed in his forehead as he continued to wipe his worried brow.

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Doug Maynard

20 Trammell Ave.

Canton, NC 28716

SCC Instructor

Should he honor his oath to the United States Army, or as a Virginian, should he join the rebels threatening the very flag he had spent his whole adult life protecting and which had almost cost him his life in Texas? What did “DUTY, HONOR, COUNTY require?

Of course, looking back now, we all know that Lee decided to accept the command of the mighty Union army, and along with Scott, Thomas, and the many other loyal Virginians, he went on to crush the rebellion in just three months- just as everyone said they would.

Although it was a minor thing, now hardly even mentioned in the history books, the short civil unrest and rebellion thrust Lee into the presidency over Lincoln in the election of 1864, and today you can visit the Lee Memorial in Washington, DC. It’s right beside the Memorial to his hero, George Washington.

Ex-president Lee made the correct decision.

Fill in the blanks quiz

doogle45 — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:27:17 +0000

FILL IN THE BLANKS

DOUG MAYNARD

“A LITTLE BLANK IS A DANGEROUS THING! DRINK DEEP, OR NOT AT ALL FROM PARNASSAS’ SPRING.”- ALEXANDER POPE.

“OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE. THEY BLANK BLANK BLANK!”- MC ARTHUR.

“IT IS NOT THE END. IT IS NOT EVEN THE BEGINNING OF THE END. BUT IT MAY BE THE BLANK OF THE BLANK.”- CHURCHILL ‘

NEVER IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS HAVE SO MANY OWED SO MUCH BLANK BLANK BLANK” .- CHURCHILL ON Royal Air Force.

“THAT’S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, AND BLANK BLANK BLANK FOR BLANK” – ARMSTONG

“GO BLANK, YOUNG BLANK, GO BLANK”- H. GREELEY

“I REGRET THAT I HAVE BUT ONE BLANK TO GIVE FOR MY BLANK” – HALE

“I KNOW NOT WHAT COURSE OTHERS MAY TAKE, BUT AS FOR ME, GIVE BLANK BLANK OR BLANK BLANK BLANK”!- PATRICK HENRY

“WASHINGTON WAS BLANK IN WAR, BLANK IN PEACE, AND BLANK IN THE BLANK’S OF HIS COUNTRYMEN”. – RICHARD HENRY LEE

“NEVER LOOK BACK. THEY MAY BE BLANKING ON BLANK”.SATCH PAIGE

“ASK NOT WHAT YOUR BLANK CAN DO FOR BLANK. ASK WHAT YOU CAN BLANK FOR YOUR BLANK”.- KENNEDY “

ALL WE HAVE TO BLANK IS BLANK ITSELF”- F. ROOSEVELT.

“I HATE BLANK. ELANORE HATES BLANK. FALA HATES BLANK.! –FDR.

“ I SHALL BLANK!” (TO THE PHILIPPINES) – MC ARTHUR

“TOMORROW IS BLANK BLANK.” – SCARLETT O’HARA in GWTW

“BLANKLY, MY BLANK, I DON’T BLANK A BLANK!” – RHETT BUTLER

“BLANK IT AGAIN, BLANK.” – BOGIE IN “CASABLANCA”

“BLANK TO BED, BLANK TO BLANK, MAKES A BLANK BLANKY, BLANKY, AND BLANK” – BEN FRANKLIN

“ IF WE DON’T ALL HANG BLANK, WE SHALL CERTAINLY ALL HANG BLANKLY.” – BEN FRANKLIN TO CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.

“BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR BLANK, HE KINDLY STOPPED FOR ME”. – EMILY. DICKENSON

“A FOOLISH CONSISTENCY IS THE BLANK OF LITTTLE BLANKS.” – RALPH WALDO EMERSON

“NOW THE WINTER OF OUR BLANK IS MADE SPRING BY THAT GLORIOUS SON OF YORK.” – RICHARD III BY W. SHAKESPEARD (1^ST LINE?)

“THE BLANK IS THE MASSAGE” – (BOOK TITLE) – MARSHALL MCLUAN “ A BRIEF HISTORY OF BLANK” – (BOOK TITLE)- STEVEN HAWKING

“ I FEAR I HAVE AWAKENED A SLEEPING BLANK” – ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO AFTER PEARL HARBOR ATTACK

“WE HAVE MET THE BLANK, AND HE IS BLANK.” – POGO/ FUNNY PAPERS.

“DAMN THE BLANKS! BLANK BLANK BLANK”! – FARRAGUT IN C. WAR.

“HOW ‘BOUT THEM BLANKS”! –UGGA (MASCOT)

“WHO LET THE BLANKS BLANK”? – BAHA MEN SONG

“BLANKS”. – MC CALLUF’S ONE WORD RESPONSE AT BASTONNE TO GERMAN SURRENDER REQUEST IN WWII’S BATTLE OF THE BULGE.

“I SHALL GO TO BLANK”. – IKE’S PRE-PRESIDENTAL PROMISE

“BLANKY BEATS TRUMAN”. –INCORRECT NEWS HEADLINE IN 1948.

“ON THE WHOLE, I’D RATHER BE IN BLANK.” – W. C. FIELDS’ GRAVESTONE

“DO YOU KNOW HOW TO BLANK A BLANK, PILGRIM?” – W. GERE IN JERIMIAH JOHNSON TO ROBERT REDFORD ON BEAR HUNTING INSIDE

“GAMBLING PROMISES THE POOR WHAT PROPERTY PROVIDES THE BLANK”. – GEORGE B. SHAW

“HOW SHARPER THAN A SERPENT’S BLANK IT IS TO HAVE A THANKLESS CHILD”. – KING LEAR BY SHAKESPEARE.

“ALAS, POOR BLANK. I KNEW HIM, HORATIO. A MAN OF INFINITE BLANK”. – HAMLET BY SHAKESPEARE.

“ THE REST IS BLANK”. – HAMLET’S LAST WORDS AND MASS ENDING.

“LAY ON BLANK, AND DAMNED BE HIM WHO FIRST CRIES, “BLANK, BLANK!” – MACBETH BY SHAKESPEARE.

“MAN IS THE ONLY ANIMAL WHICH BLANKS- OR NEEDS TO.” –M. TWAIN

“FREEDOM’S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR BLANK BLANK TO BLANK.”. –SONG LINE BY KRIS KRISTOFFERSON

“WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOUR BLANKS COME TRUE, AND THEY’RE NOT QUITE LIKE YOU BLANKED?”- EAGLES LINE ABOUT SLEEP.

“MOMMA’S IN THE FACTORY, SHE AIN’T GOT NO BLANKS. DADDY’S IN THE ALLEY LOOKIN FOR FOOD. I’M IN THE BLANK WITH THE TOMBSTONE BLUES.” – BOB DYLAN

“YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A BLANK TO TELL WHICH WAY THE BLANK BLANKS.” – B. DYLAN

“THE BLANK I HAD FOR BREAKFAST WASN’T BAD, SO I HAD ONE MORE FOR DESSERT.” – “SUNDAY MORNING COMIN’ DOWN” – KRISTOFFERSON

“THE ONE AND ONLY BILLY SHEARS, AND BLANK BLANPPER’S BLANKLY BLANK’S BLANK BAND.” - ALBUM TITLE, JOHN LENNON

“DOWN AT THE END OF BLANK BLANK AT BLANKBREAK BLANK.” –ELVIS

“I DO NOT BLANK BLANK BLANKS AND BLANK”. - DR.SEUSS “

BLANK BLANK, I PRESUME?” – STANLY IN AFRICA.

“WHO’S ON BLANK?” – L. COSTELLO. “I DON’T KNOW’S ON BLANK.”- B.A.

“A MARTINI, PLEASE, BLANKEN, NOT BLANKERRED.” – BOND, JAMES BOND

“I CAN’T BLANK NO BLANK” – SIR MICK JAGGER “I CAN’T BLANK OF ANY MORE BLANKING BLANKS”-

ANSWERS BELOW.

ANSWERS TO FILL IN THE BLANKS

LEARNING,

JUST FADE AWAY,

THE END OF THE BEGINNING,

ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND,

GO WEST, YOUNG MAN, GO WEST,

LIFE FOR MY COUNTRY,

GIVE ME LIBERTY, OR GIVE ME DEATH,

FIRST ,FIRST, AND FIRST HEARTS,

GAINING ON YOU,

COUNTRY, YOU DO, COUNTRY,

FEAR IS FEAR , WAR, WAR, WAR,

RETURN,

ANOTHER DAY,

DEAR, GIVE A DAMN!, P

LAY IT AGAIN, SAM,

EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE, MAKES A MAN HEALTHY, WEALTHY, AND WISE,

TOGETHER, SEPARATELY,

DEATH,

HOBGOBBLIN OF LITTLE MINDS,

DISCONTENT, MEDIUM IS THE MASSAGE,

BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME,

GIANT, ENEMY AND US,

TORPEDOS, FULL SPEED AHEAD,

DAWGS!,

DOGS OUT,

NUTS,

KOREA,

DEWEY BEATS TRUMAN (WRONG),

PHILADELPHIA,

SKIN A GRIZ?,

RICH,

TOOTH,

YORICK, JEST,

SILENCE,

MC DUFF- HOLD-ENOUGH,

BLUSHES,

NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE,

DREAMS-PLANNED,

SHOES-KITCHEN,

WEATHERMAN-WIND BLOWS,

BEER FOR BREAKFAST,

SGT. PEPPER’S LONEY HEARTS CLUB BAND,

LONEY STREET AT HEARTBREAK HOTEL,

I DO NOT LIKE GREEN EGGS AND HAM,

DR. LIVINGSTONE, I PRESUME?,

FIRST-THIRD,

SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED,

GET NO SATISFACTION

OUT OF THESE BLANKETY- BLANK BLANKS!-

HAPPY BLANKING TEST RESULTS!

Civil War Notes

doogle45 — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:53:25 +0000

CIVIL WAR WANDERINGS-EASTERN THEATRE-SOUTHERN VERSION

DOUG MAYNARD- (3/31/03)

WHY DID AMERICAN FATHERS KILL SONS AND BROTHERS/ BROTHERS? WHEN DID IT REALLY START? WHERE? WHY? WHO? WHAT HAPPENED?

NATION PAYING FOR SINS OF SLAVERY AND THEIR FATHERS IN 1776?

COMPROMISE/ TAKE SLAVERY & PASS CONSTITUTION/ BACKFIRED!

STRATEGY= BIG MAP. TACTICS=UP CLOSE & PERSONAL. BIG DIFF.

GENERALS DO THE FIRST. OTHERS DO THE SECOND. BIG DIFF! PRIVATES & SGTS DO MOST REAL FIGHTING AND WORK OF WAR. WAR KILLED MORE AMERICANS THAN ALL OTHER WARS COMBINED!

ABOUT SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND “EMPTY CHAIRS” AT SAD TABLES!

WHAT, NO KING IN ENGLAND? WAS IT JUST A CONTINUATION OF THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR OF 1600’S? ENGLAND DUMPED KING FOR OLIVER CROMWELL. WENT BACK THO! THE “ROUNDHEADS” AND THE “CAVALIERS” FOUGHT TO THE DEATH!

THEN THEY BOTH CAME TO THE “NEW WORLD” OF AMERICA!

LOST “ROUNDHEAD PURITANS” HIT PLYMOUTH ROCK AND STAYED!

THE “CAVALIERS” CAME SOUTH TO U. OF VIRGINIA! AND S C, SIR!

“ROUNDHEADS”=CITIES, MACHINES, INDENTURESHIP, YANKEES!

“CAVALIERS”= PLANTATIONS, SLAVES, COTTON, SCARLETT, REBELS!

200 YEARS LATER, THEY WERE AT IT AGAIN IN THE “NEW WORLD”!

1850’S- TRANSAMERICAN RAILROAD MEANT RICHES FOR ONE SECTION

WHOEVER WINS GETS RICH. THE OTHER IS LEFT BEHIND. CRUCIAL?

SOUTH’S COTTON PAID AMERICA’S BILLS. NEEDED RR =MONEY FOR ALL.

NORTH’S INDUSTRY AND POLITICAL POWER GAVE THEM HOPE OF RR! QUARRELS RAPIDLY INCREASED

“FIRE EATERS” AND ABOLUTIONISTS! “SPREAD” OF SLAVERY WAS THE ONLY QUESTION FOR NEW STATES.

US SLAVERY ONE YR BEFORE “MAYFLOWER” & “PLYMOUTH ROCK”-1619.

242 YEARS BEFORE THE WAR IN 1861, SLAVES TO VA COLONY FOR SALE!

THAT’S LONGER THAN WE’VE NOW BEEN A COUNTRY! ONLY 227 YRS!

AFTER ENGLAND DUMPED SLAVERY, SOUTH WAS “ISOLATED” WORLD!

SOUTH? NO OTHER WAY TO SAVE MONEY AND “CAVALIER” CULTURE!

NORTH HATED SLAVERY BUT FEARED BLACK POWER LIKE SOUTH.

THOUGHT BLACKS SHOULD BE FREE BUT NEVER EQUAL.

SOUTH SAID KEEP OUT OF OUR BUSINESS AND OUR POCKETS!

MAYBE WE CAN KEEP SOUTH IN UNION! LET’S COMPROMISE!

CONSTANT “COMPROMISES” KEPT USA “UNITED”. 1850 COMPROMISE TRIED TO KEEP EQUAL # SLAVE/ FREE STATES FOR “BALANCE”.

KANSAS “JAYHAWKS” AND MO.”BORDER RUFFIANS” 1850 WARS!

LINCOLN/DOUGLAS DEBATES OF ‘50’S STIRRED UP THE ENTIRE NATION!

“A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF CANNOT STAND”- LINCOLN. DOUG/”POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY”.

LINCOLN/“NO SPREAD/ SLAVERY”. NO SPREAD-PROMISED NOT TO INTERFERE W/ SLAVERY/SOUTH!

ELECTION OF 1860 BROUGHT THINGS TO A HEAD AND SEPARATIONS! FIRST THE DEMOCRATS SPLIT INTO REGIONAL SECTS- (RR AGAIN).

THEN THE BAPTISTS SPLIT INTO “NORTHERN” AND “SOUTHERN” SECTS.

NORTHERN SAID, “THEY AIN’T NO HELL”! (LIKE SLAVERY)

SOUTHERN BAPTISTS SAID, “THE HELL THEY AIN’T”! (DAMNYANKEES)

“DAMNYANKEES”IS ONE WORD IN SOUTH WHERE WAR IS UNDECIDED!

WAR WAS GUARANTEED! WHEN ”BLACK REPUBLICANS” INVENTED.

LINCOLN NOT ON ANY BALLOTS FOR PRES ANYWHERE IN THE SOUTH!

ELECTION PROVED SOUTH HAD NO REP THOUGH THEY PAID THE BILLS!

“TAXATION W/O REPRESENTATION”! SOUNDS “REVOLUTIONARY”!

ALSO INSURED LOSS OF TRANS-AMERICAN RAILROAD AND FORTUNES!

LINCOLN’S FIRST INAUGURATION- 1861

BY THE TIME LINCOLN SNUCK INTO CAPITAL, NATION MUCH SMALLER!

ODDS VERY LOW LINCOLN WOULD LIVE TO INAUGURATION- SNIPERS!

WASHINGTON WAS CAP BUT TOTALLY “SOUTHERN” IN THOUGHT!

SC LEFT UNION IN DEC OF 1860 ALL ALONE-“FIRE EATERS” WIN!

SC BECAME A NATION UNTO ITSELF- LIKE ENGLAND OR FRANCE! TOO SMALL FOR A NATION. TOO BIG FOR AN INSANE ASYLUM!- QUOTE.

SAID LINCOLN’S 1^ST INAGURARAL-“CIVIL WAR IN”HANDS OF SOUTH”! HE HAD “OATH TO DEFEND UNION”. SOUTH “NO OATH TO BREAK IT”! SAID CONSTITUTION SOUGHT “MORE PERFECT UNION” OF STATES! SAID NO BLOODSHED NECESSARY IF THOUGHT PREVAILED!

600,000 GRAVES GOOD REMINDER OF ABOVE ADVICE FOR TODAY.

THE “FINAL STRAW” FOR “BORDER STATES” STILL IN UNION. SOUTH FIRED ON FT SUMTER, SC, AND LINCOLN RESPONDED.

SUMTER BROUGHT LINCOLN’S CALL TO SOUTH TO DEFEND FORTS! THAT CALL TOOK REMAINING SOUTHERN STATES OUT OF UNION.

“MY ARM WENT UP A UNION MAN. CAME DOWN A REB”-Z. VANCE/NC

“DEEP SOUTH” DRAGS BORDER, NC, & VA INTO CONFLICT.

NC LAST TO LEAVE BUT GAVE MOST MEN & DEATHS OF ALL. GOV. ZEB VANCE FOUGHT IN WAR. FOUGHT J. DAVIS REST OF WAR.

VANCE BIRTHPLACE & EXHIBIT NEAR WEAVERVILLE, NC AREA.

“FIRST/ BIG BETHEL, FARTHEST/GETTYSBURG, LAST/APPOMATTOX!” NC CIVIL WAR MOTTO AND DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE IN WAR!

US MAIL SERVICE CONTINUED IN SOUTH DURING FIRST YEAR OF WAR! THEY THOUGHT SOUTH HAD “GONE POSTAL”. WOULD RETURN SOON!

LEE’S IMPOSSIBLE DECISION- 1861

COL. LEE ORDERED HOME/ MEX BORDER. REBS TAKE TEXAS FORTS!

LEE RUN OUT OF S.ANTONIO-ALMOST HUNG. WEARING BLUE UNIFORM.

LEE OFFERED COMMAND OF ENTIRE UNION ARMY BY WINFIELD SCOTT! COULDN’T “RAISE MY SWORD AGAINST MY FAMILY” – HIS REFUSAL!

OVER 30 YRS DREAM OF US COMMAND LIKE WASHINGTON DASHED! FOUGHT VRS THE FLAG & MOTTO HE DEFENDED FOR 3 DECADES.

JOINED VA FORCES THE NEXT DAY-NEVER RETURNED TO HIS HOME! FAMILY LIVED IN VA. RIGHT ACROSS POTOMAC FROM LINCOLN!

ROSE GARDEN BECAME ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY/SPITE!

UNION OFFICER BURIED SON THERE. MRS. LEE’S REBEL ROSES GONE! “CUSTIS-LEE” MANSION FROM WASHINGTON’S WIFE TO LEE’S WIFE.

LEE SURROUNDED BY WASH MEMORIES AND FATHER’S TALES OF HIM!

“LIGHT HORSE HARRY” LEE, WASH’S CAVALRY HERO OF REV WAR! WASH/ LEE’S HERO AND ROLE MODEL.

FATHER EMBARRASSED FAMILY! “UNKNOWN SOLDIER” & “CHANGING OF THE GUARD” AT MANSION NOW.

ETERNAL FLAME OF JFK’S GRAVE ALSO IN SAME AREA NEAR CAPITAL!

LEE CALLED “GRANNY” FOR SLOW MOVEMENT IN W VA EARLY IN WAR!

BANISHED TO JEFF DAVIS. HELPED STONEWALL IN “VALLEY” LATER.

JOE JOHNSTON FIRST REB LEADER TILL WOUNDED AT SEVEN PINES. “ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA” TAKES LEE TO MILITARY HISTORY.

FIRST BULL RUN OR FIRST MANASSAS-DEATH MOBS CLASH IN VA/1861

YANKS NAMED BATTLES AFTER CLOSEST WATER. SOUTH A TOWN. YANK NAVY & “GUNBOATS” NEED WATER. REBS LOVED NEW TOWNS. FIRST BIG BATTLE-BULL RUN (N) / MANASSAS (S) 1861 SLUGFEST!

YANK “BULL RUN” IS SMALL STREAM. “MANASSAS”, VA, IS A TOWN.

NO STANDARD “COLORS” YET. FRIENDS KILLED FRIENDS/ DIFF COLOR.

STONEWALL WORE VMI BLUE UNI WHOLE FIRST YEAR OF WAR.

“TOM FOOL” JACKSON, NOW IMMORTAL “STONEWALL”, SAVES DAY. CAN VISIT HIM TODAY. STATUE WATCHING OVER “HENRY HOUSE HILL”.

“GREAT SKEDADDLE” SENDS YANKS INTO DC FOR DAYS IN TATTERS!

NOW OBVIOUS THAT ONE REB COULD LICK TEN SHOPKEEPER YANKS! NORTH, EMBARRASSED, REDOUBLED EFFORTS. SOUTH WAITED.

NOTES ON 1862 -WESTERN THEATRE-SHILOH’S AWESOME DEATH LISTS

1862 SAW “PLACE OF PEACE” DISTURBED AROUND “SHILOH CHURCH”.

ALSO CALLED “PITTSBURGH LANDING”. NUMBERS OF DEAD AMAZED EUROPE. THEY WOULD FOR THREE MORE YEARS. JUST GOT WORSE.

GRANT AND SHERMAN SURPRISED BUT RECOVER NEXT DAY FOR BIG WIN.TRUSTED TEAMMATES THEREAFTER THROUGH GEORGIA TO END.

“HE STUCK W/ ME WHEN I WAS CRAZY. I STUCK W/ HIM WHEN HE WAS DRUNK”! SHERMAN’S EXPLANATION/ RELATIONSHIP W/ GRANT IN WAR.

1862- SHENANDOAH VALLEY CAMPAIGN-MASSANUTTEN MADNESS!

BUCKETS OF BLOOD IN ’62- STARTED W/ STONEWALL’S MIRACLE.

ORDERED HOTCHKISS TO “MAKE ME A MAP OF THE VALLEY”.

MASSANUTTEN PEAKS? MAPMAKER’S & “TACTICAL” HEAVEN.

W/LEE’S HELP & 10 FOOT MAP, BEAT SEVERAL ARMIES AT ONCE!

FEW MAPS ANYWHERE. BOTH SIDES OFTEN LOST- FATALLY!

VALLEY A DIVERSION TO SAVE RICHMOND. STILL STUDIED TODAY. LEE/JACKSON UNBEATABLE TILL JACKSON KILLED BY NC TROOPS. CROSS KEYS, PORT REPUBLIC, WINCHESTER NOW HISTORY.

THE “SEVEN DAYS” AROUND RICHMOND AND ‘BULL RUN II” – 1862

J. JOHNSTON’S WOUND BEST EVER FOR THE SOUTH? LEE IN COMMAND!

LEE’S “SEVEN DAYS” SAVED RICHMOND. LOST 5 BATTLES. WON GOAL.

Mc CLELLAN’S MONSTER AWAY FROM CAP BACK TO SEA/ CAME FROM.

EXAUSTED FROM VALLEY, JACK & TROOPS “SLEEPFIGHT” IN BATTLES. LEE & JACKSON LIVE TO FIGHT AGAIN.

BULL RUN II/ 2^ND GREATEST WIN. LEE, LONGSTREET, AND JACKSON PLAY “HIDE & SEEK” W/ YANKS. LEFTOVER BONES FROM BULL RUN I STILL OBVIOUS A YEAR LATER. POPE “SUPPRESSED” FOR COMMENTS ABOUT SOUTH. SAID NO MORE!

BLOODIEST SINGLE DAY IN ALL AMERICAN WAR HISTORY? EVEN TODAY!

“ANTIETAM CREEK” RUNS RED-LEE TAKES WAR NORTH!-SEPT/’62

BACK TO CREEK, LEE’S WORST MOMENT. MAC USED ONLY HALF ARMY.

SAVED BY HILL’S MEN WHO RAN MILES UPHILL IN HEAT TO FIGHT! ACTUALLY THREE BATTLES IN ONE DAY W/ LUNCH BREAKS IN BLOOD.

DEATH AT DAWN IN THE CORNFIELDS OF MARYLAND’S RICH SOIL.

“BLOODY LANE” PAVED DEEP WITH BODIES OF REBELS BY LUNCH.

“BURNSIDE’S BRIDGE” HELD BY HANDFUL/ GA BOYS VRS WHOLE ARMY. REFUSED TO WADE CREEK. STALLED. COULD HAVE ENDED WAR! RESULT OF DISASTER? BURNSIDE GIVEN TOTAL COMMAND OF ARMY.

ELVIS’ “SIDEBURNS” FROM “BURNSIDES”’ LONG HAIR DOWN CHIN.

FREDRICKSBURG- “MURDER”? BURNSIDES VRS/ R E LEE ON RIVER/’62

GETS DROP ON LEE, BUT NO PONTOONS LEAVE HIM “UP THE RIVER”.

LEE DUG DEEP IN FREDRICKSBURG WHEN BOATS ARRIVE. SUICIDE! BRAVE YANKS DIED NEATLY IN LINE BY THE THOUSANDS AND MORE! CHAMBERLAIN SLEPT TRAPPED UNDER FRIEND’S BODY ON COLD RIVER.

BURNSIDE VOLUNTEERED/ SUICIDE MISSION BUT WAS RESTRAINED.

“IT WAS NOT WAR. IT WAS MURDER”- SOUTHERN QUOTE.

“A CHICKEN COULD NOT LIVE ON THAT FIELD WHEN WE OPEN UP”

SOUTHERN ESTIMATE OF NEXT BRAVE YANK CHARGE OF DEATH.

“IT’S WELL THAT WAR IS/TERRIBLE. WE SHOULD LOVE IT TOO MUCH!” LEE’S PRIDE IN ARMY TEMPERED BY SLAUGHTER OF BRAVE YANKS.

ONE BIG BATTLE IN ’61. DEATH DELUGE IN ’62. ’63 TURNS THE TIDE.

1863- VICTORY AND DEATH DEAL DANGER TO BOTH SIDES.

CHANCELLORSVILLE – MILITARY MASTERPIECE- DISASTER FOR REBS?

LEE/ JACK’S GENIUS COMBINED/ MIRACLE/ “FIGHTING JOE” HOOKER.

“HOOKER’S GIRLS” @ END OF ARMY LINE. JUST “HOOKERS”TODAY!

CALLED “GOIN’ DOWN THE LINE”. KILLED MORE THAN GUNS?

JACK’S APEX & LEE’S WORST LOSS- ROUTS YANKS- JACK LOSES ARM. DOWN 2-1, LEE SPLITS ARMY TO HOLD ONE END OF LINE AT F-BURG.

VIOLATES ALL RULES OF TACTICS IN FACE OF “SUPERSIZED” ENEMY.

STUART FINDS HOLE. JACK WANTS TO USE ARMY TO “FLANK YANKS”. “AND WHO WILL YOU LEAVE ME”. LEE W/ NOTHING V YANKS. (LOL!) DIVIDES ARMY YET AGAIN. JACK ROLLS UP YANK LINE. MASTERPIECE.

IN YANK RAINCOAT BEHIND LINES, JACK SHOT BY NC “FRIENDLY FIRE”.

LEFT ARM OFF, HE’S REMOVED TO GUINEA STATION & DR. MC GUIRE. LEE TO JACK-“YOU’VE LOST YOUR LEFT ARM. I’VE LOST MY RIGHT”!

PNEUMONIA KILLS SOUTHERN HERO, HEART, AND HOPE OF “CAUSE”.

BOTH LEE AND JACK CALL OUT TO HILL ON THEIR DEATHBEDS!

GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN/ JUNE-JULY 4^TH 1863/”HIGH TIDE” OF REBS YANK CAVALRY @ BRANDY STATION STARTS THE REVERSAL OF WAR.

LEE, TO RELIEVE VA, DECIDES TO GO NORTH AGAIN & END IT ALL. LOSING JACK & OTHERS SHOWED NEED FOR SPEEDY END TO WAR.

YANKS REPLACED LOST MEN. SOUTH HAD FEW SHOES OR MEN LEFT.

STUART AWAY ON EGO RIDE- MISSED FIRST DAY AT GETTYSBURG. LEFT LEE BLIND AND DEAF IN MID-PA. NO EXCUSE FOR LEE’S FAVE! FIRST DAY MAKES LEE A GENIUS- TOTALLY UNPLANNED SUCCESS.

SECOND DAY LONGSTREET RUINS LEE’S PLAN-HE’S TOO LATE TO HELP.

HOOD’S “TEXAS BRIGADE” SHOT TO PIECES – LONGSTREET’S BAD?

MOVIE “GETTYSBURG” TOTALLY WRONG ABOUT LEE & “STREET”! CHAMBERLAIN SAVES US ALL AT “LITTLE ROUND TOP”-2^ND DAY.

DESPERATLY CONFIDENT, LEE ORDERS “PICKETT’S CHARGE”-3^RD! ARMISTEAD V HANCOCK-FRIEND ATTACKS FRIEND- BREAKTHROUGH! UNSUPPORTED, ARMISTEAD DEAD, ATTACK REPULSED, RETREAT. NEXT DAY, JULY 4^TH, VICKSBURG AND MISS RIVER FALL TO GRANT.

LEE AWAITS COUNTERATTACK ONE DAY. STARTS LONG MARCH/ VA.

PRES. JEFF DAVIS WISELY REJECTS LEE’S RESIGNATION AFTER LOSS. EVERY BATTLE LEFT FEWER MEN, HORSES, FOOD, SHOES FOR SOUTH.

1864-“KEEP MOVING TO THE LEFT”- GRANT’S OVERLAND CAMPAIGN

“ON TO RICHMOND” AGAIN. LEE “STUCK”. GRANT ATTACKS HEAD ON!

LINCOLN FINDS GENERAL WHO “CAN STAND THE ARITHMATIC”.

U S GRANT HAS BECOME THE “STAR OF THE WEST” W/VICTORIES THERE.

“HIRAM ULYSSES” CHANGED TO “ULYSSES SIMPSON” AT WEST POINT.

“U S” WAS “UNCLE SAM” SO ALL CALLED GRANT “SAM” THEREAFTER.

HE’S CALLED “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER” AFTER FT DONELSON.

SPLIT REB NATION IN HALF W/ VICKSBURG VICTORY ON MISSISSIPPI.

THE WILDERNESS- GRANT’S INTRODUCTION TO “ARMY OF N. VA”!

DENSE, SECOND GROWTH WOODS BLIND BOTH SIDES. MANY WOUNDED. WOUNDED BURNED TO DEATH IN FIRES AFTER BATTLE. NO HELP.

BATTLE LOST, GRANT KEEPS MOVING LEFT TOWARD RICHMOND.

ALL OTHERS HAD GONE BACK HOME TO RECOVER AFTER LEE. GRANT NEVER LETS UP FROM HERE! CONSTANT WAR AND DEATH.

SPOTSYLVANIA COURTHOUSE- IT GETS WORSE EACH DAY!

HORRIBLE HAND TO HAND FIGHTING AT “THE ANGLE”. NO SLEEP!

CLOSE CALL. LEE OFFERS TO LEAD CHARGE. NOT ALLOWED BY MEN. LEE PRAISES TEXAS BRIGADE. “TEXANS ALWAYS MOVE THEM”. GRANT IGNORES LOSSES AND MOVES TO LEFT AGAIN.

COLD HARBOR- NOT COLD. NOT A HARBOR. “INSTANT DEATH”

GRANT’S WORST MOMENT IN WAR. 7,000 YANKS DEAD IN 15 MINUTES! MARCHED DOWN “BOWLING ALLEY” LANE INTO LEE’S GUNS. GRANT LATER SAID IT, “MAY HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE” MRS LINCOLN AND OTHERS- “GRANT IS A ‘BUTCHER’- REMOVE HIM”! LINCOLN- “CAN’T REPLACE THIS MAN. HE FIGHTS”!

GRANT OFTEN ACCUSED OF BEING DRUNK IN BATTLES/KILLING ARMY.

LINCOLN- “IF I KNEW WHAT HE DRANK, I’D SEND HIM A BARRELFUL”! GRANT KEEPS MOVING LEFT TOWARD PETERSBURG. GETS JUMP ON LEE.

PETERSBURG’S HELL- LIKE WORMS BEING BOMBED DAILY- 1864-65

UNION THERE FIRST. WAITS FOR MORNING. LEE WAITING BY THEN.

LUCK GONE. GRANT STARTS SIEGE OF PETERSBURG/ LASTS 9 MONTHS.

ALL “DIG IN” AND FIGHT UNDERGROUND TILL LEE’S LINE BREAKS. PETERSBURG ANTICIPATES “TRENCH WARFARE” WW I. DEADLY! “THE CRATER”. BORED, DRUNK YANKS GET THEMSELVES KILLED! TRAINED BLACKS HELD BACK. PUB REL. KILLED MORE THAN REBS! LEE FORCED FROM TRENCHES. RETREATS WEST/ APPOMATTOX RIVER. GEN CUSTER FOLLOWS HARD LOOKING FOR “SOUTH’S LAST STAND”!

APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE—1865

STILL FIGHTING HARD. LEE DISAPPOINTED W/ NO FOOD OR GUNS ON RR. SURROUNDED AND HOUNDED, LEE FINALLY ASKS GRANT FOR TERMS.

“I’D RATHER DIE A THOUSAND DEATHS”. LEE IN SAVED NEW UNI! RATHER THAN “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER”, GRANT’S FINEST HOUR. ALLOWS SOUTH TO KEEP HORSES AND SIDEARMS THEY PAID FOR. “THE REBELS ARE OUR COUNTRYMEN AGAIN”. -GRANT

“LET THEM UP EASY”. LINCOLN’S ORDER/ GRANT & SHERMAN’S ARMIES.

AFTERMATH-1865-2003

ETERNAL “RECONSTRUCTION”/ CARPETBAGGERS/ HOTLANTA BRAVES!

GRANT BECAME PRESIDENT. LEE PRES OF WASHINGTON U/LEXINGTON.

NO SLAVERY BEST THING EVER FOR SOUTH. GOT “UP TO DATE” SOON.

SOUTH PREVENTED/ BECOMING “THIRD WORLD NATION” W/ LOSS.

USA BECOMES MOST POWERFUL NATION IN WORLD AND STILL IS TODAY. “UNITED STATES “ARE” BECOMES “UNITED STATES “IS” AFTER WAR. ONE, SINGULAR COUNTRY. NOT A BUNCH OF SEPARATE STATES!

SPANISH-AM WAR SAW SOUTHERN GENERALS FIGHTING IN BLUE AGAIN.

LEE, STONEWALL, GRANT, FORREST, CHAMBERLAIN, NOW HEROES.

CUSTER’S “LAST STAND”-1876. 100^TH YEAR CELEBRATION SPOILED/ DC!

GETTYSBURG STILL FULL OF SPIRITS OF THE DEAD. GO FEEL THEM!

DOUG MAYNARD- OHIO BORN. SOUTHERN BY THE “GRACE OF GOD”.

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