Some Gave All: Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg Penn...: The photographs below are of the Gettysburg National Military Park. I only recently saw the park, and as I was traveling for business, I...Interesting to place in prospective in regards to scale. The Civil War years were bloody ones on the Frontier, but the blood spilled in the war in the East was truly massive. While battles occurred in the West, and in Wyoming, throughout the Civil War, they were often on the level of skirmishes compared to the ones being fought in the East. This is not to reduce the scale of the conflict in the West, or the nature of it, but rather, it places it in context. Indeed, those state and paroled troops serving in the West were there as the regular Federal troops were serving in the East, alongside of thousands upon thousands of other state troops.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Some Gave All: Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg Penn...
While the Indian Wars smouldering in Wyoming, and state volunteer units were patrolling the Oregon Trail:
Friday, March 27, 2015
Lex Anteinternet: Today In Wyoming's History: March 26
Lex Anteinternet: Today In Wyoming's History: March 26: Today In Wyoming's History: March 26 : 1895 University of Wyoming Alumni Association founded. Amazing to think that it's that old...
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Saturday, March 14, 2015
Lex Anteinternet: An observation about the dangers of contemporary h...
Lex Anteinternet: An observation about the dangers of contemporary h...: Saddled British donkeys, turn of the prior century, waiting for a hack. I've noted this before, but it's a dangerous matte...