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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: CSA Cabinet Secretary Election - Result |
Joe Meyer |
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 4:43 pm
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Well, I was afraid that this was going to happen! We can expect even more claims about the superiority of Southern liquor, the capacity of Southerners to hold it and the availability of memberships to the vaunted CSA Drinking Team! No one is more crafty or successful in mooching free drinks from Nor... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: ACWGC Memorial Page |
Joe Meyer |
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2018 2:43 am
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You've got to be kidding, Bill! Doug Strickler, the designer of Campaign Gettysburg, gone? I found the obituary which indicated that Doug was a 5th Judicial Circuit Public Defender for South Carolina. The guy was both brilliant and prolific. I was able to privately question him over his deep work wi... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Maj. Gen. Horrocks Retires! |
Joe Meyer |
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 6:43 pm
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Replies: 4 Views: 4743
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The following dispatch was sent this date. Major General Brent "Rock" Horrocks, ACWGC Commander, Fourth Infantry Brigade, First Infantry Division, XVI Corps, Union Army of the Tennessee General, This is to inform you that as of this date, October 1st, 2018, you have been officially retired... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Rob ("Festus") Harney Has Passed Away |
Joe Meyer |
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2018 12:41 pm
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Replies: 15 Views: 21736
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http://www.unioneaglesonline.com/UNIONARMY/images/MISCimages/FESTUS.gif Rob's sister, Kathy Harney Scott, sent us this photograph to share of Rob in his younger days, posing as a Confederate soldier. Perhaps a fitting caption for this photo might be as follows. "Nobody takes my guns! Nobod... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Union Army Report, July - August, 2018 |
Joe Meyer |
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 5:28 pm
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Maj. Gen. McDonald Retires |
Joe Meyer |
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 1:37 am
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Replies: 3 Views: 4244
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The following dispatch was sent this date. Major General Jeffrey McDonald, ACWGC Commander, First Infantry Division, XV Corps, Union Army of the Tennessee General, This is to inform you that as of this date, September 19th, 2018, you have been officially retired from active duty with the Union Army ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Rob ("Festus") Harney Has Passed Away |
Joe Meyer |
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 3:47 pm
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Replies: 15 Views: 21736
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I first met Rob on June 30th, 2009, when he and I squared up for game #09Jun15727, TS Chickamauga. I was a newly minted major general at the time, just beginning to feel that I had a pretty good grasp of things. Rob was a long-time lieutenant general, said to be a pretty rough customer when it came ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Rob ("Festus") Harney Has Passed Away |
Joe Meyer |
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 10:00 pm
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Replies: 15 Views: 21736
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The following message from Rob's sister was received this evening, September 16th, 7:30 PM. "It is with a heavy heart I need to inform you that Rob passed away Friday night, September 14. Memorial plans are incomplete at the time. I would be interested in knowing how you knew my brother, and wh... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: AS FLORENCE APPROACHES |
Joe Meyer |
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:24 pm
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Replies: 5 Views: 5713
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Here's hoping that all of our club members along the Carolina coasts and inland will be safe and protected from Hurricane Florence.
Good luck to all of you! |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Mark Lichtenberg Earns His Full Generalcy! |
Joe Meyer |
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:59 pm
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Replies: 7 Views: 7154
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Michael Osborne Awarded His 4th Star! |
Joe Meyer |
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:57 pm
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Replies: 8 Views: 7416
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: secondary shrapnel |
Joe Meyer |
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 1:57 pm
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Replies: 3 Views: 4689
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. . . or bone fragments! Interesting post. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: ACW Uniforms - Interesting |
Joe Meyer |
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 8:37 pm
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Thanks for that, Derek! I really enjoyed it. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Union Army Report, June - July, 2018 |
Joe Meyer |
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 2:27 pm
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: ". . . A Bunch of Middle-aged Schlubs.” |
Joe Meyer |
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 8:35 pm
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Replies: 5 Views: 5395
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I thought that no few of you of would like to read this linked article about the declining activity of Civil War re-enactment. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/28/style/civil-war-reenactments.html After you've read the article, perhaps you'd like to share your own comments upon the future of our ACWGC! |
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