Dear Reader ...

History is history. Do use your 21st century eyes to read but apply mid-19th century values and temperaments to the people you are soon to meet and the places you will shortly visit

Monday, March 29, 2010

Scrapbook View No.2--Your Soldiers

QUERY: "So, New Hampshire is so-o-o-o small. Just how many men did she send to wage the great fight during the War of the Rebellion?"


RESPONSE: Well, the new baseball season is upon us and the best visual response is Fenway Park--no, seriously! Look at a capacity crowd at Fenway but drop the red shirts, the hats with that franchise signature "B" and, sorry ladies, make everyone male and you'll have a good idea. To be specific, 38,943 is the 1895 New Hampshire Inspector General's official tally.