Dirtydan
07-08-2008, 03:09 PM
Count Off: 11
11 States formed the Confederate States of America.
March 11, 1862: Date on which President Lincoln officially relieved George McClellan as general-in-chief of the Union armies but keeps him in command of the Army of the Potomac.
11 miles of earthworks preserved at Georgia's Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
11 principal battlefields in Kentucky listed by the American Battlefield Protection Program.
11 Officers killed during the war from the 83rd Pennsylvania Regiment, wich had one of the highest casualty counts of all Federal regiments.
Count off 5:
5 mentions of the word "nation" in the Gettysburg Address.
5 flags draped the presidential box at Ford's Theatre the night of Lincoln's assassination; only three have been accounted for.
5 Aprils spanned the Civil War, from Fort Sumter to Appomattox Courthouse and Bentonville.
5 days of harrowing draft riots in New York City, July 13-17, 1863.
5 hours of fighting at the November 1864 Battle of Franklin, Tenn., in which six Confederate generals were killed.
5 slaves purchased by Union Brig. Gen. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick in Fredericksburg, Va., during the war and sent to freedom. (asshole)
5 percent of Union soldiers whose prewar proffession was listed as "commercial pursuits"; nearly 50 percent were farmers.
Count off 100:
100 men in an infantry company
100 gun salute fired at Fort Sumter's surrender (stopped at 50 shots when a cannon exploded)
100 miles between the two wartime capitals, Washington and Richmond
100 horses in a typical artillery battery.
100 women trained as nurses for the Women's Central Association for Relief in April 1861
General Orders No. 100, a code of conduct for Union armies ordered by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton.
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11 States formed the Confederate States of America.
March 11, 1862: Date on which President Lincoln officially relieved George McClellan as general-in-chief of the Union armies but keeps him in command of the Army of the Potomac.
11 miles of earthworks preserved at Georgia's Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
11 principal battlefields in Kentucky listed by the American Battlefield Protection Program.
11 Officers killed during the war from the 83rd Pennsylvania Regiment, wich had one of the highest casualty counts of all Federal regiments.
Count off 5:
5 mentions of the word "nation" in the Gettysburg Address.
5 flags draped the presidential box at Ford's Theatre the night of Lincoln's assassination; only three have been accounted for.
5 Aprils spanned the Civil War, from Fort Sumter to Appomattox Courthouse and Bentonville.
5 days of harrowing draft riots in New York City, July 13-17, 1863.
5 hours of fighting at the November 1864 Battle of Franklin, Tenn., in which six Confederate generals were killed.
5 slaves purchased by Union Brig. Gen. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick in Fredericksburg, Va., during the war and sent to freedom. (asshole)
5 percent of Union soldiers whose prewar proffession was listed as "commercial pursuits"; nearly 50 percent were farmers.
Count off 100:
100 men in an infantry company
100 gun salute fired at Fort Sumter's surrender (stopped at 50 shots when a cannon exploded)
100 miles between the two wartime capitals, Washington and Richmond
100 horses in a typical artillery battery.
100 women trained as nurses for the Women's Central Association for Relief in April 1861
General Orders No. 100, a code of conduct for Union armies ordered by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton.
:usflag:usflag ::cnflg