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RE: Finally watched The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, starring Eli Wallach...

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jamesgarvin

In Reply to: RE: Finally watched The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, starring Eli Wallach... posted by Tom Brennan on January 02, 2008 at 09:35:04

"Rebels from Texas invaded the upper Rio Grande valley of New Mexico and were defeated after several fights, the most famous being the fight at Glorietta Pass."

I thought of that, too. But I discounted that because it seems that both sides were too well armed to involve rebels.

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RE: Finally watched The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, starring Eli Wallach... - Tom Brennan 11:27:31 01/02/08 (1)
"I thought of that, too. But I discounted that because it seems that both sides were too well armed to involve rebels."

Through most of the war the Rebels were armed every bit as well as the Federal troops. Late in the war most Federal cavalry were armed with repeating rifles but most Federal infantry were armed with muzzle loading rifles right until the end. And even as late as mid 1863 some Federal units were armed with smoothbore muskets, indeed after the fall of Vicksburg some Federal units exchanged their old muskets for new English Enfield rifles captured with the city.

The Rebels also had plenty of modern cannon including rifled guns and even some breechloading Whitworth rifled cannon from England. A Rebel Whitworth can be seen on the Gettysburg battlefield at Oak Hill.

In any event the Rebels never lost a fight for lack of weapons or ammunition.
- RE: Finally watched The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, starring Eli Wallach... - jamesgarvin 11:53:53 01/02/08 (0)
  I was also writing of the number of troops. I was also using the term "rebels" not to describe the southern soldiers, but the small packs of southern soldiers, such as Bedford Forest's band of rebels. His group of men was kept intentionally low to make it easier for them to sneak attack, and was also responsible for his reputation of no quarter, because he did not have enough men to guard captured troops, so he killed Northern troops rather than capture them. Although his native Missippians dispute that allegation.

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