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    If you could go back and be a part of military history-When and Where?

    hungarian plains.....spring 1242.....the roughest toughest group of battle hardened calvary veterans ever assembled are letting their mounts rest and deciding what to do. they have conquered from the lower vistula all the way to transylvania, making sport of the polish knights and anyone else...
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    Southern States Free Slaves

    to stick to the original question..... 1. up until late in 1862, lincoln and the north would have accepted the south coming back to the union. this can be verified with his (lincolns) letters and many memoirs. they would have come back with concessions to the north and kept slavery. 2...
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    50 Sailor Sharpshooters

    sorry it took me so long to reply!....been moving to a new house and etc. thanks for the list and your time.
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    WWI Links

    http://www.buffalosoldier.net/WW1MedalofHonorRecipients.htm this page has all of the stories behind the u.s. medals of honor awarded in ww1. good stuff!
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    WWI Links

    good link! i liked the sparticist biography especially. http://www.drfaltin.org/archive.htm this is a dr. who had an ancester in the czech legion. scans are one of a kind. i used a picture editor to cut and rotate all of the pics here.
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    50 Sailor Sharpshooters

    thanks, and i would like to see the bibliography. ordered the book you mentioned from amazon 'used' for $1.99 plus shipping. i see the previous 2 pics were 'lost' in the server exchange, but at the risk of being a bandwith hog, here's another.
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    50 Sailor Sharpshooters

    very strange....1891 nagant made in USA:eek: After seeing some other pics i totally agree with you. 1891 nagant. non sniper bolt. as to whether it was spoils or not, we will never know. thanks for the heads-up on the nagant.
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    50 Sailor Sharpshooters

    These guys must have a very colorful story.....I just haven't found it yet. Comments or leads appreciated.
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    50 Sailor Sharpshooters

    http://www.spanamwar.com/olympiatoursignalbridge.htm So they arrived before most of the other White Russian aligned forces in Russia, aboard the famous OLYMPIA. They were under the command of Lt. Hicks. They hit the ground 'running' with 4 straight weeks of heavy action as soon as they...
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    Historic Decisions

    The Trent Affair......yes you read correctly. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/cw/17612.htm http://www.collectionscanada.ca/confederation/023001-2011-e.html The British upon hearing of the 'incident' began filling ships with weapons (80,000 enfields on one transport by one report) and...
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    New to the Forum

    you know you live in a state for 40 odd years and you think you know the place......and then you hear the name, PEOSTA. i looked it up thru google and found it was 600 people and in amish territory east of dyersville. and dyersville is famous for those two things that will go down in history...
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    New to the Forum

    Thanks for the Hellos....I will appreciate your experience and expertise!
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    New to the Forum

    My name is Joe Wells and I live in Iowa. I have just again had the opportunity to come back to miniatures. Before my decades long hiatus, i was painting 25 mm metal figures, for example fantasy figures and BOOT HILL. So I do have a small amount of experience that I hope will return! Strange as...
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