What a great song! I still have that album. Must be at least 45 years old.The first time I remember him was the song Amie when he was with the Pure Prairie league. Vince had a full beard then.
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Stay safe Sawnee . My parents sold their place in Isla Del Sol in 2020. A possible target.All we can do is prepare. I have been through a bunch of them. These metal shutters are bolted on and it will take a bomb to get through them. My house has hurricane straps to tie down the roof and it is design to take a monster storm with only a loss of shingles. The walls are concrete with steel rebar and poured concrete lintels with steel rebar. It should survive a Cat 5 with only cosmetic damage. No structural.
Bolted Metal Storm Shutters
Good Monday Morning
Our football Cats are 4-0.
It is a pleasant 71° down here and should reach a high of 86° this afternoon. We have our usual chance of afternoon showers as we keep our eye on the disturbance in the Gulf. Word last night was to expect a mandatory evacuation order in my Zone. Zone A. I live a few miles from the coast but all that separates us is marsh land and swamps. Thankfully this soaks up most of the rain. We may have in excess of 20 inches of rain in one dump.
Where I am located has always been a safe area for hurricanes. I think the last one to hit the area was over 100 years ago. The storm has to make a very sharp turn for the eye of the storm to hit us but we do get high winds and rains that spin off. So I need to batten down the hatches and secure objects that will go flying through the air. We have plenty of food on hand so that is not a concern. Vehicles are gassed up if needed but I do not expect to go anywhere. I might send the wife over to Ocala if she wants to go but she usually stays here with me. I don't evacuate.
I have unlocked my gun safe and ammo is ready in the event some wild animals come calling after the storm blows past. So all is well and now I just need to tie a few loose ends to ready the storm.
Bless you brother Sir.... I pray God's hand of protection on you and yours....
Good morning D-League. It's currently a cool 55° and fair here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring a mix of clouds and sun and a high of 70°.
Everyone stay safe out there today.
Hello,
I have walked that site regularly. Used to be able to see the top from my office that was about a quarter mile away.
None of the storm at best ....
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Hello All,
Took a break, now I am giving it back. Talk to you later (The Lord willing...)
God's protection toward you all....
Took a break, now I am giving it back. Talk to you later (The Lord willing...)
God's protection toward you all....
I don't think there's hardly a place in DC where you can't see the Washington Monument. I was actually surprised at just how tall it was in person.
Beautiful area, I know it well. I would bet they start evacuating that area tonight or no later than tomorrow. I just finished with my hurricane prep and had several friends call and tell me I have a place to stay if I want to go over.
We are in a mandatory evacuation area and the sheriff said on the radio today schools are closed for the rest of the week and evacuations start tomorrow. I have never left my home during a storm.
This will put the fear of God in them.
This will put the fear of God in them.
I saw trailers done that way in Kentucky. "Same thang"...
The Army buttoning up too?
Digging through aunts, husbands, family trees and found out im related (by marriage of course) to two more 6th Kentucky confederates. This time it's two brothers. John and George Peden. Both died at Atlanta opposing the yankee army and general William T. Sherman's march to the sea.
Good morning from ATX. Currently 60°F and clear. Cold front with dry air mass blew in. Our high expected around 91°F. We're slowly cooling off.
Today is our dog's birthday. Summer turns 10. Past year has been challenging with her health. Glad she's still here with us.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
Today is our dog's birthday. Summer turns 10. Past year has been challenging with her health. Glad she's still here with us.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
Good morning D-League.
Looks like Ian got a little stronger overnight. Prayers for all in Florida. I’m making a prediction right now; if there is any substantial damage the New York Times and Washington Post will find some Democratic malcontents to blame Gov. DeSantis. That will be the story line in New York and DC for a week with selective reporting.
Still cool and clear in the east. Not much happening aside from work for me, so I’ll check in later. Have a great day.
Looks like Ian got a little stronger overnight. Prayers for all in Florida. I’m making a prediction right now; if there is any substantial damage the New York Times and Washington Post will find some Democratic malcontents to blame Gov. DeSantis. That will be the story line in New York and DC for a week with selective reporting.
Still cool and clear in the east. Not much happening aside from work for me, so I’ll check in later. Have a great day.
Good Morning D League
I trust all are well a Happy Birthday to Summer @AustinTXCat .
I have a few things going on today. Rehab at 9:00 and Hurricane Watch the rest of the day. Schools are closed and will be used as hurricane shelters. Airports are shutting down. Most preparations are made and the forecast is we get hit tomorrow morning. West Cuba is getting pounded now and it is moving out to the Gulf at 125 mph. Once it gets into the warm waters of the Gulf it can become a monster. I am listening to the Orlando radio station and they say hurricane conditions will hit them and they are in the middle of the state. They predict it will come on shore at Anna Marie Island or Tampa and sweep across the state and exit around Flagler County. It will hit as a Cat 4 in this area and leave as a Cat 1.
The good news Friday will be a beautiful day. I am under a mandatory evacuation order. If I were younger with children at home I may leave but not at my age. The hassle of traffic, inconvenience of not being being in your home is not worth it. I know the area and feel I am in a pretty good position to weather a storm. If I lived in a manufactured home I would be out of here but my house is built for this. So I will be here when the morning comes. A couple of neighbors down the road will stay with me. My wife may head over to Ocala where my daughter lives but they are in the line of fire too so what is the use. Decisions.
Currently it is 71° and the high will be 83°. Tropical Storm conditions are on alert.
I trust all are well a Happy Birthday to Summer @AustinTXCat .
I have a few things going on today. Rehab at 9:00 and Hurricane Watch the rest of the day. Schools are closed and will be used as hurricane shelters. Airports are shutting down. Most preparations are made and the forecast is we get hit tomorrow morning. West Cuba is getting pounded now and it is moving out to the Gulf at 125 mph. Once it gets into the warm waters of the Gulf it can become a monster. I am listening to the Orlando radio station and they say hurricane conditions will hit them and they are in the middle of the state. They predict it will come on shore at Anna Marie Island or Tampa and sweep across the state and exit around Flagler County. It will hit as a Cat 4 in this area and leave as a Cat 1.
The good news Friday will be a beautiful day. I am under a mandatory evacuation order. If I were younger with children at home I may leave but not at my age. The hassle of traffic, inconvenience of not being being in your home is not worth it. I know the area and feel I am in a pretty good position to weather a storm. If I lived in a manufactured home I would be out of here but my house is built for this. So I will be here when the morning comes. A couple of neighbors down the road will stay with me. My wife may head over to Ocala where my daughter lives but they are in the line of fire too so what is the use. Decisions.
Currently it is 71° and the high will be 83°. Tropical Storm conditions are on alert.
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Good morning D-League. It's currently a cool, crisp 48° and clear here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring a mix of clouds and sun and a high of 68°.
Everyone stay safe out there today.
Everyone stay safe out there today.
Good photo 41102. That walk around the Tidal Basin that wraps around to end up over at the Jefferson Memorial is a lovely stroll in the fall, as suggested here. And in early April when the Cherry Blossoms are out it is one of the most spectacular scenes anywhere, if you can get there on a weekday morning when the tourists haven’t overwhelmed the place. I set aside a day at the peak of the blossoms, get off the subway as close as I can, and make that walk before work once a year.Good morning D-League. It's currently a cool, crisp 48° and clear here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring a mix of clouds and sun and a high of 68°.
Everyone stay safe out there today.
Morning legionnaires!
Weather tapering off a bit with high 50's overnight and 91° expected for a high.
Nothing much going on today other than the normal morning workout, walking the monster, and then settling in for a restful day then, going to the ball fields tonight for 2 softball games in the fall league.
@Sawnee Cat stay safe and hunkered down. Prayers for you and your wife.
It is so great that you still have those Daguerrotype images of your relatives by marriage Ritchie. Probably the material thing lost in my life I most regret were two photos my father's mother had of her grandfathers or possibly great-grandfathers (as she was born in the 1890s) on both sides who were both young junior officers in the Confederate army, signing up from Bourbon County. She had let me see them several times, and promised them to me (I was the only grandkid with any interest) but they vanished when she died.Digging through aunts, husbands, family trees and found out im related (by marriage of course) to two more 6th Kentucky confederates. This time it's two brothers. John and George Peden. Both died at Atlanta opposing the yankee army and general William T. Sherman's march to the sea.
You are starting to get infected, but it is a good disease to have.Digging through aunts, husbands, family trees and found out im related (by marriage of course) to two more 6th Kentucky confederates. This time it's two brothers. John and George Peden. Both died at Atlanta opposing the yankee army and general William T. Sherman's march to the sea.
My second great grandfather, Seth Bradshaw Elmore was in the 6th Kentucky CSA. He survived. Check out the Book https://www.ebay.com/itm/2556901495...jplqANBCt4GjBktczyKpDTJDfZ2_zC2RoCzDgQAvD_BwE
@RunninRichie @Bert Higginbotha
I had an ancestor in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, CSA., Lt Col John A Adair. (Orphans Brigade) He was the son of Alexander & Elizabeth (Monroe) Adair; Husband of Mary B. (Stockton) Adair; Druggist in Greensburg (per 1860 Federal Census); WBTS Lt. Col in KY 4th Vol. Infantry - Confederate Army.
He received a serious wound in the Battle of Shiloh. His occupation was a druggist. He is buried in Pearl Webb Cemetery, Hart County, KY
I had an ancestor in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, CSA., Lt Col John A Adair. (Orphans Brigade) He was the son of Alexander & Elizabeth (Monroe) Adair; Husband of Mary B. (Stockton) Adair; Druggist in Greensburg (per 1860 Federal Census); WBTS Lt. Col in KY 4th Vol. Infantry - Confederate Army.
He received a serious wound in the Battle of Shiloh. His occupation was a druggist. He is buried in Pearl Webb Cemetery, Hart County, KY
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I was lucky to find them on a website via the barren county court house.
The orphan brigade started out 4,400 strong and had less than 250 fit for service in 1865. Out of the 4 family members I had in the 4th and 6th Kentucky only one survived. And he was shot 4 times. Those were some of the most elite and bravest soldiers in the whole confederate army.@RunninRichie @Bert Higginbotha
I had an ancestor in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, CSA., Lt Col John A Adair. (Orphans Brigade) He was the son of Alexander & Elizabeth (Monroe) Adair; Husband of Mary B. (Stockton) Adair (m.15 Jan 1815, Barren Co., KY); Druggist in Greensburg (per 1860 Federal Census); Civil War Lt. Col in KY 4th Vol. Infantry - Confederate Army.
He received a serious wound in the Battle of Shiloh. His occupation was a druggist. He is buried in Pearl Webb Cemetery, Hart County, KY
this guy is blood related to me via my great grandmothers side of the family. (another one of his brothers fought under a csa cavalry regiment and another fought for the south in Mississippi) Ephraim Smith is also probably related to me. 2nd LT. Bayard Taylor Smith. CO. A. 4th KY CSA. He was killed at chickamauga and is buried at the Marietta, GA confederate cemetery.
My history teacher was the daughter of a Confederate soldier and she taught us the WBTS from a Southern perspective. Her father conceived her at a late age and she taught me in the 1950's. We had pictures of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in the class room and a Confederate battle flag. She would not be allowed to teach in today's schools.
One unit she focused on was the Orphan's Brigade. She told us it was one of if not the bravest of all fighting units. WE were taught it was called the Orphans Brigade because Kentucky did not leave the union and was a Union State. So the Kentucky Confederates were not welcome to return to their homes and were "Orphaned". After the war and once reconstruction started they became very popular in Kentucky and many were elected to offices. Some would say Kentucky joined the South after the war.
This picture represents my Florida classrooms in my school days. The Florida State flag and Confederate flag were in my classrooms.
Here are a couple of flags of the Orphans Brigade
this guy is blood related to me via my great grandmothers side of the family. (another one of his brothers fought under a csa cavalry regiment and another fought for the south in Mississippi) Ephraim Smith is also probably related to me. 2nd LT. Bayard Taylor Smith. CO. A. 4th KY CSA. He was killed at chickamauga and is buried at the Marietta, GA confederate cemetery.
We have you hooked RunninRitchie. It is interesting.
this guy is blood related to me via my great grandmothers side of the family. (another one of his brothers fought under a csa cavalry regiment and another fought for the south in Mississippi) Ephraim Smith is also probably related to me. 2nd LT. Bayard Taylor Smith. CO. A. 4th KY CSA. He was killed at chickamauga and is buried at the Marietta, GA confederate cemetery.
Another one of my relatives in the Orphan Brigade was David M.C. Edwards. He is my 2 great grandfather.
This is the story I wrote for his Ancestry page.
David M. C. Edwards married Sarah Jane Rich in 1855. They had a series of children to die at an early age: Rhonda died at 6 months; Susan lived only a few days (they were twins); Thomas B. at 18 months; Manerva Jane lived for 9 years.
When the Civil War began Dave immediately joined the 6th Brigade CSA mounted infantry. He was in Company D which included men from Barren and Green Counties. This Brigade soon came to be known as the “Orphan Brigade”. A book was published by Doubleday in 1980 documenting this Brigade. Early in the war the CSA was forced out of Kentucky and the “Orphan Brigade” soldiers could never go home. However, David M. C. Edwards did go AWOL in early 1863 and stole across the Union lines long enough to get Sarah Jane Rich pregnant again. He later rejoined the 6th Brigade and his AWOL status was dropped.
The child that resulted from Dave’s AWOL is my great grandmother, Marietta Edwards.
The Orphan Brigade was involved in actions at: Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Chickamauga, Atlanta and Savannah. David M.C. Edwards was discharged from the 6th Brigade in December 1864 (Apparently he was wounded or somehow not fit for further service as the Orphan Brigade did not surrender until April 1865 at Washington, GA one must assume that his injuries were extensive enough that he could no longer serve). They shipped him up the river to Owensboro where he was picked up by family.
He came home and apparently found the conditions for a Confederate soldier in Kentucky too dire to stay. So, he decided to move west. Family legend states that he left for the Utah territory in early 1865. He wanted Sarah Jane to go with him and take Marietta and Manerva Jane his two surviving children with them. Sarah Jane refused to go so Dave went by himself.
He promised to return but apparently he either changed his name or was killed in his journey because no one in the family ever heard from him again. Additionally, I have been unable to find any official record of David M.C. Edwards.
After Dave went west and never returned, Mary Jane Rich Edwards married Harrison Skaggs a widower. Sarah Jane Rich had three children by Harrison.
Bert Higginbotham
Smiths Grove, KY
A photo of the flag:
and his marriage bond:
and his marriage bond:
I don't have time to look it up and link right now, but a section of far western Ky formed a gov and joined the CSA. The Union did not recognize it. Some of the meetings were held in Mayfield and there was a CSA training base near Mayfield. There were also meetings with far west Tn regarding forming a new state and joining the CSA. The meetings fell apart when Tn seceded.My history teacher was the daughter of a Confederate soldier and she taught us the WBTS from a Southern perspective. Her father conceived her at a late age and she taught me in the 1950's. We had pictures of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in the class room and a Confederate battle flag. She would not be allowed to teach in today's schools.
One unit she focused on was the Orphan's Brigade. She told us it was one of if not the bravest of all fighting units. WE were taught it was called the Orphans Brigade because Kentucky did not leave the union and was a Union State. So the Kentucky Confederates were not welcome to return to their homes and were "Orphaned". After the war and once reconstruction started they became very popular in Kentucky and many were elected to offices. Some would say Kentucky joined the South after the war.
This picture represents my Florida classrooms in my school days. The Florida State flag and Confederate flag were in my classrooms.
We caught the tail end of the Cherry Blossoms in bloom, at it was definitely something to see. I know the walk around the Tidal Basin is way longer than it looks.
Love this Bert,A photo of the flag:
and his marriage bond:
And this. Some great history and very interesting stories Bert. This is no longer taught in our schools but we covered it in detail when I was a boy.
Confederate government of Kentucky - Wikipedia
Confederate Memorial in Mayfield
The Confederate Memorial in Mayfield is a commemorative monument and fountain located on the courthouse lawn in downtown Mayfield, Kentucky. [1] Mayfield during the Civil War was very supportive of the Confederate States of America. Before the secession of Tennessee on June 8, 1861 caused the...
Yeah, Kentucky union soldiers fought because they thought the war was about preserving the union, not ending slavery. Lincoln had many policies throughout the war to prevent Kentucky from leaving the union. Most pertaining to being allowed to keep slaves. I've read accounts of Kentuckians feeling betrayed after the war and wishing they would have seceded.My history teacher was the daughter of a Confederate soldier and she taught us the WBTS from a Southern perspective. Her father conceived her at a late age and she taught me in the 1950's. We had pictures of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in the class room and a Confederate battle flag. She would not be allowed to teach in today's schools.
One unit she focused on was the Orphan's Brigade. She told us it was one of if not the bravest of all fighting units. WE were taught it was called the Orphans Brigade because Kentucky did not leave the union and was a Union State. So the Kentucky Confederates were not welcome to return to their homes and were "Orphaned". After the war and once reconstruction started they became very popular in Kentucky and many were elected to offices. Some would say Kentucky joined the South after the war.
This picture represents my Florida classrooms in my school days. The Florida State flag and Confederate flag were in my classrooms.
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