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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: “From Selma to Appomattox†|
| Dwight McBride |
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 11:10 am
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Replies: 3
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If the book is half as well-written as your review, I shall enjoy it indeed. Thank you very much for that time and effort. I shall look for a copy.
Sincerely,
Lt Dwight McBride
1st Brigade ("The Regulars")
2nd Division/V Corps/AOP |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Mirror Match pros/cons . . . |
| Dwight McBride |
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:29 am
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Replies: 8
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| I do not know of any ancestors from Canada. What part do you hide in? . . . Most of my ancestors I'm aware of came from the Ohio valley area. I'm told a grandfather was a railroad engineer for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in it's closing years. Sincerely, Lt Dwight McBride 1st Brigade ("The Regular... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Mirror Match pros/cons . . . |
| Dwight McBride |
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:34 am
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Replies: 8
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| [quote]<i>Originally posted by Bill Peters</i><br />"And here I thought he was your son!" I am at least nine years' Den McBride's senior, so I'll make a bargain with the respected Confederate: I'll respect his rank if he'll respect his elders! (...and get me a pillow for my feet to accompany that le... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Mirror Match pros/cons . . . |
| Dwight McBride |
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 6:04 am
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| I am but a few weeks out of West Point, with a question. I see many players who are searching for battles, and requesting that they be mirror matches . . . I know what mirror matches are, and that they can be either simultaneous or consecutive, but what I'd like to know is what the advantages or pre... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Gettysburg: July 3, 1863 |
| Dwight McBride |
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 10:55 am
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| I have hundreds of volumes on the Civil War, by dozens of authors from the noted to the amateur . . . and my favorite has been and always will be Bruce Catton. For me at least, he has the turn of phrase, the mind's eye of the written word, that let's me see and feel, sometimes it seems even to <i>kn... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Poll: Disruption by routing through in HPS games |
| Dwight McBride |
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:06 am
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Replies: 26
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| I'm not against the existence of the concept, because it is based in reality. However, the implementation of the concept--for the reasons many have listed below--is currently more unrealistic than the concept being represented. Something definitely needs to be adjusted, tweaked if you will. As far a... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Campaign and Battles you want |
| Dwight McBride |
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:39 am
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Replies: 12
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Three campaigns . . .
1862/'64 Shenandoah
1864 Atlanta
1864 Overland
Three specific battles . . .
Perryville
Champion Hill
Monocacy
Sincerely,
Nathan Easterwood
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: entrenchments for hps series question |
| Dwight McBride |
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 8:01 am
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Replies: 7
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| Nap Lajoie was born in Woonsocket, R.I., on September 5, 1875. His father was "a coal man" and a French-Canadian from Montreal. Lajoie had five brothers and two sisters, and his father died when he was five years old. He first played for the Fall River entry in the old New England Baseball League. S... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Hypothetical question |
| Dwight McBride |
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 6:59 am
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| An interesting question about who would have stepped in for Lee . . . Of course, prior to his wounding, it would have been Longstreet . . . Other than that, A.P.Hill was too sickly. Richard Ewell was known to be sinking into disfavor. So who? . . . Davis knew Lee favored his "mean old man" Early, an... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Join the boards ... join the club |
| Dwight McBride |
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 6:04 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 6521
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| Since you touch on the subject, let me use this opportunity to make my first club post and introduce myself. I joined the board a few weeks ago, then lurked and observed, and posted a profile. I am impressed and attracted to the structured community existance around here. Brava. I have owned the 'ba... |
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