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Funny observation; I was watching "The Fighting 69th" (Cagney, O'Brien, etc.) last night and they great scene when the 4th Alabama NG marches into camp and gets into fisticuffs with the New Yorkers, their band is playing Stephen Fosters "Old Black Joe" as a march, thought that was pretty cool.
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Ryan B.Weddle
7th New York State Militia
"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes" - Henry David Thoreau
"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their country."
– George Washington , 1789
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Re: The Fighting 69th & Stephen Foster
That is a grat scene. Especially when they get in the fight about Fredricksburg.Jeff "Thad" Gallagher
Pit Rat Mess
49th Ohio
Huber Heights #777 F&AM
"The moralities of this company are not as good as they used to be, there is much swearing and abuse." Francis Kiene 49th OVI
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