Originally Posted by MacLowlife You've got to love "tauntingly bleating like sheep at less authentic units." I can see Stephen Fry right now, as (General Melchett) saying m- Baaaahhhh. There is at least one documented story of it being done during the War, when the 1st Missouri Brigade (CS) was issued undeyed jeans wool uniforms in 1862 -- reportedly they were bleated at by other Confederate soldiers. T.
It could easily take off right here...Sort of like anorak references or the coughing scene in Animal House...
Some take the high road and some take the low road. Who's in the gutter? MacLowlife
Originally Posted by cajunscot That's not the story I've heard: http://wesclark.com/jw/forigin.html I read this version many years ago in The Camp Chase Gazette. T. I most respectfully bow to your superior input.
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Originally Posted by Bigkahuna I most respectfully bow to your superior input. I didn't write the article. I'm just reporting what I read years ago. T.
Originally Posted by cajunscot I didn't write the article. I'm just reporting what I read years ago. T. The dates for your article predate my info by several years.
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Originally Posted by EldarKinSlayer 300,000 Yankees lie stiff in Southern dust! And I honour their memory, as well as the memory of their gallant adversaries, now united as Americans all, every Memorial Day. My apologies for offending your sensibilities. I should not do what has been done to me, namely people insulting my ancestors who fought for a cause they believed to be right. I will delete my previous post. T.
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