Comments on: Lint In My Pocket – Artillery On the Ridge http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/lint-in-my-pocket-artillery-on-the-ridge/ A Journal of the Digitization of a Civil War Battle Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:11:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Betty F. Giragosian http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/lint-in-my-pocket-artillery-on-the-ridge/#comment-21412 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:17:52 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=7274#comment-21412 The poem I was speaking of is”
Stonewall Jackson at Manassas”

]]> By: Betty F. Giragosian http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/lint-in-my-pocket-artillery-on-the-ridge/#comment-21408 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:55:39 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=7274#comment-21408 Indeed, I have already written his name, saying he is a poet and teacher in New Jersey!!! Thanks so much for your suggestion, anyway. Thanks for letting me know about his new book of CW poems. I must have it.

]]> By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/lint-in-my-pocket-artillery-on-the-ridge/#comment-21407 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:43:52 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=7274#comment-21407 Be sure you give credit for the Poem to Scott. I believe it is included in his new book of collected CW poems, Hercules McGraw.

]]> By: Betty F. Giragosian http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/lint-in-my-pocket-artillery-on-the-ridge/#comment-21406 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:41:17 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=7274#comment-21406 I loved your poem. Have no critique–I just loved it. I am going to read it at the 151st anniversary of the Battle of First Manassas this coming Saturday, 21st of July, when the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy has its annual program at Henry Hill, 10:am.

]]> By: S. Thomas Summers http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/lint-in-my-pocket-artillery-on-the-ridge/#comment-16856 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:45:18 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=7274#comment-16856 There is a reason why I chose the 87th.

The character spoken of in the poem is an amalgam of three of my high school friends. We gradated high school in 1987.

Glad you liked the poem.

]]> By: Rick Allen http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/lint-in-my-pocket-artillery-on-the-ridge/#comment-16854 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:59:21 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=7274#comment-16854 That makes sense, Harry. It’s pretty decent writing at any rate, congratulations Scott.

]]> By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/lint-in-my-pocket-artillery-on-the-ridge/#comment-16853 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:53:01 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=7274#comment-16853 I imagine Scott chose that unit so whack jobs didn’t write in saying their great-great-grandfather was in the 87th and the story had been passed down to them over the years.

Often when I’m trying to make a point I use a regiment like the 101st Rhode Island, as in “I’m leery of histories written by descendants who argue that the 101st Rhode Island at Raymond’s Bluff withstood the hottest fire of the entire war – which they won single handedly, you know.”

]]> By: Rick Allen http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/lint-in-my-pocket-artillery-on-the-ridge/#comment-16852 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:25:54 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=7274#comment-16852 Geez…….I didnt even there was an 87th Georgia Infantry ? Not bad, though.

]]> By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/lint-in-my-pocket-artillery-on-the-ridge/#comment-16851 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:47:17 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=7274#comment-16851 Keep up the good work, Scott!

]]> By: S. Thomas Summers http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/lint-in-my-pocket-artillery-on-the-ridge/#comment-16850 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:49:26 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=7274#comment-16850 Thanks for posting my poem and spreading the word about my blog. All are welcome. Thanks again.

S. Thomas Summers (Scott)

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