Above, Gerry Regan recites Thomas Buchanan Read's poem "Sheridan's Ride" at a 1989 National Park Service commemoration of the November 1908 unveiling of the Sheridan Monument, on Sheridan Circle, Washington, D.C.
Joined because in researching family history, this "yankee" boy (now 74) finds that his Yankee (stretching the term here) side had one uncle drafted who reported to Fort Snelling, Minnesota only to find out the war was over.
The Norwegians called native born whites "Yankees". My Southern side is so full of Confederates that it is beyond comprehension! That aside, I find Viking roots in both sides!
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Pickett's Charge: A New Look at Gettysburg's Final Attack
Oct 28, 2016
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Above, Gerry Regan recites Thomas Buchanan Read's poem "Sheridan's Ride" at a 1989 National Park Service commemoration of the November 1908 unveiling of the Sheridan Monument, on Sheridan Circle, Washington, D.C.
Those Who Would Sculpt Civil War General Philip Sheridan
Oct 31, 2016
Richard Neely
Joined because in researching family history, this "yankee" boy (now 74) finds that his Yankee (stretching the term here) side had one uncle drafted who reported to Fort Snelling, Minnesota only to find out the war was over.
The Norwegians called native born whites "Yankees". My Southern side is so full of Confederates that it is beyond comprehension! That aside, I find Viking roots in both sides!
Jul 23, 2020