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Post by strange on Apr 4, 2023 2:44:37 GMT -5
I had the best time with him when we reconnnected on facebook.. it's one of those things where it came at just a moment where I believe he was going on to a better place, and leaving us on very good terms. He was an exceptional researcher who contributed greatly to the subject. I would warn the reader that he at least had his bitter side and was sometimes all or nothing to disagree with but he was much better about that when, at last, towards the end, we were getting on a similar page about something he had researched. It took him a while to finally admit that Benteen and Reno were not always telling the truth and he did not particularly hate Custer but also didn't like anyone lionizing him either. I'm sure that Fred would have his own ammunition which he would undoubtedly have to this, but I loved burying the hatchet with him and it came at a great time in my life where I felt that we need to do a better job of recognizing our independant researchers rather than favoring the big media that doesn't always care, and when Fred got on top it was somewhat to my dismay, because oour differences, until I finally realized just how much he is one of us, or that one of us made it and became so well beloved in the field. And, when I got up the courage to talk to him again, it was all positive.
I for one clashed with him big time over Chivington and I was never one to particularly hedge on timelines, which were his specialty. He also began to question some of the famous authors who studied on the native American side of things using his good military sense which I also had to grow into to appreciate. I am now fat and old, and may never make it into a military career let alone function how I thought I would in this world, but Fred is someone who did and I appreciate him having a place for little old Strange in his magnificent heart. I was afraid of him for years but am now thankful for everything he contributed as an online friend. God bless you and may we ever hope to come fill circle for everyone else as you did for me.
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Post by strange on Sept 20, 2013 14:53:26 GMT -5
Fred if I do make it there with Phil ,will the place have any issues with me bringing in a Webley 54 guage london made revolver and holster that I got from Sioux Canada Reserves along with prarie belt Ill keep it boxed plus i have some other documents I have gotten in past year. Hopefully I can make this meeting. Strange why dont you come out and make this one. I can't get out of Iowa. This damn state is breaking my heart, there's always a pile of crap to dig out from. Send Horn my very best and tell him I'm still working on Volume 2 of my next book if he asks. Next year, hopefully I'll be finally able to get the hell out of here but in the meantime all I can do is read, write, draw.
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Post by strange on May 6, 2013 10:52:43 GMT -5
Happy Birthday to Buckwheat!
I didn't know we had rascals here.
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Post by strange on Mar 25, 2013 23:59:42 GMT -5
Notice I got that in at the last minute!
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Post by strange on Mar 25, 2013 23:59:14 GMT -5
Happy Birthday Keogh!
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Post by strange on Aug 19, 2012 0:12:28 GMT -5
Here General A. P. Hill (Patrick Falci) meets Colonel Frederick Benteen's very lovely great-great grand-relative Ms. Lori Pac. Both hope to ride the LBH battlefield with us at next year's conference in Sheridan WY. Benty's relative likes her ink, eh?
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Post by strange on Aug 15, 2012 19:47:53 GMT -5
From left to right: noted Civil War and Custer author Jeffrey Wert, Sgt. Jeremiah Finley (aka. Keving Connelly) and General A. P. Hill (aka. Patrick Falci) at the evening Banquet. Wert! That's awesome! His was the first book I read on Custer. One very good thing about his book is that it bluntly states Custer death details. Its amazing how hard it is to find that information any where else most of the time. Wert's book states it very frankly and thats why I always remember it.
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Post by strange on Aug 13, 2012 17:00:42 GMT -5
Lundgren in Universal Soldier would say... Traitor!
Strange
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Post by strange on Aug 12, 2012 19:53:12 GMT -5
Here is my Gettysburg story. My great whatever grandfather was PVT Marcus Long, 20th Mass Infantry. During Picketts charge, the 20th reinforced the clump of trees. After the defeat of Pickett, an intermixed group of Union soldiers surged across the wall, to pursue the rebels. A single shell hit this mass, inflicting 33 casualties. It was regarded as an unusual event recorded in many accounts. Marcus took a shell fragment 3 inches below his "upper inner thigh". So 3 inches and I wouldn't be here. This injury,his 3rd of war, caused him immense pain, and caused him to commit suicide in 1909. But the unusual thing is that I can identify the exact place and moment where a private was injured in ACW. Very rare. If you are at clump of trees, face rebel line. Incident took place at 11 Oclock, 20 meters past the wall. Ohhh, and for Strange, when he enlisted in 1861, he was an 18 year old 5' 2" glassblower. For a little guy, he got hit a lot. Since he lived all the way to 1909 before deciding to do himself in, we should give him a pat on the back for at least giving life a good try. My great grandfather killed himself, he had gotten bad heat stroke from the abnormally intense drought that was hitting the midwest in those days and he was also quite a heavy drinker. They ended up pulling all his teeth out because of something having to with the heat stroke, then he decided to do himself in afterwards because the pain was immense. He should have toughed it out, he left his family in big disarray. Speaking of teeth operations, I was quite bummed out to hear the passing of Sage Stallone. I'm actually one of the few people who loves Rocky V and I thought it was real cool that the elder Stallone would let his son have a go at acting. Teeth operations are apparently real dangerous and apparently the operation and painkillers (legal) killed him. Strange
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Post by strange on Aug 12, 2012 18:05:56 GMT -5
Lang actually reminds me of Sheridan through the eyes.
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Post by strange on Aug 2, 2012 7:43:54 GMT -5
Have a good time Bill. I had hoped to meet up with you and the others. We had plans for the conference as well as Canada and Niagara Falls. However we had decided to finish a few projects before going. We had hoped to hit the road by Tuesday. It is now Wed. night and two more things to do. Probably can't get out of here till Friday sometime. Now we just might head out to Colorado for a few days to beat the heat. These 107 degree days are taking their toll. bc Niagara Falls!!! Slowly I turned... inch by inch, step by step..
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Post by strange on Nov 11, 2011 13:18:33 GMT -5
Sorry it's taken me so long to get back online--came home to the usual chaos that happens in my absence, and just now getting caught up. I totally agree with Steve--Fred sure can drive! I never thought a mere eight inches of snow could cause so much trouble, and still can't figure out what the power company was doing for the six days Steve spent in the dark. But we made it pretty cozy by the time I left--all we needed to duplicate Custer's study were a few animal heads on the walls. After all, he never had power at all. It was great to meet with everybody in person. Joe, I chatted with your friend some, and he seems like a really nice guy--get him online! It's interesting to think that there may be more detailed accounts of what happened to the enlisted men than we have been aware. Shots to the head could have been from friends, a coup de gras, or "save the last bullet for yourself"--a more detailed description would be necessary to try to figure that out. As a result of a "conversation" with a certain individual who resides elsewhere in cyberspace, I contacted the National Archives to try to get Keogh's military records. As I recall, anybody can get stuff if the guy has been dead for more than 50 years--otherwise, you have to be a relative. But in my case, I never even got a response from them. They said, "Don't email us more than once, or it'll take longer." That was September of 2009. It finally took somebody who lives in DC going there in person to get the info we were after. But the point is that any of us could do the research on any trooper somebody was interested in--at least, if you could get a response from the NA in the first place! I hope to make it back there another time when there's not a freak storm going on. Otherwise, I'll see you guys at Gettysburg! Don't email the government, they don't answer most of the time unless they are nagged or unless you can do something for THEM!
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Post by strange on Oct 31, 2011 21:17:02 GMT -5
I had a wonderful time at Pal's Cabin with the Northeast Roundtable crew, and thanks go out to Don Horn, the owner of Pal's Cabin and LBHA Board Chairman Emeritus for hosting the event for us. It was a real pleasure to meet up with old friends Don, Steve, Melani, Ray, Fred, Joe & Dan. It was unfortunate that Dan, like Major Reno, had to make an early exit, but we all appreciate the fact that he came out on such a dreadful day, the unexpected snowfall reaching levels not seen since the winter of '68 out on the Washita. The food was great and the company excellent. It gave me great pleasure to once again prove to one and all that my own model of what happened at LBH is closest to the truth, although some of our number, despite the overwhelming evidence, are still clinging on to their own theories. It was fascinating to see Joe's family papers from the national archives detailing his relative, Pvt. John Kelly of F Company, death wounds. His body was found on Last Stand Hill with a bullet wound in his right temple. I had no idea that any of the enlisted men's death was recorded in this fashion, but clearly it was. It makes one wonder how many other enlisted men's death's may have been recorded in the archives and never yet seen the light of day. On a side note, Trooper Kelly's wife ended up marrying Sgt. Curtiss -- he of the lost hardtack box -- after the battle. garryowen, keogh If any one has those types of papers, can any one tell me how Yates and Calhoun were killed? I can't find that anywhere..
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Post by strange on Feb 10, 2011 12:20:32 GMT -5
Got my February newsletter today(2-9-11). That means everybody else should have theirs as well. Dan, it is an election with three running and you vote for three. No coin flip necessary. Guess I'll save a stamp. Their bios are in the newsletter. All are qualified. There was some artwork in this issue but nothing by Tokeca Wanji. Excellent artwork though. Joan Croy wrote about some the happenings and hardships of the women folk in the garrison. Mentioned when Benteen's child died and he and Gibson were away investigating some trouble at a reservation. Had no coffins or carpenters but a soldier made a plain pine box. Mrs. Benteen asked Mrs. Gibson to line it with something. Mrs. Gibson lined it with her wedding dress as there was no spare cloth around and Lt. Mathey stayed up all night to help her line the casket to have it ready for the funeral in the morning. No funeral service with a preacher, just a trip to the cemetery. Had the bio of a new member who claims to be a custerphile. Guess I don't know what a custerphile is. bc Grr! I'll get in there sooner or later . Our guy keogh suggests that I subscribe but I don't have the kind of money to spend on that sort of thing just yet. If you're speaking of the right Gibson, I've drawn a picture of him also. Its rough but I like it.
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Post by strange on Jan 22, 2011 12:13:54 GMT -5
Its a perfect moment to reenact the Shining more or less.
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