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What American Civil War campaign is tied to liquor and why?
Battle of Stones River, where despite the Confederates initially succeeding and having the upper hand, with Maj. Gen Benjamin F. Cheatham still being drunk from the night before, the battle ended up turning into a Confederate loss? The loss of this battle enabling Rosecrans and his Army of the Cumberland to go on to succeed in the Tullahoma Campaign?
"Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."
Battle of Stones River, where despite the Confederates initially succeeding and having the upper hand, with Maj. Gen Benjamin F. Cheatham still being drunk from the night before, the battle ended up turning into a Confederate loss? The loss of this battle enabling Rosecrans and his Army of the Cumberland to go on to succeed in the Tullahoma Campaign?
Not what I was thinking of but I'll allow it.
I was actually thinking of the Kentucky Campaign of 1862. If you follow the paths of the two armies, the Federal Army of the Cumberland and the Confederate Army of Tennessee, you will see they follow what is today the Bourbon Trail in Kentucky. Why? Because in the fall of 1862 Kentucky was in a drought and the armies moved spring to spring...the same springs which are used by bourbon distillers today. The penultimate battle, Perryville, was started when watering parties fought over the same watering holes in the dry Chaplin River & Doctor's Creek.
All yours.
“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
Mark Twain
It was issued to French paratroop units. It's a US made M20 75mm Recoilless Rifle. It normally was fired from a tripod carried by the asst gunner/ammo bearer on another Vespa.
“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
Mark Twain
It was issued to French paratroop units. It's a US made M20 75mm Recoilless Rifle. It normally was fired from a tripod carried by the asst gunner/ammo bearer on another Vespa.
Yup, you got it. Your question.
"Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."
I know it was a spigot AT gun that was made for the Home Guard right after Dunkirk. It lobbed a bomb similar to the PIAT. It was towed behind anything with a motor and tilted on it's wheels to fire. Those are the wheels at the top & bottom.
I just can't remember what it's called.
“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
Mark Twain
I know it was a spigot AT gun that was made for the Home Guard right after Dunkirk. It lobbed a bomb similar to the PIAT. It was towed behind anything with a motor and tilted on it's wheels to fire. Those are the wheels at the top & bottom.
I just can't remember what it's called.
Yep, Its a Smith Gun. The designer was either drunk or an idiot.
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