Comments on: The Civil War: 8 Strange and Obscure Facts You Didn’t Know

By: North Carolina Culture

North Carolina Culture — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:19:38 +0000

Thanks for the great story! One of research historians detailed the story of Bunker Brothers and other conjoined twins with the North Carolina connections on our blog at http://bit.ly/LXibTr.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:36:14 +0000

Hate to be a grammar policeman but it should be “mourning” not “morning” that Flora Stuart was doing. Great article.

By: Tom Frail

Tom Frail — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:07:14 +0000

Thanks for your precision, Rick. We’ve corrected to the reference.

By: Rick Britton

Rick Britton — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:13:38 +0000

Smithsonian–

Enjoyed the piece, but you opened it with a whopper. Wilmer McLean’s home wasn’t shelled during First Bull Run fought on July 21st, 1861, it was hit by cannonfire three days earlier during the fighting at Blackburn’s Ford. The house was not within artillery range of the main battle on the 21st.

Rick Britton

By: Karen Abbott

Karen Abbott — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:55:16 +0000

Damien, thanks for the catch–I inserted the missing “said.” Thanks to Anne, too.

By: Damien Galeone

Damien Galeone — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:45:26 +0000

I really enjoyed this. I am doing my thesis on Ambrose Bierce’s stories and reading about the Civil War is a major part of the research. According to Ken Burns the war started in Wilmer McLean’s front yard and ended in his back yard.

I am sorry to be a stickler, but maybe I could offer one more edit tip from the same selection mentioned by Anne(Rectal Walnut). It reads: She that according to family lore, one of her ancestors…Shouldn’t it be – she ‘said’ or ‘claimed’ that according… I think you’re missing a reporting verb.

Thanks for an interesting post.

By: Anne Roseth

Anne Roseth — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:35:49 +0000

You are welcome! Thank you for the acknowledgement and the correction. By the way, my comment wasn’t intended to sound as grouchy as it does upon re-reading it. Sorry!

By: Kelly Boyer Sagert

Kelly Boyer Sagert — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:50:03 +0000

We visited where Stonewall Jackson’s amputated arm was buried and people leave lemons there for him.

By: Roy E. Hoover

Roy E. Hoover — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:42:39 +0000

A wonderful article (other than the need for more editing: “She that…”)! Here are some others that I am sure the Smithsonian knows all about.
1. Years after President Davis successfully got the return of his property, the Mississippi changed course and destroyed it.
2. The widows, Davis and Grant, were the best of friends to their dying days.
3. The largest slave holder in Mississippi was a black man.
4. A picnic (as used in my book, CIVIL WAR SPY) scuttled the last gasps of the Confederacy.
Thank you for your articles.
Roy E. Hoover, Author.

By: Brian Wolly

Brian Wolly — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:50:58 +0000

Thanks for the catch, Anne. We’ve fixed it.