Civil War Trivia

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So I think I have the next question:

What Civil War weapon was nick-named the soda-water bottle?
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The Dahlgren IX inch naval gun?


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Gfran64 wrote:
The Dahlgren IX inch naval gun?


Greg
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They didn't have soda back then!

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Hancock the Superb wrote:
....My 400 post!
And you're still a Regimental Commander.;)
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Hancock the Superb wrote:
My 400 post!
It's not the quantity of the posts, it's the substance and quality. ;)
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AJ Wrote: It's not the quantity of the posts, it's the substance and quality.
Amen bro!:)
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I'll slow down in 75 posts or so. I wanna get that brigade commander spot here quick.
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Who was the General to first implement the "attack(battle)column formation"? And where was it first used?
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Was it Longstreet, at Chickamauga?
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