Brilliant, thanks so much for sharing this! :-)

That's a sad story .

Fascinating, I never knew about this! Thank you This book might interest you, for when the Americans exerted their influence on the peninsula again 25 years later:

I love this story.

And I hate to be the spoils sport for my friend's well written and dramatic presentation.

But the fact remains Kirkland's alleged efforts, ntl have been challenged. Here is an interesting essay by noted historian Michael Schaffner.

Make of it what you will. Ntl. it's great work and I commend Salah for bringing the story for scrutiny and comment.

Is the Richard Kirkland Story True?

So, why was he so often dispatched from one post or another? Was it because he was nice to the natives?

Why didn't he marry the Greek?

Cool, will do fella!

Looks interesting. Keep us informed when it's released. I'll certainly be reading it!

Not particularly, but Maryland's contribution to the Union war effort is often overshadowed by the secessionist sympathies of the Southern part of the state.

For Maryland, the Civil War was literally a 'war between brothers'. Incidentally, the first blood of the War was shed on the streets of my hometown, Baltimore, when pro-Confederate rioters murdered several Union soldiers belonging to a Massachusetts regiment.

Generally speaking, the western and northern counties of the state (populated very largely by German immigrants) tended to be pro-Union and anti-slavery, while the southern counties tended to go South.

My maternal grandmother is supposed to be descended from a Union soldier from Maryland, but unfortunately I don't know which regiment.

cheers mate!

great job!

Any of those regiments particularly renowned?

Thanks for the advice, but I'm not a Ricardian.

Well if you go and join the Richard III society, they have some amazing nuggets of useless information like that. I remember reading an article on did Richard wear lipstick, that was a two page article of drivel.

Antietam was a Union victory, and every historian classifies it as such. Arguably it's a tactical draw, but there's no doubt it was a strategic victory that enabled Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. And Lee very plainly lost at Beaver Dam Creek and Malvern Hill. The only battle he won was Gaines' Mill.

^^ No it doesn't. Lincoln got challenged to a duel, he chose the weapons and at the last minute both him and his opponent chickened out of it.

Lee never lost a single battle at Seven Days, they were all inconclusive, there is a difference. Antietam was a [b]draw[/b]
It would be been a Union victory if Burnside had managed to capture Sharpsburg and thus cut off Lee's retreat route.

I thought the article about his teeth was interesting. It gave an insight into Richard III's diet.

Thanks for the link first link.

The funny thing about sleeping with a prostitute is, the woman in question has to be a prostitute.

As I pointed out, the historical Cleopatra is only known to have had two lovers, and seems to have been devoted to each during her time with him.

^^ So true. I believe that's the first instance in history where men would sleep with a prostitute for HER money... :D

I don't want this link to disappear in the dig thread.
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Ealasaid, please wriite more.
These are beautifull.