Buckeye Cavalrymen in Richmond: Drunken Brawlers or Saintly Teetotalers?
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- On Nov. 3, 1865, veteran volunteers of the 5th Ohio Cavalry arrived in Richmond, Va., on their way to being mustered out after four years of hard service. What happened during their brief stay in the former Confederate capital depends on what you read. One account describes them as drunken soldiers throwing bottles, and another proclaims them teetotalers. Here's the dueling stories.
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Image: "Cavalry orderly, Rappahannock Station, Va." by Edwin Forbes, Library of Congress
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Good work. Somewhere, the truth maybe will be found. Thank you.
Great story Ron
Enjoyed the episode 👌
That was the north and south of the story. Just like the cause of the war!
Could the two stories be accurate? Many men are in these units, there are many stories.
Same regiment, but maybe two different incidents, and therefore two different accounts? Or maybe (and more likely) the first incident happened as described, and a short time later the police showed up (having been alerted of the fracas by concerned citizenry) and created the second incident?
Yes, something fishy going on in this historical scenario.
Reminds me that nothing much has changed through the ages. Today, October 2024, we have people posting videos trying to get at the truth of "what is really going on in hurricane blasted Western North Carolina."
This story, with 2 opposing versions, tends to have me thinking of ageless
agenda driven
"misinformation/fake news"! Myself, as an
anti police, defund the entire police state, proponent, I also find the account of police interaction, quite telling, that here again, be it a true account or not, we do have an indication, that disdain for police forces, and policing tactics, is also deep rooted through the ages. The oil painting takes me back Ron, to your recent accounts of the value of beasts of burden, in the civil war. We talk of how many "miles are on the odometer" of a modern vehicle, and of "horse power", and I do wonder how many arduous miles actual horses traveled over assorted terrain, during the Civil War.
I wonder if any horse survived that war and may have been honored in the way of a "Veteran ". Did surviving horses simply return home and retire to the
pre-war lifestyle of the common equine?