tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038500673287894406.post8905913831993409814..comments2024-02-18T14:02:44.989-05:00Comments on Our War: Being thereMike Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03555611841701570103noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038500673287894406.post-68082390727303898802012-12-13T19:36:06.975-05:002012-12-13T19:36:06.975-05:00Great to include the grandchildren! I have two lit...Great to include the grandchildren! I have two little Rebels living in Arlington, VA, whom I am trying to enlist on the Union side before they know it.;-) They were impressed with 'Uncle Len's' rifle when I showed it to them over Thanksgiving. And, as Nathan, 9, said to a little boy who showed him a toy pistol, "My grampa has a real gun and if was used in the Civil War. That's Grampa Zeke right over there." <br />I hope to take them on battlefield hunts when they get a bit older [now 5 and 9.] <br />Jim McPherson said that he even did some 'on the ground' or water, travels when he was writing his recent book on the Civil War navies. Don't think he went down in a submarine or rode an ironclad while 'damning the torpedoes' but did visit the forts and went on the water quite a bit.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038500673287894406.post-45520913020622023662012-12-13T09:53:47.270-05:002012-12-13T09:53:47.270-05:00Really enjoyed this post Mike.Really enjoyed this post Mike.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15216992425626322891noreply@blogger.com