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Old 10-13-2008, 07:02 PM
 
Location: Finally escaped The People's Republic of California
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Old 10-13-2008, 09:08 PM
 
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I lead a famous bayonet charge at the battle of Gettysburg. Later on in the war I was severly wounded.

After the war I became a college president then governor of my home state. I succumbed to my wounds in almost 40 years later.

Who am I?
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Old 10-14-2008, 08:31 AM
 
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Might you be Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of Little Roundtop (Killer Angels) fame? Jeff Daniels ?
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Old 10-15-2008, 01:38 AM
 
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Might you be Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of Little Roundtop (Killer Angels) fame? Jeff Daniels ?
Moustache & all. You are correct.

You're up.
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Old 10-15-2008, 06:31 AM
 
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I was 15 years old when the soldiers came. I tried to escape from my home, but I found myself in the thick of battle. I helped to nurse the wounded. I wrote a book about my experiences 26 years later.
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Old 10-16-2008, 11:19 AM
 
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Could we get a little hint???
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Old 10-16-2008, 12:04 PM
 
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Sure, Trudey. It is sort of a difficult one.

I was born in 1848. My father was a butcher and we lived above our family's small store.

Here is an excerpt from my book.....

"Nor were they particular about asking. Whatever suited them they took. They did, however, make a formal demand of the town authorities, for a large supply of flour, meat, groceries, shoes, hats and (doubtless, not least in their estimations), ten barrels of whisky; or, in lieu of this five thousand dollars.

"But our merchants and bankers had too often heard of their coming, and had already shipped their wealth to places of safety. Thus it was, that a few days after, the citizens of York were compelled to make up our proportion of the Rebel requisition."
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Old 10-16-2008, 04:51 PM
 
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Tillie Pierce
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Old 10-16-2008, 04:54 PM
 
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You are correct, F-B A! I grew up very near Gettysburg. Kinda had it in my head after the JL Chamberlain question.

Your turn.
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Old 10-17-2008, 01:06 AM
 
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I once stared at the sun, to see its prolonged effect on my vision -- almost went permanently blind.

When I wake up in the morning, I'm sometimes paralyzed by all the thoughts racing through my extraordinary mind, and just sit there on my bed, sometimes for hours.

I don't like refracting telescopes, because of their color aberrations. However, I'm very interested in the orbits of planets -- perhaps a book on the subject is in order, though most people even centuries from now will not understand its full complexity.
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