American Battlefield Trust - Vicksburg 160

Leman (Andy) · June 01, 2023, 11:45:56 AM

The American Battlefield Trust is currently airing a series on YouTube about the campaign for the capture of Vicksburg. This is one of those occasions when there was very strong co-operation between the US Army and the US Navy to achieve this aim. I am finding this a very interesting and informative watch. The latest programme in the series covers the siege of Port Hudson.

martin goddard · June 01, 2023, 12:01:56 PM

Great topic. Look forward to watching that Andy.

martin

Leman (Andy) · June 13, 2023, 07:34:14 AM

Latest episode a tour of the USS Cairo (I had no idea Americans don't know how to pronounce Cairo). It is interesting to see a person next to a full size ACW ironclad.

Colonel Kilgore · June 13, 2023, 07:43:35 AM

How does one pronounce "Cairo" on the other side of the Pond, Andy?

Simon

Commander Klank · June 14, 2023, 03:22:19 AM

Kay-row...

Colonel Kilgore · June 14, 2023, 07:10:08 AM

Quote from: Commander Klank on June 14, 2023, 03:22:19 AM
Kay-row...

For those of us on this side of the water, that is very funny, Commander Klank!

Simon

martin goddard · June 14, 2023, 07:34:15 AM

Interesting tit bits.

martin

Leman (Andy) · June 14, 2023, 01:44:03 PM

How do Americans get to the Egyptian capital? Come to rhink of it how do they get to Gloucester, Leicester, Towcester, or for that matter Tanzania?

Colonel Kilgore · June 14, 2023, 02:30:59 PM

Quote from: Leman (Andy) on June 14, 2023, 01:44:03 PM
How do Americans get to the Egyptian capital? Come to rhink of it how do they get to Gloucester, Leicester, Towcester, or for that matter Tanzania?

Andy, that's an easy one: they go via Greenwich

Simon

Bankinista · June 14, 2023, 04:59:27 PM

On a similar note: When I was working in London my clothes marked me out as a square-mile local. I would often get tourists asking me the way to "London Bridge". Being a nice guy I'd give accurate directions. But I wonder how many actually wanted London Bridge? It's not that photogenic!

Bankinista

Colonel Kilgore · June 14, 2023, 07:29:41 PM

I guess the absence of shorts, T-shirt, baseball cap and trainers - compounded by the lack of camera about your neck - gave you away as a non-tourist, Bankinista? After such a long and illustrious wargaming career, one might have thought you'd have camouflaged yourself a bit better...?

I'm glad you had the decency to direct folk exactly where they had asked to go, rather than having the temerity to suggest a different transfluvial location.

Simon