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 Post subject: On this day.
PostPosted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:15 pm 
On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. [^]

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<center><font size="6"><b><font face="Courier New">USA! USA! USA!</font id="Courier New"></b></font id="size6"></center>

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:12 am 
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That's true--exactly 140 years ago. What a glorious day.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:52 am 
If the blind squirrel keeps trying long enough, even a better tree will run out of acorns. [8D]

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 3:13 am 
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by ALynn</i>
<br />If the blind squirrel keeps trying long enough, even a better tree will run out of acorns. [8D]<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

That's because the "better tree" just sits there with it's head up in the sky, but it was a wise move for the south to give up before they lost their NUTS[;)]

Maj.Gen. Les Knight
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On this day also, the final major battle of the Civil War was being fought and ended at Ft. Blakely at Mobile Bay, AL.

http://www.siteone.com/tourist/blakeley/index.html

Link also contains schedule for re-enactment going on this weekend.

Lt. Gen. Don Adams
5th Texas "Lone Star" Cavalry Brigade
I/III ANV
http://www.rootsandsaddles.com/index.htm
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True, this was a sad day for the Confederacy. However......

"Verily I say unto you, as things which cannot be shaken shall stand, so shall things that are of the spirit - the soul of the Confederate soldier and the Rebel yell - fail to be captured or killed but shall live forever in the hearts of men and never die." ... from Rudolph Mellard's "Across the Crevasse"

Amen.


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