Tag: Civil War
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Key Change
One year, 2014 I think I kept a Civil War style journal Short, to the point, no great description Capturing overall feels of a day and weather Today I think back to that style As I notice once again the change In weather from yesterday to this day Night and day, if you ask me […]
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Don’t Complain; Count Your Mercies & Be Thankful
I worked for the grocery store Kroger just before I became a pastor. One particular day, I did not want to go to work. Instead, I wanted to have a bad attitude for the day ahead. Photo Source: Herald-Review Instead, like David Lane who served under the 17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War, I […]
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Washita River or Ouachita River?
Reading history, especially hundreds of years prior, I notice words spelled differently sometimes. I recently observed that Ouachita used to be spelled Washita. I realized this occurrence while reading Frank Moore’s The Rebellion Record – A Diary of American Events: The Washita River expedition, consisting of the greater part of General Logan’s old Brigade, a […]
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Saturday Night Live: Talk About a Solid Oak Tree
I’m all verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves. I’ll give you a topic. [A solid oak tree] is neither [solid] nor [oak] nor [tree]. Discuss. (Source: SNL Sketch) Solid oak trees are profoundly amazing to me. A few months back, I took my family to the New Orleans Audubon Zoo, a place that I grew up going to over and over again. I didn’t […]
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Even Male Nurses Need a Place to Sleep
Male nurses are an interesting subject to discuss, especially these days. However, I want to point out a story of one particular male nurse in the American Civil War who deserved to lay his head somewhere. Union officer David Lane served as a nurse for a time in the 17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry. He provided […]
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Beating a Dead Horse, Literally!
This has been a week of reading about how dead horses were handled in the American Civil War. The first case of dead horse I read about was from my boy, Jenkin Lloyd Jones, who I’ve posted from before. He mentions how 8 of their artillery horses died on the road, where an even greater […]
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Received Packages are Sweet, Even If Opened Later
I received a package today and, as usual, had to wait to open it. The surprise of discovering what lies inside excites me. Having to wait to open it just makes the anticipation grow all the more. Even if it’s a present for someone else, like today’s was (we’ve done a majority of our Christmas […]
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Prayer for a Safe Return
In reading About me, you’ll discover that I’m a pastor in the United Methodist Church. Every week, a group of church members at FUMC Monroe pray for me and the other pastors before we lead in worship, preaching, etc. on Sunday mornings. And, boy do we need those prayers! One of the people who regularly prays […]
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Jeb Stuart: Lootin’, Shootin’, & Kickin’ Up Dust
Its not very often I read through my local newspaper. Aside from my news sources being mainly online, I only access a physical newspaper at work. Nevertheless, I skimmed through the “History” section of The News Star recently and came across a snippet about ole’ Jeb Stuart (or General James Ewell Brown Stuart of the Confederate […]
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Zombies All Up In the Civil War!
A while back, I read a daily post from my go-to website on the America Civil War. I have to admit I was taken aback when I realized I wasn’t reading something that was written in the post apocalyptic landscape following the zombie virus outbreak. Here is what I read that day as if the […]
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