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On this Day in History September 20th – Let's Visit Georgia, Azerbaijan and Central African Republic!
One of the aspects of my job at Lippincott Jacobs the I really enjoyed was making maps to be included in various reports. Typically, they were environmental maps showing the soils, geology, or the drainage areas on an around the area of a proposed project. To develop these maps I used several various GIS software. The point is that I love maps and geography, I like to know where places are in relationship to me and the rest of the world and it really upsets me when people, like my wife, don’t know or care where countries are located.I know it doesn’t really matter to your everyday life, but I just like that it is important as a citizen of the world that you know where countries are!! With that said, as I was looking through the various anniversaries and holidays that are observed around the world today, I thought maybe that’s a way to get a little geography in this blog. So here goes..
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On this Day in History September 20th – Let’s Visit Georgia, Azerbaijan and Central African Republic!
One of the aspects of my job at Lippincott Jacobs the I really enjoyed was making maps to be included in various reports. Typically, they were environmental maps showing the soils, geology, or the drainage areas on an around the area of a proposed project. To develop these maps I used several various GIS software. The point is that I love maps and geography, I like to know where places are in relationship to me and the rest of the world and it really upsets me when people, like my wife, don’t know or care where countries are located.I know it doesn’t really matter to your everyday life, but I just like that it is important as a citizen of the world that you know where countries are!! With that said, as I was looking through the various anniversaries and holidays that are observed around the world today, I thought maybe that’s a way to get a little geography in this blog. So here goes..
Civil War: September 14, 1862 The Battle of South Mountain – Rebels Hold, Lee retreats, McClellan dawdles!
Fox’s Gap at the battle of South Mountain, MD. Sunday, Sept. 14, 1862
Yesterday I wrote about Barton Mitchell’s discovery of Special Order 191 concerning Robert E Lee‘s troop movements during his Maryland Campaign in 1862. The discovery of the orders provided information to Gen George McClellan, then commander of the Union Army allowing him to locate and pursue Lee’s troops. Lee had divided his troops and sent the troops under Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws to western Maryland to capture Harper’s Ferry. To continue his pursuit McClellan’s troops and stop McLaws and Lee. McClellan’s troops had to cross South Mountain, which is the name for the extension of the Blue Ridge Mountains into and through the western portions of Maryland. There are three major gap’s through the mountains. From south to north they are Crampton’s Gap, Turner’s Gap and Fox’s Gap.
On this Date in History – Corporal Barton Mitchell finds Robert E Lee’s Special Order 191! Did he save the Union??
Sometimes the course of human history is latered by the actions of men and women that are well-known to us, and then
Copy of Lost Order displayed at Crampton’s Gap, Maryland.
sometimes the person is someone who no one knows or little remembers. On September 13, 1862 Corporal Barton W. Mitchell,of the 27th Indiana Volunteers, part of the Union XII Corps, became one of the later. On that date, Mitchell discovered an envelope with three cigars wrapped in a piece of paper at a campground recently vacated by Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill, a subordinate of Gen. Stonewall Jackson. Mitchell realized the significance of the find and gave it to his Sargent John M Bloss. The papers went up the chain of command along the way an aide to Brig. Gen. Alpheus S. Williams….
On this Date in History – Corporal Barton Mitchell finds Robert E Lee's Special Order 191! Did he save the Union??
Sometimes the course of human history is latered by the actions of men and women that are well-known to us, and then
Copy of Lost Order displayed at Crampton’s Gap, Maryland.
sometimes the person is someone who no one knows or little remembers. On September 13, 1862 Corporal Barton W. Mitchell,of the 27th Indiana Volunteers, part of the Union XII Corps, became one of the later. On that date, Mitchell discovered an envelope with three cigars wrapped in a piece of paper at a campground recently vacated by Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill, a subordinate of Gen. Stonewall Jackson. Mitchell realized the significance of the find and gave it to his Sargent John M Bloss. The papers went up the chain of command along the way an aide to Brig. Gen. Alpheus S. Williams….
Can We Save Our Country From the 1% ?- Support a Constitutional Amendment to End Citizens United!!
Since I have been writing this blog one of the things that I have been crying for is to tax the rich.It is time that we have to start fighting for the lower 99% of America. Time for us start leveling that playing field. Time to start rebuilding the middle class. Time to start giving people back an American Dream to shoot for. But you know what, the rich don’t care because according to many ……
Finally discovering why "Colonel" is pronounced the way it is!! Leads to Gallagher and I Love Lucy!
The other day when I was writing about Dorothy Parker I found an article of her quotes at Mental Floss. While I was on the site, I saw this article on
“Colonel” Klink
the sidebar Why Is ‘Colonel’ Spelled That Way?.
Finally discovering why “Colonel” is pronounced the way it is!! Leads to Gallagher and I Love Lucy!
The other day when I was writing about Dorothy Parker I found an article of her quotes at Mental Floss. While I was on the site, I saw this article on
“Colonel” Klink
the sidebar Why Is ‘Colonel’ Spelled That Way?.
