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Offline vtsaogames

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Myths of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge
« on: 28 September 2023, 10:08:35 PM »
Another of my historical articles, should you be suffering from insomnia https://corlearshookfencibles.blogspot.com/2023/09/myths-of-lookout-mountain-and.html
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With a glorious swish of his sword and his lance
And a glorious clank of his tin-plated pants. - Dr. Seuss


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Offline sepoy1857

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Re: Myths of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge
« Reply #1 on: 29 September 2023, 02:02:00 AM »
Good article. My x3 Grandfather was there with Co.C 55th Illinois (under Sherman).
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Re: Myths of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge
« Reply #2 on: 29 September 2023, 02:57:44 AM »
Nice article. A fun and engaging read.
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Re: Myths of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge
« Reply #3 on: 29 September 2023, 06:01:37 AM »
Nice! My wife's parents live in Lookout Valley in the shadow of the Mountain and my wife and I got married on Lookout Mountain itself.
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Between the motion
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Re: Myths of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge
« Reply #4 on: 29 September 2023, 09:31:34 AM »
Interesting, thanks for posting.
My wife & I visited Lookout Mountain while on holiday in the States.
It was one of the days when weather closed in & nothing was visible
from the top, so we spent a very nice half hour in a small Museum of
the Confederacy. Got soaked to the skin when caught in a downpour
walking the half mile from it to the funicular railway to rejoin the rest
of the tour group. Happy days.  :D

Offline vtsaogames

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Re: Myths of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge
« Reply #5 on: 29 September 2023, 05:00:55 PM »
Sorry to hear you got soaked and fogged out. Years back I drove to the Waimea Canyon on Kauai, billed as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. I could just make out the railing of the road I was on. All else was socked in. At least it didn't rain.

Walking in Chattanooga, a New York transplant spotted me and my buddy, asked if we knew how to play bocce. We did and joined him and his buddy for a foursome. Who knew Chattanooga had bocce courts? Bocce is the Italian version of Petanque.

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Re: Myths of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge
« Reply #6 on: 29 September 2023, 10:43:33 PM »
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Sorry to hear you got soaked and fogged out.

Thank you, but it didn't dampen our enthusiasm. Had a great time. :)

 

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