Comments for Bull Runnings http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com A Journal of the Digitization of a Civil War Battle Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:01:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Manassas News by Craig Swain http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/manassas-news/#comment-15865 Craig Swain Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:01:38 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=6042#comment-15865 "Fairfaxification" “Fairfaxification”

]]> Comment on Dress-Up by Manassas News « Bull Runnings http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/dress-up/#comment-15862 Manassas News « Bull Runnings Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:47:19 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=6010#comment-15862 [...] in question.  I think he may have sent me these as a result of some of the comments made in the Dress-Up post.  Check them [...] [...] in question.  I think he may have sent me these as a result of some of the comments made in the Dress-Up post.  Check them [...]

]]> Comment on The Tag Line by Rowland Ward « Bull Runnings http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/the-tag-line/#comment-15859 Rowland Ward « Bull Runnings Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:26:23 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/the-tag-line/#comment-15859 [...] 23 11 2009 A while back I ran this article explaining my tag line to the right (Dulce Bellum Inexpertis).  Today I received a message from [...] [...] 23 11 2009 A while back I ran this article explaining my tag line to the right (Dulce Bellum Inexpertis).  Today I received a message from [...]

]]> Comment on The Tag Line by Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/the-tag-line/#comment-15857 Harry Smeltzer Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:34:48 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/the-tag-line/#comment-15857 Charles, thanks for stopping by. There are more photos of Ward's surgical process in the Medical History, as well as in the Photographic Atlas of Civil War Injuries. With your permission, I'd like to post your comment separately, and add more of those photos. Are you OK with that? Again, thanks for reading! Charles, thanks for stopping by. There are more photos of Ward’s surgical process in the Medical History, as well as in the Photographic Atlas of Civil War Injuries. With your permission, I’d like to post your comment separately, and add more of those photos. Are you OK with that?

Again, thanks for reading!

]]> Comment on The Tag Line by Charles Mills http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/the-tag-line/#comment-15855 Charles Mills Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:25:08 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/the-tag-line/#comment-15855 Rowland Ward was my great great grandfather. Born in 1818 in Lincolnshire, England, he came to America as a young man and settled in Hunts Hollow, NY. This is just south of Letchworth State Park. He raised a family there. He enlisted in the NY 4th Heavy Artillery. Some of his early training took place on the Parade Grounds that still exist in the park. Assigned to Fort Ethan Allen, he helped man the heavy guns which protected Washington, DC. Grant reassigned many of these units to combat duty in the Spring of 1864. He was at the Battle of the Wilderness. After his massive injury at Reams Station, the Confererates initially captured him but gave him back to the Union medical people. He spent a year at Lincoln General Hospital before returning home. Remarkably, he lived until 1898 in Hunts Hollow. On a government pension, he outlived his first wife and remarried. Apparently he had some celebrity status in the area. We have photos of the reconstructive process. He grew a beard to cover the injury. I believe his food intake was limited to soft and liquid foods for the rest of his life. My grandfather had fond memories of him from his youth. He was able to verbally communicate to some extent. He had a lot of heart problems after the injury. He is buried in Hunts Hollow. Rowland Ward was my great great grandfather. Born in 1818 in Lincolnshire, England, he came to America as a young man and settled in Hunts Hollow, NY. This is just south of Letchworth State Park. He raised a family there. He enlisted in the NY 4th Heavy Artillery. Some of his early training took place on the Parade Grounds that still exist in the park. Assigned to Fort Ethan Allen, he helped man the heavy guns which protected Washington, DC. Grant reassigned many of these units to combat duty in the Spring of 1864. He was at the Battle of the Wilderness. After his massive injury at Reams Station, the Confererates initially captured him but gave him back to the Union medical people. He spent a year at Lincoln General Hospital before returning home. Remarkably, he lived until 1898 in Hunts Hollow. On a government pension, he outlived his first wife and remarried. Apparently he had some celebrity status in the area. We have photos of the reconstructive process. He grew a beard to cover the injury. I believe his food intake was limited to soft and liquid foods for the rest of his life. My grandfather had fond memories of him from his youth. He was able to verbally communicate to some extent. He had a lot of heart problems after the injury. He is buried in Hunts Hollow.

]]> Comment on Diary 7/21/1861 – Pvt. John Henry Cowin, Co. D, 5th AL by Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/diary-7211861-%e2%80%93-pvt-john-henry-cowin-co-d-5th-al/#comment-15832 Harry Smeltzer Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:03:36 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=6014#comment-15832 Thanks Chris, but just for the record they're diary entries. Thanks Chris, but just for the record they’re diary entries.

]]> Comment on Diary 7/21/1861 – Pvt. John Henry Cowin, Co. D, 5th AL by cpwehner http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/diary-7211861-%e2%80%93-pvt-john-henry-cowin-co-d-5th-al/#comment-15831 cpwehner Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:35:17 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=6014#comment-15831 just wanted to let you know I have enjoyed these letters you have been posting! Chris just wanted to let you know I have enjoyed these letters you have been posting!
Chris

]]> Comment on Dress-Up by Craig Swain http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/dress-up/#comment-15830 Craig Swain Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:43:32 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=6010#comment-15830 I've listened to a few of the pitches with regard to this event. Doesn't seem like they are in the Tom and Jerry mode here. A few of the objectives are, at least on the surface, altruistic - more interpretation, preservation, etc. We shall see. Let's not be hasty to judge a book by the cover. I’ve listened to a few of the pitches with regard to this event. Doesn’t seem like they are in the Tom and Jerry mode here. A few of the objectives are, at least on the surface, altruistic – more interpretation, preservation, etc. We shall see. Let’s not be hasty to judge a book by the cover.

]]> Comment on Dress-Up by Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/dress-up/#comment-15829 Harry Smeltzer Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:26:12 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=6010#comment-15829 Oh, I don't doubt that what you say is true. Things cost money. My concern is the apparent - APPARENT - assumption of ROI. Too much of heritage tourism planning lately seems to anticipate throngs of tourists everywhere at once, dropping bucks. Oh, I don’t doubt that what you say is true. Things cost money. My concern is the apparent – APPARENT – assumption of ROI. Too much of heritage tourism planning lately seems to anticipate throngs of tourists everywhere at once, dropping bucks.

]]> Comment on Dress-Up by Brad Davidson http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/dress-up/#comment-15827 Brad Davidson Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:01:30 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=6010#comment-15827 In this age of political correctness, I'm surprised a reenactment funded with taxpayers money is being considered at all. In this age of political correctness, I’m surprised a reenactment funded with taxpayers money is being considered at all.

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