Humanity Amidst the Horror of the Civil War – The Pickets of Chattanooga Creek

[“Pickets Trading Between the Lines” – Edwin Forbes – Courtesy of the Library of Congress]

On this Memorial Day, like all before it, we honor the sacrifice and valor of those who paid the ultimate price in service to our country. As we learned in our school days, this sacred day started out as “Decoration Day” shortly after the Civil War, for the purpose of decorating the graves of those killed in the war. As we beseech God to ever bless our fallen brothers and sisters from all wars, I’d also like to take this moment to share a special moment of humanity that occurred during our great national strife 162 years ago.

When I moved to Chattanooga a few years ago, its Civil War history became a passion of mine. Whenever friends and family are in town, I like to give them a tour of the famous sites and battlefields, along with the backstory of the events, famous Generals, casualties, etc.

There is one stop on my tour that always has the biggest impact. It’s not the stunning view from the Lookout Mountain battle site, nor is it the ghosts or monuments of the bloody Chickamauga battlefield, nor the somber drive along the crest of Missionary Ridge. Instead, it’s a simple weed-strewn lot at the end of a dead-end road along Chattanooga Creek, just south of downtown. What makes this spot so special isn’t the fighting and killing that occurred here, but just the opposite, the humanity and American brotherhood that played out here.

In the Fall of 1863, Chattanooga Creek served as the boundary between the Union troops under siege in Chattanooga and the Confederate troops that had them boxed in. The main armies were set back a distance, with a small number of advance troops, called “pickets,” serving in front of their main armies. The pickets’ purpose was not to engage in combat, rather it was to serve as sentries, lookouts, and tripwires. But due to their shared language and close proximity, the pickets from both sides of the battle often engaged in a unique American fellowship.

The Civil War marker at this spot (35°01'22.0"N 85°19'11.6"W) reads as follows:

Civil War Marker - Chattanooga Creek Pickets.JPG

During Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg's siege of Chattanooga, part of his line followed the bends of Chattanooga Creek in the narrow valley that separated Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. On this line both armies deployed advanced guards or pickets to warn of enemy attacks. These soldiers dug rifle pits to make their positions safe from enemy fire. Shortly after the siege began, however, a short truce was declared to let a train of Union ambulances retrieve wounded soldiers from the Chickamauga battlefield. The pickets, tired of the constant sniping that occurred between the lines, decided to continue the truce unofficially and on their own terms. As Sgt. Joseph T. Gibson of the 78th Pennsylvania Infantry put it, "The pickets of the two armies along Chattanooga Creek were not more than seventy-five to one hundred feet apart, and they were on the best of terms, and conversed frequently on various subjects." Gibson added: "The Confederate pickets had the impression that we were pretty hard up for rations, but, ...they always found the pickets on the Union line ready to fling a cracker across the little stream that separated them.” Throughout the remainder of the siege, the soldiers on picket duty could be seen chatting with each other across the creek and on occasion soldiers from the Union and Confederate army could be seen playing cards together or trading tobacco and coffee. Officers deplored these "soldiers' truces" but could do little to stop them.

I can tell you all about the famous Generals who converged on Chattanooga – Grant, Bragg, Sherman, Rosecrans, Thomas, etc. I can also tell you about the strategies, supply chains, battle sites, and the awful casualty counts.

But I’ve found that the most evocative part of my tour is a non-descript site where the death count was zero. It was here along Chattanooga Creek that long-forgotten combatants engaged in American brotherhood rather than in battle.

*****

I have a Memorial Day piece up at The Blaze today, The helicopter went down in Gia Dinh. The grief never left.

My childhood best friend’s uncle died in Vietnam. 25 years after Uncle Jack’s death, I went on a beach vacation that included Uncle Jack’s still-grieving parents.

Each night at supper, Grandfather bowed his head and thanked God for the years they had with Jack. He prayed that Jack would remain in God’s care until the family could one day be reunited in heaven.

It’s behind a paywall, but if you’re a Blaze subscriber, I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.

My Memorial Day piece at The Blaze.

"A Marine died in Vietnam. Twenty-five years later, his parents still told stories, still set a place for him in their hearts, and still waited to reunite in heaven." https://t.co/XVpXy5LRj3
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) May 26, 2025

Blessings to all of you who are grieving the death of someone who gave his or her life in service to our country. They are honored, and I bow my head in humble gratitude to them and to you.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 First.

Posted by: Reforger at May 26, 2025 11:00 AM (xcIvR)

2 Top 5.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 26, 2025 11:01 AM (dg+HA)

3 I nooded.

nooded

nooded

Is there an echo in here?

Posted by: Reforger at May 26, 2025 11:03 AM (xcIvR)

4 I nooded.

nooded

nooded

Is there an echo in here?
Posted by: Reforger at May 26, 2025 11:03 AM

Yes

Oui

Sí

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2025 11:04 AM (0sNs1)

5 Good morning, all.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 26, 2025 11:04 AM (u73oe)

6 Lincoln promised malice toward none. Trump Trump is no Lincoln.

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL, INCLUDING THE SCUM THAT SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS TRYING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY THROUGH WARPED RADICAL LEFT MINDS, WHO ALLOWED 21,000,000 MILLION PEOPLE TO ILLEGALLY ENTER OUR COUNTRY, MANY OF THEM BEING CRIMINALS AND THE MENTALLY INSANE, THROUGH AN OPEN BORDER THAT ONLY AN INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT WOULD APPROVE, AND THROUGH JUDGES WHO ARE ON A MISSION TO KEEP MURDERERS, DRUG DEALERS, RAPISTS, GANG MEMBERS, AND RELEASED PRISONERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, IN OUR COUNTRY SO THEY CAN ROB, MURDER, AND RAPE AGAIN — ALL PROTECTED BY THESE USA HATING JUDGES WHO SUFFER FROM AN IDEOLOGY THAT IS SICK, AND VERY DANGEROUS FOR OUR COUNTRY

https://shorturl.at/t0tMQ

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 26, 2025 11:06 AM (L/fGl)

7 Yo

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 26, 2025 11:06 AM (Q4IgG)

8
Biggest items if trade between Union and Confederate soldiers were in coffee, tobacco and newspapers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 26, 2025 11:07 AM (QnmlO)

9
I have no truck with renaming things for PC purposes, but Forts Hood and Bragg honor two of the dumbest generals in the CSA.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 26, 2025 11:09 AM (QnmlO)

10 Kamala Harris Reportedly Exploded After Anderson Cooper Interview

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There were pieces of stupid scattered throughout the room.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 26, 2025 11:09 AM (L/fGl)

11 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at May 26, 2025 11:10 AM (w3u3d)

12 "BUT FEAR NOT, WE HAVE MADE GREAT PROGRESS OVER THE LAST 4 MONTHS, AND AMERICA WILL SOON BE SAFE AND GREAT AGAIN! AGAIN, HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA!"

The rest of the story

Posted by: Man at May 26, 2025 11:10 AM (tubbA)

13 That's a pretty touching story. It's not inconceivable that some were probably related too.

Posted by: Reforger at May 26, 2025 11:11 AM (xcIvR)

14 I wonder which Democrat it going to entertain us today with a photo of raw meat on an un-lit grill to show us they are just average, ordinary, everyday dudes like you.

Maybe they'll even hold a beer in a can to make sure you know they are just regular people.

Of course the catered chacuterie and appetizers spread with private chef manning the prime rib cutting station are hidden inside in the kitchen.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 26, 2025 11:12 AM (s3E0I)

15 Neuroscientist and author Sam Harris recently admitted he was misled about President Joe Biden’s cognitive health, conceding that he once believed claims that Biden remained sharp behind closed doors—but now doubts that assumption, citing what he describes as an “effective” cover-up.

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Yeah, boy, it was barely noticeable.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 26, 2025 11:13 AM (L/fGl)

16 Thx Buck , great post.

@9 Hadrian, I always thought naming US posts after Bragg and Hood was appropriate. Those two probably got more of their own troops killed than Union troops

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 26, 2025 11:14 AM (eDGGN)

17 Someone brought Scott Adams' cynical concept to fruition:

https://www.dicgovernment.org/

Acronyms are important.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 26, 2025 11:14 AM (bKqAu)

18 In 1866, Confederate widows in Columbus Georgia started Remembrance Day honoring their war dead with flowers. As they considered the Union soldiers had no flowers, they honored them also for the sake of distant widows, parents, and children. The beginning of Memorial Day.

Posted by: Eromero at May 26, 2025 11:14 AM (LHPAg)

19 I have no truck with renaming things for PC purposes, but Forts Hood and Bragg honor two of the dumbest generals in the CSA.

They're changing the names back, but instead of CSA generals, the forts are named for real American heroes who shared the last name. It's a very clever solution.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 26, 2025 11:15 AM (s8j++)

20
Neuroscientist and author Sam Harris recently admitted he was misled about President Joe Biden’s cognitive health

_________

So all the "evidence-based" smart guys missed what all us dummies saw right off.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 26, 2025 11:15 AM (QnmlO)

21 To the families who have lost love ones to keep us free and those who died defending those freedoms, a sincere thank you

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 26, 2025 11:15 AM (eDGGN)

22 We have met the enemy and he is us.

Ron Johnson: GOP Has the Votes to Stall Trump’s "Big, Beautiful" Bill

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 26, 2025 11:15 AM (L/fGl)

23 The Pinochle of Success - a limerick

'Twas a set-up that was certainly unique
To the enemy they turned the other cheek
They read between the lines
While playing whist among the pines
The Pickets of Chattanooga Creek

Posted by: muldoon at May 26, 2025 11:16 AM (/iMjX)

24 Neuroscientist and author Sam Harris recently admitted he was misled about President Joe Biden’s cognitive health, conceding that he once believed claims that Biden remained sharp behind closed doors—but now doubts that assumption, citing what he describes as an “effective” cover-up.

Anyone who claims to be a neuroscientist but who missed Biden's condition is a liar or incompetent, but probably both.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 26, 2025 11:16 AM (s8j++)

25
Yeah, we missed the last guy high, wide and handsome but we'll make it up with Trump!

Posted by: Media Neuroscientists at May 26, 2025 11:19 AM (QnmlO)

26 I made a tour of Chattanooga only once, but found it an amazing battlefield. The spot that surprised me most was Orchard Knob - you drive into a rundown part of Chattanooga, middle of the city (I was following my map) get out, climb a little hill and are suddenly surrounded by an incredible variety of monuments. This was Grant’s command post while the events of Missionary Ridge played out, and when you’re on it you see it has a commanding view of the entire valley. Marvelous little unexpected find.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2025 11:19 AM (i5oKA)

27 PBS Host Says People Who Blast Media Cover-Up of Biden Decline Don't Understand How Reporting Works

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Oh, we understand how reporting works all right.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 26, 2025 11:20 AM (L/fGl)

28 Thank you for the interesting post. Find the history of the Civil and Revolutionary war much more interesting than I did as a kid learning it in school.
Prayers and thanks for those that we may no or remain nameless to us that sacrificed all.

Posted by: Paisley at May 26, 2025 11:20 AM (ny1NG)

29
This was Grant’s command post while the events of Missionary Ridge played out

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Grant was probably pissing his pants watching the Army of the Cumberland going up the slope.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 26, 2025 11:22 AM (QnmlO)

30 Most commonly traded item among the pickets was carrots for the chili pot.

Posted by: Root Causes at May 26, 2025 11:22 AM (G5+As)

31 We have met the enemy and he is us.

Ron Johnson: GOP Has the Votes to Stall Trump’s "Big, Beautiful" Bill

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 26, 2025 11:15 AM (L/fGl)
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Because perhaps it's not so beautiful after all:

https://tinyurl.com/2yjxhzmc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 26, 2025 11:22 AM (bKqAu)

32 Tom Servo: Orchard Knob is always a surprise to my guests. It is a hidden gem that most Chattanooga’s aren’t even aware of.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at May 26, 2025 11:22 AM (d9Cw3)

33 Wow, Macron just got beaten up by his superannuated wife.

FRENCH PRESS: Bizarre moment French President Macron is shoved in the face by his wife while ‘squabbling.’

https://youtu.be/jbTalVuZUXM

Posted by: Archimedes at May 26, 2025 11:23 AM (s8j++)

34 Reread Landscape Turned Red by Stephen Sears earlier this year. A great book about a horrific battle

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 26, 2025 11:23 AM (eDGGN)

35 Anyone who claims to be a neuroscientist but who missed Biden's condition is a liar or incompetent, but probably both.
Posted by: Archimedes

I'd say a 'zealot,' but yeah, same thing ultimately.

Posted by: weft-cut loop at May 26, 2025 11:24 AM (mlg/3)

36 "believed claims that Biden remained sharp behind closed doors—but now doubts that assumption"

So he disbelieved his own eyes and believed what he was told, by people with a direct conflict of interest.
SCIENCE!!!

Posted by: Reforger at May 26, 2025 11:24 AM (xcIvR)

37 27 PBS Host Says ...

I really don't want to be working the corner gloryhole when Trump cuts off our funding so please, listen to what I have to say and please donate.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 26, 2025 11:24 AM (/U5Yz)

38 Neuroscientist and author Sam Harris recently admitted he was misled about President Joe Biden’s cognitive health

_________

So all the "evidence-based" smart guys missed what all us dummies saw right off.

Wellll....

Biden Aide Admits Staff Did ‘Undemocratic Things’ Because Trump Was ‘Existential Threat To Democracy’

A longtime aide to former President Joe Biden admitted that White House staff felt justified doing “undemocratic things” during his term in office because they believed President Donald Trump posed an existential threat to American democracy.

The revelation came during an appearance by Axios reporter Alex Thompson on “Fox News Sunday” with Shannon Bream, where he discussed insider accounts from his reporting on the Biden administration. Thompson described a mindset inside the White House — one in which unelected aides saw themselves as the real decision makers while shielding Biden from scrutiny and managing the presidency behind the scenes.

https://is.gd/nY32cD

Posted by: Archimedes at May 26, 2025 11:24 AM (s8j++)

39 I hope these four men are still remembered by their families, but for Memorial Day I have traditionally posted this excerpt from my dad's WWII diary (from the beachhead at Anzio)

EZ Dog Diary-

Feb 16, 1944
The “hot” beachhead suddenly became “hotter”. Gerry hit with all the artillery he had at 0600 this morning. Our work here in C[ounter] B[attery] ran wild. All the CPs and batteries seemed to be shelled at once.
Brig CP and rear area quite heavily shelled. Chaplain Wallace, McDaniel, Pratt and Metz were all killed by a single round. Irony of fate. Three out of the first four killed in the battery were listed as non-combatants.

In Memoriam

Posted by: muldoon at May 26, 2025 11:25 AM (/iMjX)

40 The story of Missionary Ridge, where the Confederate hold on Chattanooga was shattered, is even more fascinating than is usually told. Confederate army commanded the peak of a very narrow and steep ridge overlooking the city, should have been extremely difficult to take. The the Confederate commander deployed his troops in a line on the absolute peak (literal top) rather than the effective peak, which meant they could not see or fire at anyone climbing the steep sides. An incredible error.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2025 11:25 AM (i5oKA)

41 Biden's synapses leak more electrical impulses than a 20 year old Lucas electrical system.

Posted by: Austin Allegro at May 26, 2025 11:26 AM (G5+As)

42 37 27 PBS Host Says ...

I really don't want to be working the corner gloryhole when Trump cuts off our funding so please, listen to what I have to say and please donate.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 26, 2025 11:24 AM (/U5Yz)

PBS will do their fundraising programs 25/8 from here on out, it seems.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 26, 2025 11:26 AM (dSBTP)

43 I was once on a business trip driving from Atlanta to Memphis and stop to visit Shiloh. The Ken Burns Civil War series had been out a while and I had started reading about different battles so I really enjoyed my excursion.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 26, 2025 11:28 AM (b294k)

44 https://tinyurl.com/2yjxhzmc
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

I'm with you. As I understand it, it doesn't eliminate all US AID funding, and still keeps loads of the Green Nude Eel in place.
Failure theater at its finest.

Posted by: MkY at May 26, 2025 11:29 AM (cPGH3)

45 > Biden Aide Admits Staff Did ‘Undemocratic Things’ Because Trump Was ‘Existential Threat To Democracy’
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I think this was/is pretty much known.

What's not known is whether they'll be held accountable for what was a "headless" administration run by unelected bureaucrats.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 26, 2025 11:30 AM (Q4IgG)

46 The reason we know about that error is that another Confederate Colonel, riding through the positions the night before the battle wrote a dispatch to his superiors about it - but he said nothing to anyone there about it. Reason: in his letter he added something to the effect of “I have always hated that SOB in command of that unit and I’m going to enjoy seeing him get his ass kicked tomorrow.”
So the Confederacy lost one of the most significant battles of the entire war because 2 unit commanders hated each other.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2025 11:30 AM (i5oKA)

47 All gave some, some gave all. I choose to honor those who gave all by staying involved in all they gave all for. Sine die is a week away in the TX Legislature. I have to keep writing the offices of my “Rep” and Senator to get what is needed to get done, done.

Also: Peace Through Strength, Deterrence, the use of DIME.

Si desiderat pacem, praeperat bellum.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 26, 2025 11:30 AM (dSBTP)

48 Kamala Harris Reportedly Exploded After Anderson Cooper Interview
++++++++++
There were pieces of stupid scattered throughout the room.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

************

It was like the Mr. Creosote of Transporter Accidents

Posted by: muldoon at May 26, 2025 11:30 AM (/iMjX)

49 So the Confederacy lost one of the most significant battles of the entire war because 2 unit commanders hated each other.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2025 11:30 AM (i5oKA)

Some of the dumbest blunders in military history (all time) come down to people not putting aside their egos for the greater good.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 26, 2025 11:32 AM (dSBTP)

50 I don't know why but it always struck me as interesting that the chief of staff that Rosecrans sent to Thomas to find out if he could hold was future President James Garfield

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 26, 2025 11:32 AM (eDGGN)

51
The remains of a Marine from a small town in Wisconsin are found and returned home (from 2013).

https://tinyurl.com/MerlAllen

My Dad, his parents, and his siblings knew, and were friends of Merl's family.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 26, 2025 11:32 AM (Tv15w)

52 We found it interesting to see the Fetterman Massacre after seeing Little Bighorn. Basically similar situation but maybe 10 years prior…didn’t learn anything.
We enjoy walking the battlefields as you really get that sense of things you can’t just from reading..or at least that is just me.

Posted by: Paisley at May 26, 2025 11:33 AM (ny1NG)

53 The North Alabama Field Artillery Association (NAFAA) used to do a battlefield walk each fall when the temperatures got pleasant. They did Shilo a few years ago, walked out the cannon emplacements for both sides and explained how the battle raged bqck and forth. Most compelling for me was the river boats, and mortars for the assault up the hill to the church.

They did Chattannooga last year. I missed that one, dangit.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 26, 2025 11:33 AM (MsrgL)

54 >>Blessings to all of you who are grieving the death of someone who gave his or her life in service to our country.

On March 21, 1991, a patrol plane commander disregarded a well-established procedure specifically implemented to prevent exactly what occurred that day.

As a result, 26 others -- aviators, naval flight officers and aircrewmen -- perished, including three good friends of mine (one of whom had just gotten married).

RIEP Ron, Jay and Dennis.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 26, 2025 11:34 AM (Y1sOo)

55 6
'Lincoln promised malice toward none. Trump is no Lincoln.'

I am optimistic that he has his sights set on the judges. If the judges are going to grab power then they ca be in the political arena. I hope there is more to come from Trump.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 26, 2025 11:34 AM (3wi/L)

56 Paris Taxi Drivers Vow to Disrupt French Open as Protests Escalate

The drivers are unhappy with new medical transport rules and competition from ride-hailing apps. Their movement has spread beyond the capital.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 26, 2025 11:35 AM (L/fGl)

57 6 Lincoln promised malice toward none. Trump Trump is no Lincoln.

Yeah, but The Party promises malice towards all. Trump CAN’T be a Lincoln in that regard.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 26, 2025 11:35 AM (dSBTP)

58 So the Confederacy lost one of the most significant battles of the entire war because 2 unit commanders hated each other.

A 7th Fleet destroyer just collided with a merchant ship while entering chat.

Miles Browning flouncing off the bridge of Enterprise at the Battle of Midway has entered Chat. Thank G-d Admiral Spruance ignored him.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 11:35 AM (FeaQ/)

59 I have no truck with renaming things for PC purposes, but Forts Hood and Bragg honor two of the dumbest generals in the CSA.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Naming bases, which grew to be the biggest in the Army, after them - was it faint praise or a thumb in the eye?

Don't know but I am kind of big on tradition and would never change them. Unless I wanted to erase history...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 26, 2025 11:36 AM (/lPRQ)

60 56 Paris Taxi Drivers Vow to Disrupt French Open as Protests Escalate

The drivers are unhappy with new medical transport rules and competition from ride-hailing apps. Their movement has spread beyond the capital.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 26, 2025 11:35 AM

The only surprise is that the French have not declared all out nuclear war on themselves over this issue during the French Open.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 26, 2025 11:37 AM (dSBTP)

61 Lincoln promised malice toward none. Trump is no Lincoln.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 26, 2025 11:06 AM (L/fGl)
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Biblical musical interlude:

https://youtu.be/W3xgcmIS3YU

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 26, 2025 11:37 AM (bKqAu)

62 I made a tour of Chattanooga only once, but found it an amazing battlefield. The spot that surprised me most was Orchard Knob - you drive into a rundown part of Chattanooga, middle of the city (I was following my map) get out, climb a little hill and are suddenly surrounded by an incredible variety of monuments. This was Grant’s command post while the events of Missionary Ridge played out, and when you’re on it you see it has a commanding view of the entire valley. Marvelous little unexpected find.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2025 11:19 AM (i5oKA)

There's another spot, it's in a residential neighborhood. I don't ever remember what made it memorable, but there's just a little plaque, right there among all the houses.

For me though, walking the line on Lookout Mountain, the trenches are just indentations in the grassy hillside. That was the place of much reverence.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 26, 2025 11:37 AM (9D/Jg)

63 @46, 49, at thebattle of Tannenberg the Russian commanders, Samsonov and Rennenkamp hated each other. Rennenkamp wouldn't come to Samsonov's aid and suffered a double envelopement. Samsonov walked off into the woods and shot himself.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 26, 2025 11:37 AM (eDGGN)

64 Don't know but I am kind of big on tradition and would never change them. Unless I wanted to erase history...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 26, 2025 11:36 AM (/lPRQ)

SWEEP AWAY ALL MONSTERS AND DEMONS!!!

Posted by: Communist Party of China, June 1966 at May 26, 2025 11:37 AM (dSBTP)

65
Biden Aide Admits Staff Did ‘Undemocratic Things’ Because Trump Was ‘Existential Threat To Democracy’

That they were doing 'undemocratic things' did not strike them as having become threats to democracy themselves?

Our always cognizant betters, ladies and gentlemen!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 26, 2025 11:38 AM (Tv15w)

66 So once again...at 1800 hours West Coast time (thats 6 pm for you Navy guys and for the Air Force folks, Mickey's big hand is on the 12 and the little hand is on the 6) I.will raise a silent toast to the memory of those who gave all. Please join in with the beverage of your choice.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2025 11:39 AM (W/lyH)

67 Neuroscientist and author Sam Harris recently admitted he was misled about President Joe Biden’s cognitive health, conceding that he once believed claims that Biden remained sharp behind closed doors—but now doubts that assumption, citing what he describes as an “effective” cover-up.

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Yeah, boy, it was barely noticeable.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 26, 2025 11:13 AM (L/fGl)

Sam Harris is almost entirely viewed as a buffoon these days. Rightfully so. Tim Dillon did a wonderful rant about him a couple weeks ago. Well worth listening to.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 26, 2025 11:39 AM (9D/Jg)

68 Biden staff, "we wanted to stay in power and get rich!"

Fixed for accuracy and depravity.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 11:39 AM (FeaQ/)

69 Dems:

“Working out is right wing”

“Liking hot girls is right wing”

“Eating red meat is right wing”

Dems today:

“We need $20 million to understand why young men hate us”

https://x.com/SonofHas/status/1926766923854791044

Posted by: Archimedes at May 26, 2025 11:39 AM (s8j++)

70 50 I don't know why but it always struck me as interesting that the chief of staff that Rosecrans sent to Thomas to find out if he could hold was future President James Garfield
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 26, 2025 11:32 AM (eDGGN)

During the Battle of Chickamauga, there was a representative from Washington there observing Rosecrans and his staff; Lincoln had sent him there so he could have a personal account of how things were going. His report contained what has to be one of the best lines in any military report ever; after the Federal lines collapsed on the second day, and they all began to realize the scope of the unfolding disaster, he wrote “ General Rosecrans began to wander about like a duck that had been hit upon the head.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2025 11:39 AM (i5oKA)

71 43 I was once on a business trip driving from Atlanta to Memphis and stop to visit Shiloh. The Ken Burns Civil War series had been out a while and I had started reading about different battles so I really enjoyed my excursion.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 26, 2025 11:28 AM (b294k)
Pappy Eromero took us to as many battlefields as he could. I almost have chills considering some Revolutionary War vets, fought the War of 1812. Some 1812 vets fought the Mexican American War. Some Mexican American War vets fought The War Between The States, and some WBTS vets fought the Spanish American War , some of those vets fought WW 1, in turn came WW II, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, and the inevitable next one.
We are tied together by war.

Posted by: Eromero at May 26, 2025 11:41 AM (LHPAg)

72 We have met the enemy and he is us.
Ron Johnson: GOP Has the Votes to Stall Trump’s "Big, Beautiful" Bill

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size!

Hey Johnson, don't be a dick, you can amend it, then pass.
But you'd rather be a dick and give it to the UniParty Progtards.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 26, 2025 11:42 AM (/lPRQ)

73 >> So the Confederacy lost one of the most significant battles of the entire war because 2 unit commanders hated each other.

I’ve always thought the army of northern Virginia lost Gettysburg because Lee “got his blood up” and refused to follow Longstreet’s plea to maneuver around Meade’s left and place his army in between Meade and DC to accept an attack. Offensive defense instead of Pickett’s charge

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 26, 2025 11:42 AM (lepZb)

74 Biden Aide Admits Staff Did ‘Undemocratic Things’ Because Trump Was ‘Existential Threat To Democracy’

That they were doing 'undemocratic things' did not strike them as having become threats to democracy themselves?

Our always cognizant betters, ladies and gentlemen!

There is always a pull towards authoritarianism during an existential war. It's an efficient way to get things done. The trick is in recognizing when it's really called for, and when you're just trying to become a dictator because you like the thrill of it. These people failed miserably.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 26, 2025 11:43 AM (s8j++)

75 52 We found it interesting to see the Fetterman Massacre after seeing Little Bighorn.”

I thought that happened after Fetterman finally got sick of his staff criticizing him constantly.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2025 11:44 AM (i5oKA)

76 A-10s are out flying around from Selfridge (Air National Guard Base in Southeast Michigan), hell yeah 😎 Happy Memorial Day to the greatest country on earth

X video: https://bit.ly/4kwrbyZ

Just heard one that sounded like it buzzed my apartment building. Holy hell, scared the crap out of me.

Last time I heard something like that was back in 2003 when the power grid went down in the Midwest and parts of Canada.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 26, 2025 11:44 AM (P5BPp)

77 'Lincoln promised malice toward none. Trump is no Lincoln.'

**********

But Lincoln promised malice toward none on the cusp of the defeat of the Confederacy in early 1865 as a conciliatory gesture, not during the height of the struggle.

Trump fights.

Posted by: muldoon at May 26, 2025 11:44 AM (/iMjX)

78 27 PBS Host Says People Who Blast Media Cover-Up of Biden Decline Don't Understand How Reporting Works

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Oh, we understand how reporting works all right.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 26, 2025 11:20 AM (L/fGl)
_________
WE all saw how it works, repeatedly. They check with a Democrat-friendly source - ideally one with an interest in pushing the media's preferred narrative - and repeat that as Gospel. The Truth has been established, you dis-mal-mis-informed conspiracists. E.g., Haitians in Springfield, MS-13 in CO, Covington HS kids, and so on ad infinitum.

It's their main tactic.

Also, note who the "PBS host" is.

Posted by: Eeyore at May 26, 2025 11:45 AM (od0dV)

79 We are tied together by war.
Posted by: Eromero at May 26, 2025 11:41 AM (LHPAg)

I would assume, any Civil War vets fighting the Spanish conflict were accidentally caught up when they were on a fishing boat, or standing in line at Walgreens.

Funny how each subsequent war became less and less necessary.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 26, 2025 11:45 AM (9D/Jg)

80 I'll never forget nor forgive the traitors that hastened events in April 1975.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 26, 2025 11:45 AM (k7wOY)

81 Hey Johnson, don't be a dick, you can amend it, then pass.
But you'd rather be a dick and give it to the UniParty Progtards.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 26, 2025 11:42 AM (/lPRQ)

Let’s chill, guys and gals. This ain’t going up for a vote tomorrow,. Yes, Ron Johnson is a no vote. But…,could it be that if amended to his liking he’ll say yes?

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 26, 2025 11:46 AM (dSBTP)

82 >>> Biden Aide Admits Staff Did ‘Undemocratic Things’ Because Trump Was ‘Existential Threat To Democracy’

Defendants at Nuremberg argued that they held the moral high ground too.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 26, 2025 11:46 AM (/lPRQ)

83 July 7, 1979 Colonel Tommy Thompson took off in his A-10 from RAF Bentwaters for a airshow. We sent his aircraft out at the end of runway, my crew chief was last to talk to him on the ground.
He never returned.

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2025 11:46 AM (ypFCm)

84 at 1800 hours West Coast time (thats 6 pm for you Navy guys and for the Air Force folks, Mickey's big hand is on the 12 and the little hand is on the 6) I.will raise a silent toast to the memory of those who gave all. Please join in with the beverage of your choice.
Posted by: Diogenes

********

Done

Posted by: muldoon at May 26, 2025 11:47 AM (/iMjX)

85 Biden Aide Admits Staff Did ‘Undemocratic Things’ Because Trump Was ‘Existential Threat To Democracy’

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In order to save democracy, they had to destroy it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 26, 2025 11:47 AM (L/fGl)

86 So everyone is mad at Johnson and Paul for opposing a bill that adds $5T to the debt.

That’s funny.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 26, 2025 11:48 AM (qDa2L)

87 Paris Taxi Drivers Vow to Disrupt French Open as Protests Escalate

Summer is coming. The french always have a protest or riot when the weather warms up.

Posted by: Street Fighting Man at May 26, 2025 11:48 AM (R/m4+)

88 A-10s are out flying around from Selfridge (Air National Guard Base in Southeast Michigan), hell yeah 😎 Happy Memorial Day to the greatest country on earth

X video: https://bit.ly/4kwrbyZ

Oh, yeah?
Must-Watch: Shock and Awe As Nearly Every Type of Fighter Jet and Bomber We Have Flies Over Miami Beach

https://is.gd/1loxcA

Posted by: Archimedes at May 26, 2025 11:49 AM (s8j++)

89 Lost two friends in Vietnam. C.F. Thomas, my college roommate for a couple of years, and J. Stringer a buddy from ROTC summer camp. Both Captains. Stringer was listed as MIA for years. I don't think they ever recovered his remains.

I visited the Wall some years ago. I can touch both of their names at the same time.

Have a blessed day.

Posted by: javems at May 26, 2025 11:49 AM (8I4hW)

90 66 So once again...at 1800 hours West Coast time (thats 6 pm for you Navy guys and for the Air Force folks, Mickey's big hand is on the 12 and the little hand is on the 6) I.will raise a silent toast to the memory of those who gave all. Please join in with the beverage of your choice.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2025 11:39 AM (W/lyH)

No, no, no. Commercial airline pilots say 6pm. AF says 1800 hours. Navy….um, how many bells is that? The Army needs to be told the big hand points to the 12 and the little hand points to the 6. For the USMC…Monday evening.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 26, 2025 11:49 AM (dSBTP)

91 In memory of my friends, lost in service to our nation:

Patrick Kelly Connor, USN - Desert Storm
Mike Vansickle, USMC - Eager Mace
Tim Curry, USMC - Northern Edge

I miss them.

Posted by: MarkW at May 26, 2025 11:51 AM (TPMbx)

92 79 We are tied together by war.
Posted by: Eromero at May 26, 2025 11:41 AM (LHPAg)

I would assume, any Civil War vets fighting the Spanish conflict were accidentally caught up when they were on a fishing boat, or standing in line at Walgreens.

Funny how each subsequent war became less and less necessary.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 26, 2025 11:45 AM (9D/Jg)
Joe Wheeler, former Confederate, was the head of Cavalry in Cuba.

Posted by: Eromero at May 26, 2025 11:52 AM (LHPAg)

93 If only Hispanic males voted in 2024, Kamala would have won only 4 states:
CA, IL, NY and MD.

But I'm sure aggressively defending criminal aliens will turn them toward Democrats ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 26, 2025 11:53 AM (s3E0I)

94 Beau Biden died at Chickamauga.

Posted by: Not a joke at May 26, 2025 11:53 AM (dg+HA)

95 "If only Hispanic males voted in 2024, Kamala would have won only 4 states:
CA, IL, NY and MD."

I'll drink to that.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at May 26, 2025 11:54 AM (dg+HA)

96 A1 Steak Sauce was established in 1862. Funny that someone thought a nation in the midst of a bloody Civil War needed a new sauce right then.

Posted by: Priorities at May 26, 2025 11:56 AM (G5+As)

97 When I moved to Chattanooga a few years ago…

Do you attend LibertyCon?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 26, 2025 11:57 AM (EXyHK)

98 I was stationed at Ft. Hood for almost three years. Had no idea who Hood was. Doubt many did.

Posted by: javems at May 26, 2025 11:58 AM (8I4hW)

99 Charlie Rangel dies at 94. He actually retired. Couldn't stand him as a Congress critter , but he was a hero in Korea. RIP

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 26, 2025 11:59 AM (eDGGN)

100 Joe Wheeler, former Confederate, was the head of Cavalry in Cuba.
Posted by: Eromero at May 26, 2025 11:52 AM (LHPAg)

There are pics of him with Teddy. He would be about 62 at the time, I believe. Looks like he's 82.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 26, 2025 11:59 AM (+fLTy)

101 Dr. Jazzy.

Western Lensman@WesternLensma
Crockett on Trump: It's time for Republicans to start questioning his mental acuity, and if he’s fit to serve as president.
Crockett on Biden: I never questioned his mental acuity.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 26, 2025 11:59 AM (L/fGl)

102 Democrats continue to try and find new ways to appeal to white males. Here, we see them cruising in powerboats with hot chicks.

https://is.gd/pYVub8

Posted by: Archimedes at May 26, 2025 11:59 AM (s8j++)

103 Biden Aide Admits Staff Did ‘Undemocratic Things’ Because Trump Was ‘Existential Threat To Democracy’

NYT is touting an article written by three "experts in fascism" who are moving to Europe to escape fascism. I thought the Bee had somehow gotten a piece submitted there.

Harvard is launching an online course in how to recognize if you voted for a dictator. (Lesson 1 should be "are you a Ukranian who voted for a dick pianist in 2014? If so, the answer is Yes").

Posted by: Ian S. at May 26, 2025 11:59 AM (QZThv)

104 96 A1 Steak Sauce was established in 1862. Funny that someone thought a nation in the midst of a bloody Civil War needed a new sauce right then.
Posted by: Priorities at May 26, 2025 11:56 AM (G5+As

You make a joke….but what if it was made to make rations or food in the field go down easier?

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 26, 2025 11:59 AM (dSBTP)

105 A1 Steak Sauce was established in 1862. Funny that someone thought a nation in the midst of a bloody Civil War needed a new sauce right then.
Posted by: Priorities at May 26, 2025 11:56 AM (G5+As

You make a joke….but what if it was made to make rations or food in the field go down easier?

Oh, yeah, A1 and goober peas. Yum.

Posted by: Confederates at May 26, 2025 12:01 PM (s8j++)

106 101
'Crockett on Trump: It's time for Republicans to start questioning his mental acuity, and if he’s fit to serve as president.'

I could actually go for this if she had to take the same test and the results were publicly compared.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 26, 2025 12:02 PM (3wi/L)

107 I was stationed at Ft. Hood for almost three years. Had no idea who Hood was. Doubt many did.
Posted by: javems at May 26, 2025 11:58 AM (8I4hW)

Hood was a fantastic officer, early in the war, but in one of those battles he lost an arm.

They say his mind wasn't right thereafter. He's blamed for some of the worst defeats in the Western theater, I'm not sure how fair it is. If I recall, at Nashville I think, he was attacking when he should have been defending, but by that point, I don't know if anyone was going to win any battles for the Confederacy.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 26, 2025 12:02 PM (+fLTy)

108 6 it is. I'll go get my beer now.

Maybe get one for now too.

Posted by: Reforger at May 26, 2025 12:02 PM (xcIvR)

109 Democrats continue to try and find new ways to appeal to white males.

Someone looking through campaign data found out Kamala paid millions for ads on Grindr, the gay dating/hookup app. The "boner killer" jokes are flying on Twitter about that.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 26, 2025 12:03 PM (QZThv)

110 You make a joke….but what if it was made to make rations or food in the field go down easier?
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 26, 2025 11:59 AM (dSBTP)

Anyone who's had MRE's or field rations knows you have to have some kind of sauce to make some of the "meat" palatable.

Or in the case of MRE's, it's sometimes best to wash off whatever "sauce" they put on it.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 26, 2025 12:05 PM (+fLTy)

111 Hood was a fantastic officer, early in the war, but in one of those battles he lost an arm.

They say his mind wasn't right thereafter. He's blamed for some of the worst defeats in the Western theater, I'm not sure how fair it is. If I recall, at Nashville I think, he was attacking when he should have been defending, but by that point, I don't know if anyone was going to win any battles for the Confederacy.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 26, 2025 12:02 PM (+fLTy)

Hood was one of the best division commanders in the war (see for example his division at Antietam)… but when elevated to command of an army his aggressiveness became a huge liability. He pretty much destroyed his army at Franklin near the end of the war with a foolhardy charge into breastworks even more suicidal than Pickett’s charge

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 26, 2025 12:06 PM (lepZb)

112 Air Reservesbasce in Delaware is named for Beau Biden, he must have done some heroic deed

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2025 12:07 PM (ypFCm)

113 Actor Lewis Stone, (150 movies), was an officer in the Spanish-American War, later trained troops in China, was an officer in WW I, and returned to the California National Guard as a Lieutenant Colonel in WW II in his sixties.

Posted by: Judge Hardy at May 26, 2025 12:08 PM (G5+As)

114 108 6 it is. I'll go get my beer now.

Maybe get one for now too.
Posted by: Reforger at May 26, 2025 12:02 PM (xcIvR)

That's the spirits!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2025 12:08 PM (W/lyH)

115 111
'Hood was one of the best division commanders in the war (see for example his division at Antietam)… but when elevated to command of an army his aggressiveness became a huge liability.'

Too much lion and not enough fox.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 26, 2025 12:08 PM (3wi/L)

116 Air Reservesbasce in Delaware is named for Beau Biden, he must have done some heroic deed

He died in like 6 different conflicts, at least according to his dad.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 26, 2025 12:08 PM (QZThv)

117 We have met the enemy and he is us.
Ron Johnson: GOP Has the Votes to Stall Trump’s "Big, Beautiful" Bill

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You don't want to be in a foxhole with Ron Johnson. He'll tell you the enemy is retreating while he's crafting up a white flag.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 26, 2025 12:09 PM (/U5Yz)

118 Air Reservesbasce in Delaware is named for Beau Biden, he must have done some heroic deed

Cancer got him before he got caught.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 26, 2025 12:11 PM (YjKzF)

119 One quaint little battlefield I visited when I as working in Chantilly VA was for the Battle of Chantilly (aka Ox Hill). Interesting little place surrounded by apartments, busy roads and a mall. September 1862, it ended in a terrible thunderstorm and with the deaths of Union generals Kearny (arguably one of the better Union generals at the start of the war) and Stevens. (Stevens was formerly the governor of the Territory of Washington.)
It is a small site, but hallowed ground.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2025 12:11 PM (W/lyH)

120 So Johnson should vote for the shit bill just because? I’m so old I remember when supposed fiscal conservatives hated republicans who did that.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 26, 2025 12:11 PM (qDa2L)

121 Diogenes

6PM is 4 bells on the Dog Watches (or 4-8 PM Watch).

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 26, 2025 12:14 PM (u82oZ)

122 Too much lion and not enough fox.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 26, 2025 12:08 PM (3wi/L)

History is cruel, in that it allows those of us who were not there, to draw conclusions based on our own biases, and to judge the decisions when we already know the outcome.

Hood was an honorable man, dedicated to his cause, desperately trying to achieve a victory we now know was not possible.

That's the story of the South. Men sacrificed everything, for a cause.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 26, 2025 12:14 PM (+fLTy)

123 So Johnson should vote for the shit bill just because? I’m so old I remember when supposed fiscal conservatives hated republicans who did that.

I'll take some cuts over another continuing resolution. It's become very clear that real cuts are a non-starter until we retire all 535 members of Congress. Johnson's a holdout because the cuts in the bill are directly impacting his bottom line, bet on it.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 26, 2025 12:16 PM (QZThv)

124 Back in the day, sauces and drinks and stuff were usually made to alleviate some medical condition like gas, headaches and the occasional ED. Maybe that's why they named it A Number 1. Probably marketed it to the old bints to get the old man randy.

Posted by: Zombie Dr. Kellogg, Food Weirdo And Sex Pest at May 26, 2025 12:19 PM (R/m4+)

125 Diogenes

1st Dog Watch.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 26, 2025 12:19 PM (u82oZ)

126 To all who gave all.

Incl. EM2 Glasscock, USN who died next to me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 26, 2025 12:20 PM (u82oZ)

127 Thanks for the informative and interesting post, Buck, and thanks to others who shared historic notes and about visits to battlefields

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2025 12:21 PM (EJtBU)

128 Trump could just veto the bill and shut down the government. I think he has leverage here.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 26, 2025 12:23 PM (u82oZ)

129 Excellent post, Buck. It's things like this that make me glad that I found Ace of Spades years ago. I've toured a number of Civil War battlefields; maybe one day I'll get to Chattanooga.

Posted by: Retired, thank God! at May 26, 2025 12:24 PM (9BIt9)

130 I'll take some cuts over another continuing resolution. It's become very clear that real cuts are a non-starter until we retire all 535 members of Congress. Johnson's a holdout because the cuts in the bill are directly impacting his bottom line, bet on it.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 26, 2025 12:16 PM (QZThv)

Whatever his reason, I support him. This is a disgusting bill that needs to be torched.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 26, 2025 12:24 PM (qDa2L)

131 FenelonSpoke

A respectful tip of ta hat to you and FenelonSpouse.
Hope he is done soon, so he can go back to full time spousal support.

May FenelonSon be at a BBQ with respectful, Christian girls that want to make him more of an extrovert. (Making a man better is catnip for some women.)

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 26, 2025 12:25 PM (u82oZ)

132 FenelonSpoke

Change respectful to modestly dressed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 26, 2025 12:27 PM (u82oZ)

133 Nood.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 26, 2025 12:27 PM (u82oZ)

134 Trump could just veto the bill and shut down the government. I think he has leverage here.

He does, and if they can tamp down the malicious compliance it would offer a good lesson in how necessary most of the government is. But the data geeks say there is no outcome in which we get real cuts passed by the currently seated Congress due to how widespread the graft is.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 26, 2025 12:28 PM (QZThv)

135 From last thread:
100 Joe Wheeler, former Confederate, was the head of Cavalry in Cuba.
Posted by: Eromero at May 26, 2025 11:52 AM (LHPAg)

There are pics of him with Teddy. He would be about 62 at the time, I believe. Looks like he's 82.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 26, 2025 11:59 AM (+fLTy)

In the miniseries Rough Riders, about San Juan and written by John Milius, Joe Wheeler is played by Gary Busey, and he gives a hilarious but also extremely good performance as the unrepentant old reb.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2025 12:38 PM (uWKK8)

136 Anyone who's had MRE's or field rations knows you have to have some kind of sauce to make some of the "meat" palatable.

Or in the case of MRE's, it's sometimes best to wash off whatever "sauce" they put on it.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 26, 2025 12:05 PM (+fLTy)

Tabasco. That is all.

Cheese Tortellini MREs rule.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 26, 2025 12:40 PM (dSBTP)

137 Trump raised the tariffs on imports from Vietnam. Mainly tilapia shrimp and coffee up to 50%

But breaking news Vietnam just inked a new 1.5. BILLION. Dollar golf resort with Trump as a partner.
I think those tariffs will come down very soon

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at May 26, 2025 02:19 PM (0hCcM)

138 I didn't know Buck is in Chattanooga. So am I.

Posted by: teejuss at May 26, 2025 09:02 PM (5gQej)

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