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Top 10 Civil War Movies:

3. MAJOR DUNDEE (1965)

Dir. Sam Peckinpah. Starring Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, James Coburn.

The movie mixes Galvanized Yankees, marauding Apaches, and the French intervention in Mexico into a Western adventure with big war scenes.

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@Morris_Oxford “You’re a shower. An absolute shower.”

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@AnthonyCalabr12 @churchill_alex Theseus’s ship 😉

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“At 300 yards…”

Martini-Henry rifle, .577/450 calibre, 3 rounds rapid fire.

The knack is to draw 3 rounds from the ammunition pouch, keeping the spare rounds ready in-hand to quickly reload. Requires practice, obviously, but that’s what makes volley fire so effective.

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Top 10 Civil War Movies

4. COLD MOUNTAIN (2003)

Dir. Anthony Minghella. Starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman. Renee Zellweger.

Depicts Battle of the Crater in all its chaos and the Confederate Home Guard in all its malice.

#civilwar #movie #top10

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Another excellent episode! @MattLewisAuthor kicks off @HistoryHit Gone Medieval’s special series of podcasts about Medieval Queens with a look at Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians who ruled Mercia in the Midlands from 911 until her death.

https://t.co/Qx1U81rdVY

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It’s 1700 somewhere. Jimmy Buffett was awarded the U. S. Navy Superior Public Service Award in 2018 for “dedicated service to our Sailors, Marines, wounded warriors, and civilians.” #crostthebar #rip #jimmybuffett https://t.co/6NjPiw8Lec

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@sommecourt I first met this generation of men and women when they were in their 50s and 60s. It was my own grandparents generation. I watched them march down the High Street to the War Memorial each November. Then I watched them grow older and fewer. Now all I have is memories.

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New video at https://t.co/5v8RyxxGv2

#civilwar #battlefieldtour #walktheground

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Live scenes from Tour Headquarters as we begin planning for 2024.

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Sigel is surprised at Wilson’s Creek. When the 3rd Louisiana break from cover and you mistake them for the 1st Iowa… well… mistakes can happen.

#civilwar #wilsonscreek #militaryhistory #franzsigel #sterlingprice #battlefieldtours #walktheground

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@sommecourt Did not realize BSM Williams retired. I always thought he was a lifer.

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@GraemeCallister Tagging #Cavalry Twitter and #Warhorse Twitter.

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@HiddenHistoryYT @varifrank @WW2TV Endorsed 💯

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'The sea has never been friendly to man, at most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.”
- Joseph Conrad

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@Mdiesel16 Date of manufacture is 1862. One of 12 revolvers shipped to Tomes, Son & Melvain.

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OLD PAP’S REVOLVER.

Colt Model 1851 Navy revolver with factory engraving on the barrel and a likeness of MG Sterling Price on the left ivory grip.

On display at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield. On loan from Alan Price.

#civilwar #confederate #coltrevolver #firearms #2a

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I fights mit Sigel!

Sigel’s brigade in the cornfield at Wilson’s Creek.

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@Mdiesel16 Believed to been acquired by an admirer, engraved, then presented to Old Pap. Still owned by the Price family and on loan to the NPS.

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@WW2TV Excellent book. Better characterisations. Same can be said for From Here to Eternity. They’re a great back-to-back read.