Hey Sicem , Is this yer song ?

[olevetonahill]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-iaqQ-mryg&NR=1

[SicEmBaylor]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-iaqQ-mryg&NR=1

I've actually never been overly fond of that one.

My top five favorites (in order) are:

Rose of Alabamy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMqcF_mCW0Q

The Bonnie Blue Flag:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uTfM5vKTwE

Stonewall Jackson's Way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVYOMi5TDEI

Riding a Raid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a_NXGAUjws

Everybody's Dixie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfE7dGyONks

I was thrilled to see that YouTube has the Bobby Horton versions of the songs. I grew up and was raised listening to his music. Growing up we'd take these vacations twice a year and drive all through the south going to every battlefield, plantation, historical marker, places important to the family, etc while listening to these songs. I knew every word of "Bonnie Blue Flag" by the time I was 5. :D

Thanks Olevet. It's cool to share that.

[olevetonahill]

My Deep Inside Beliefs
If I had Lived Back then I would have fought On the side of the SOUTH . Not because of Slavery . But States Rights .
But as It turned Out I got to Fight For The " UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . "
AND IM DAMN PROUD I DID .;)
This Is a Great Country and Im proud to Have worn her Uniform in Battle .

[SicEmBaylor]

My Deep Inside Beliefs
If I had Lived Back then I would have fought On the side of the SOUTH . Not because of Slavery . But States Rights .
But as It turned Out I got to Fight For The " UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . "
AND IM DAMN PROUD I DID .;)
This Is a Great Country and Im proud to Have worn her Uniform in Battle .

I agree with everything you just said.

[olevetonahill]

Im glad I came home in Relatively one Piece .
War Is Not Glamorous. Its a Dirty Nasty Business

[SicEmBaylor]

Im glad I came home in Relatively one Piece .
War Is Not Glamorous. Its a Dirty Nasty Business

Indeed.

Actually, to be honest with you, I am not and have never been a big Civil War buff. With my parents, the CofC (Children of the Confederacy), and the SCV (Sons of Confederate Veterans) all the talk ALL the time is this battle and that battle. Gen. Joe Schmow and his run around this flank or that flank. If I wanted to hear that then I'd go to a Civil War Round Table meeting.

What has always fascinated me are the political and constitutional arguments in the run up to the war. There's nothing I wouldn't give up to go back in time and listen to the Congressional debates of the late 1850's/early 60's.

I am, however, a huge WWII buff. World War II fascinates me and is where my real interest lies -- not the War Between the States.

[olevetonahill]

My Dad an 3 Uncles were in that . I know a little about what they went thru .

[SicEmBaylor]

My Dad an 3 Uncles were in that . I know a little about what they went thru .

My Grandfather was a recon sergeant with the 1st Cav. Division and my great-uncle was in the 83rd Inf. Division and killed a month after D-Day in Normandy.

My grandfather didn't find out about my uncle until a month or so later when the news finally got to him. He didn't even know his brother was in the army.

[SicEmBaylor]

My grandfather though was interesting. He was in the army during the pre-war years and was an old cavalryman. He trained cavalry recruits up in Kansas. I think they still had their horses during the Louisiana maneuvers, but I can't remember. Anyway, he didn't talk too much about the war until the years just before he died in 2001. It seemed one of his saddest memories of the war was the day they had to give up their horses for the last time before being shipped to Australia for MacArthur's island hopping campaign.

It's a bit cliche, but he was shot by a Jap sniper and the bullet was stopped by a pocket diary in his shirt. I have the diary and his old cavalry spurs. His uniform and some other stuff from the war were stolen during the 60s though. He also had a samurai sword he took off a Jap officer, but he sold it to a Navy guy on his way home after the war.

I'm suppose to have his medals. I'm the only male left in the family and he always told me and EVERYONE else growing up that his medals belonged to me and me alone. After he died though my aunt took "charge" of them and gave them to my cousin who is just now turning 20.

My cousin is also a real radical leftist. She's involved with OSU's Amnesty International, she hates the military, and she doesn't know a damned thing about what our Grandfather did in the war or a damned thing about the war itself. It absolutely burns my *** that she has his medals and won't give them to me.

[olevetonahill]

My Grandfather was a recon sergeant with the 1st Cav. Division and my great-uncle was in the 83rd Inf. Division and killed a month after D-Day in Normandy.

My grandfather didn't find out about my uncle until a month or so later when the news finally got to him. He didn't even know his brother was in the army.

My Dad and 1 Uncle were in the PTO the Other 2 Uncles where In ETO
The Last one to die Marched across Europe In that damn Snow .

[olevetonahill]

My grandfather though was interesting. He was in the army during the pre-war years and was an old cavalryman. He trained cavalry recruits up in Kansas. I think they still had their horses during the Louisiana maneuvers, but I can't remember. Anyway, he didn't talk too much about the war until the years just before he died in 2001. It seemed one of his saddest memories of the war was the day they had to give up their horses for the last time before being shipped to Australia for MacArthur's island hopping campaign.

It's a bit cliche, but he was shot by a Jap sniper and the bullet was stopped by a pocket diary in his shirt. I have the diary and his old cavalry spurs. His uniform and some other stuff from the war were stolen during the 60s though. He also had a samurai sword he took off a Jap officer, but he sold it to a Navy guy on his way home after the war.

I'm suppose to have his medals. I'm the only male left in the family and he always told me and EVERYONE else growing up that his medals belonged to me and me alone. After he died though my aunt took "charge" of them and gave them to my cousin who is just now turning 20.

My cousin is also a real radical leftist. She's involved with OSU's Amnesty International, she hates the military, and she doesn't know a damned thing about what our Grandfather did in the war or a damned thing about the war itself. It absolutely burns my *** that she has his medals and won't give them to me.

Keel the Bitch

[SicEmBaylor]

My Dad and 1 Uncle were in the PTO the Other 2 Uncles where In ETO
The Last one to die Marched across Europe In that damn Snow .

I believe it was one of the coldest recorded winters in Europe that year. Brutal. I talked to a guy once who was in the Bulge and he told me that even now he can't endure any sort of cold.

[SicEmBaylor]

Keel the Bitch

She's pretty emo, so she may save me the trouble.

[SoonerBorn68]

Here's my favorite version of Bonnie Blue Flag:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY5cYCmVExo

Here's Johnny Horton's Battle Of Bull Run:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBzVmXjrUhA

...and Ultima Thule's When Johnny Comes Marching Home:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV2aJ1tuC6M&feature=related

[olevetonahill]

For Legacy and History . Not Hatred .
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