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Post by crzhrs on Jan 8, 2006 11:43:59 GMT -6
Pats routed Jacksonville . . . Big Time!
On to Denver or Indy . . . doesn't matter . . . the Pats are peaking at the right time and the defense has stepped up. What a performance by McGinness et al!
And to think GAC and the LBH have a connection in all this! Truth is stranger than fiction!
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Post by Jim on Jan 8, 2006 14:24:24 GMT -6
crzhrs,
And to think, Lovie Smith had a vision yesterday that he saw Patriots falling into the Silver Dome Upside Down!!! -- Go Bears!
Jim
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Post by fred on Jan 8, 2006 19:39:24 GMT -6
Jim--
No... those were the Giants, also known as the Zeros!
Fred.
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Post by elisabeth on Jan 9, 2006 7:14:30 GMT -6
Melani, Here's some fun stuff about DeRudio: www.derudio.co.uk/Only a theory, but I wonder if Keogh took out U.S. citizenship so that he could travel on a U.S. passport? He'd hoped to go home in '68; finally made it in '69. (Under the Foreign Enlistment Act, he was technically in breach of British law; doubtful if the British would have bothered to arrest him, but a U.S. passport would have been good protection if they'd tried.) Or another reason might have been the possibility of war between the U.S. and Britain? That didn't really come to a head until '69, though ... He must have had some practical reason for doing it, as he still wasn't totally committed to staying at that point; he was still keeping an eye out for more attractive wars elsewhere!
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Post by Melani on Jan 9, 2006 11:43:31 GMT -6
Elizabeth--Just looked it up--Keogh filed the land claim in 1867, but applied for citizenship in 1869. One of the items that the Gene Autry site has just added appears to be a safe-conduct pass, dated August, 1869, though I found it hard to read. So maybe it did have to do with possible war--by the way, what war? I am lamentably uninformed on that subject.
On ther other hand, he had planned to go home in '68, as part of Upton's wedding party, but didn't apply for citizenship until '69.
Thanks for the DeRudio link! It's a beautiful site.
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Post by elisabeth on Jan 9, 2006 13:42:16 GMT -6
It is nice, isn't it! They've done a lovely job.
The Autry museum should have Keogh's actual citizenship certificate, somewhere; it's in the same collection in the NLI. Maybe they'll put that online too. The war: if you've got the Charles L. Convis book (and I'm sure you have!) you'll find a reference on p. 76 -- "we think that England will either have to pay or fight". It was over the CSS Alabama affair; England caved in finally and paid reparations, so the war was averted. But it did look like touch and go for a time ...
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Post by Melani on Jan 12, 2006 14:13:29 GMT -6
Ah ha, the Alabama! That must have cost England a pretty penny!
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Post by fred on Jan 12, 2006 16:16:26 GMT -6
Is the Alabama the one that was sunk off the French coast?
Fred.
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Post by Jim on Jan 12, 2006 16:51:26 GMT -6
Fred,
You are right again!!! The Alabama was sunk just outside Cherbourg, France by the U.S.S. Kearsage on June 19, 1864. (I'm sure you knew that, because you were ON-BOARD!?!?!?)
Jim
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Post by fred on Jan 12, 2006 17:42:25 GMT -6
Sir James--
Man, are you good for my ego (gurgle-gurgle!)! How are the snow fairies treating you? My wife actually had to put on a jacket for our evening walk on the golf course.
Best wishes, Fred. (gurgle-gurgle!)
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Post by Melani on Jan 12, 2006 18:05:18 GMT -6
Off Cherbourg, France in '64, Roll, Alabama, roll! Alabama sank to rise no more, Oh, roll, Alabama, roll!
May I recommend Ghost Ship of the Confederacy, by Edward Boykin--very dramatic. And for one that's really fun to read, Confederate Raider in the North Pacific, by Murray Morgan, about our very own Shenandoah, which took over where the Alabama left off, and actually fired the last shots of the war. England had to pay for her, too. There's also a new one on the Shenandoah called The Last Shot, but it's at home, I haven't read it yet, and can't remember the author.
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Post by Jim on Jan 12, 2006 19:03:56 GMT -6
Fred,
I'm glad you asked, It was 59 today and all the natives were in SHORTS today. (No jackets were worn today, even on the Golf Courses, where there were ACTUALLY people playing golf!?!?) You figure! -- But Mother Nature will get EVEN, I'm sure, and SOON!!!
Later, Jim
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Post by fred on Jan 12, 2006 19:19:00 GMT -6
Well stay warm, my boy. I'd hate to see you w/ the flu. I will see you, however, if the Bears are in the Super Bowl.
Florida Fred.
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Post by albert on Mar 15, 2015 13:39:38 GMT -6
The real number of foreign soldiers in american cavalry at little bighorn ( according to state archives ) was this: 299 were from Ireland 170 were from Germany 66 were from England 25 were from Canada 21 were from Switzerland 21 were from Scotland 13 were from Italy 11 were from France 9 were from Danemark 8 were from Norway 6 were from Sweden 5 were from Wales 4 were from Poland 2 were from Russia 1 was from Spain 1 was from Australia 1 was from Hungary 1 was from Turkey there were others but are unknown Soldiers regarded as Swabian, Bavarian, Austrian or Prussian are included with Germans since they are German. Irish were almost 30% of non American troopers, followed by German 15% and British 7%.
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Post by tubman13 on Mar 15, 2015 14:16:07 GMT -6
Albert,
Great list, I have 2 alphabetical lists of names and have never taken the time to check. The above list is for non naturalized, I guess. Welcome to the board Albert.
Regards, Tom
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