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ArnoldLayne Donating Member (871 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:04 PM
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Civil War authority Shelby Foote dead at age 88
:( :( Sorry no link
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CBGLuthier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:07 PM
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1. Link here
Edited on Tue Jun-28-05 03:08 PM by notmypresident
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_foote
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ArnoldLayne Donating Member (871 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:18 PM
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5. Thanks for the link, I'm going to watch Ken Burns Civil War
tonight Episode 3 1863 Chancellorsville and The Battle of Gettysburg.
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Cassandra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:08 PM
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2. How sad!!!!
He seemed a very decent man. I'm glad I have the "Civil War" on DVD, so he lives on in that way, as well as through his books.
:cry: :cry: :cry:
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:15 PM
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3. Gosh, I learned of him from watching the Civil War documentary
series by Ken Burns.

It is very sad news.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:17 PM
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4. A real loss to the nation and historians.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:26 PM
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6. He was CLASS
What a Gentleman!

Foote :patriot:
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:29 PM
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7. You confederate apologist Shelby Foote?
:shrug:
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Liberal In Texas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:31 PM
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8. We must have a picture:


RIP Mr. Foote.
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