Comments on: A 100 Pound Quarterback?

By: Second Chance « Bull Runnings

Second Chance « Bull Runnings — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:20:40 +0000

[...] One of the stats that WordPress provides is an all-time ranking of page views for individual posts. As of today, First Bull Run Books and Articles On-Line leads the pack with 794 views (exclusive of feed readers). Surprisingly, in second place with 660 is …but I know what I like. The top five is rounded out by A Few Charleston Civil War Sites (600), 1862 Photos of Bull Run (580), and A 100 Pound Quarterback (481). [...]

By: john calvert

john calvert — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:50:23 +0000

I was looking through a book of civil war photos at the University of North Alabama library a few years ago. It showed a picture of Col. Peyton Manning and said he was in charge of the artillery that defended Knoxville, Tn. during the civil war. I actually thought the photo looked a lot like Archie Manning.

By: Harry Smeltzer

Harry Smeltzer — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:00:29 +0000

John,

I think they meant the artillery that was attacking Knoxville (in November of 1863), and I don’t think Manning was in charge of the artillery. I think that was Alexander, though Manning did serve at different times as Longstreet’s chief of ordnance. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the photo and the similarity to Archie.

By: Affirmation, Baby? « Bull Runnings

Affirmation, Baby? « Bull Runnings — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:48:47 +0000

[...] Affirmation, Baby? 3 02 2007 Today I listened to Pete Carmichael, author of Lee’s Young and The Last , on GenerationArtillerist Gerry Prokopowicz’s Civil War Talk Radio program recorded Feb. 2. (That’s Pete’s photo from the UNC Greensboro site to the left.) During the idle banter preceding a fascinating interview on aspects of southern society before and after the war, Gerry asked Pete where his loyalties lay for Super Bowl XLI. Pete – a fellow Penn Stater whom I met on an alumni tour of Fredericksburg a few years ago – plead allegiance to the Colts. He also said that Colt quarterback Peyton Manning was indeed named for the James Longstreet staffer featured in A 100 Pound Quarterback? [...]

By: A Tale of Two Peytons « Bull Runnings

A Tale of Two Peytons « Bull Runnings — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:47:34 +0000

[...] by a member of the Longstreet Society which implies that the testimony of Francis Dawson quoted in A 100 Pound Quarterback may be tainted. She also mentioned that the Society has attempted to contact the Manning family to [...]

By: A question

A question — Mon, 26 May 2008 22:30:13 +0000

[...] Mannings in Game 51- Week 6 of our WTBS Trivia Game, so I have some sources for you (in sequence): http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/01/30/a-100-pound-nfl-quarterback/ http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/a-tale-of-two-peytons/ [...]

By: Family Ties - Hugh Judson Kilpatrick « Bull Runnings

Family Ties - Hugh Judson Kilpatrick « Bull Runnings — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:35:55 +0000

[...] in the case of Peyton Manning (establishing that such a link probably doesn’t exist, see here, here and here), and you probably know the story of how a descendant’s relationship to First [...]

By: Longstreet’s Report – Terry & Lubbock « Bull Runnings

Longstreet’s Report – Terry & Lubbock « Bull Runnings — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:10:19 +0000

[...] you may have run across a few familiar names in the report of Brig. Gen. James Longstreet. The 100 pound Peyton Manning, T. J. Goree and G. Moxley Sorrel would remain with Longstreet throughout most of the war. [...]

By: Cross-Media Pollination « Bull Runnings

Cross-Media Pollination « Bull Runnings — Mon, 14 May 2007 23:04:46 +0000

[...] on page 17 of the July issue. It’s a very short piece that summarizes the blog posts I made here and here. Of course, after the magazine went to press I received a note from Bruce Allardice [...]

By: Bull Runnings

Bull Runnings — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:17:19 +0000

[...] quarterback and Peyton Manning the Confederate staff officer (if you have not read the posts, go here, here, and then here): Bruce Allardice, author of More Generals in Gray, sent me this note:I’ve [...]