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Now that we have discussed how cold we have been, what event was so hot that you have a fond memory of it ;) I should disqualify Manassas, as that was quite unreal.
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I would have to say a local event in IL. In about 2006, it was about 100 degrees. I remember that one gentleman got heatstroke in the battle and had to . I was rather warm at that time .Philip D. Brening
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Well if you rule out Manassas then I really can't say. And I live in FloridaLast edited by toptimlrd; 02-28-2012, 11:12 PM.Robert Collett
8th FL / 13th IN
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Manassas decisively took the title from Corinth, 2005. However this pic says it all:
Yours truly is mopping his brow in the foreground.Bob Muehleisen
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Well Manassas but besides that the only other that comes to mind would be Cramptons Gap in 2010. Well until the rainstorm which then I shivered from being wet at night with no blanket.Comment
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Manassas 1986 watched a guy die.
Perryville 1984 I about died.
Vicksburg 2007 the rat died.
Manassas 2011 glad nobody died.
All 100 degrees plus.Last edited by Matt Woodburn; 02-28-2012, 09:54 PM.Comment
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Manassas is first. While not really an event, the filming of the Wilson's Creek movie by Wide Awake during a good old Missouri August followed by the Vicksburg one in 2007.Michael Comer
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Probably the WIG Chickamauga LH back in '06 or '07.Part of it was my fault for not hydrating before the event (remember kids,always drink plenty of water before an event).Sat night I was feeling so horrible from the heat,I laid down and passed out.I was later told I was so out of it,I looked dead.Glad I didn't.
Also Richmond,KY 04.My mess had been chosen to act as forward skirmishers.We were ordered to lay down as someone gave a pre-battle history talk to the public.Even though the talk lasted 30 minutes,to me it seemed like 5 minutes (what happened to the other 25 minutes?).One of my friends said he could see the sweat fall from his brow and hit his rifle in slow motion,and another was so sweaty after the battle when he ringed the sweat out of his shirt,it looked as though he had dunked into a bucket of water.Another guy had to go to the hospital for dehydration.Cullen Smith
South Union Guard
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Which Manassas are you disqualifying? I was at the 125th and it cured me of doing another. Many people down and out.Jim Mayo
Portsmouth Rifles, Company G, 9th Va. Inf.
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Athens, Missourah 2002. Portal of Hades man, Portal of Hades. It was less hot in the open, than under the tree canopy.
2011's ManBullNassas and 2007's Landrum-RatsBurg are up there too.Herb Coats
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Aside from Manassas '11?
Manassas '01... I was more miserable in '01 than in '11.
Vicksburg '07... but it was the chiggers that made it bad, not the heat. Ever have a chigger bite in the place between unmentionable places? I have. Great event, though.
Matt:
Was surprised to see a Perryville event listed! That '84 event was probably close to the conditions during the battle. I've been frozen and half-drowned at Perryville, but never roasted.
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Who wouldn't be a soldier!John Wickett
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The Port Gibson Death March.John Duffer
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140th Anniversary of Taps at Harrison's Landing. 100's plus humidity. Candles melted. Geese pooped. And, it was hot 24/7. Sunset just meant someone turned the oven light off.[FONT="Book Antiqua"]"Grumpy" Dave Towsen
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[QUOTE=Coatsy;219219]Athens, Missourah 2002. Portal of Hades man, Portal of Hades. It was less hot in the open, than under the tree canopy.
Portal of Hell I think tops it all, followed by last July in Va.Aka
Wm Green :D
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The last Merrillville a few years ago. Spent most of the weekend soaking in the lake. Didn't matter to the visitors much, since there weren't any. A huge thunderstorm closed it down Sunday afternoon - thank God![COLOR=Blue][SIZE=4][FONT=Verdana]Bob Dispenza[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]
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