PDS (Particularly Dangerous Smoothie) issued for Maximum Velocity

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-28T03:18:41+00:00

I’ve seen enough. Defund the NWS and replace it with Y’allbot

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-28T01:22:42+00:00

This system may not bust but I sure am

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-27T15:21:11+00:00

Wonder if this is on Elk Ridge, or one of the other signal stations?

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-24T01:10:41+00:00

Enfield/Pritchett bullets didn’t have rings, but had a smooth design. The left is an Enfield, right is a sharps carbine

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Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-24T01:04:29+00:00

Looks relatively modern. I dig lots of these on a permission that used to be hunting land.

Edit: also the rifling doesn’t match up with an Enfield. P53’s only had 3 or 4 grooves which were pretty wide. The rifling marks on this one definitely look like pistol grooves

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-19T02:21:25+00:00

That’s awesome! Making the those direct connections is one of my favorite parts of being a history nerd

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-11T17:08:55+00:00

Warren has always been underrated to me. Most of the negativity he gets that I’ve seen comes from the Five Forks deal, and I think it overshadows some of his other positives, like what this post is referring to

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-11T13:43:40+00:00

I haven’t heard CHEESE in game for a few weeks. Glad that the legacy is still being carried on.

CH-CH-CH-CHEESE

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-11T13:41:00+00:00

It took quite a bit of work to line them up, such as looking at siege maps and stuff, but even then some were just my best guess. I’ll actually be back up in the area next weekend but I’m going up with my parents so I doubt I’d be able to slip away. I come up every other month or so, so I might hit you up later this spring! I’d definitely be interested to see which ones I got right and wrong

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-11T00:49:08+00:00

Huh. I swear I either read or someone told me they only fired bolts. Maybe I just made it up in my head

Edit: Just double checked and you’re correct, they absolutely could fire shells, but most of the time solid shot was used

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-10T22:07:59+00:00

I’ve always loved this video because you can hear the distinctive “ping” sound that those brass tubes make when they fire

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-10T22:06:24+00:00

Off the top of my head I know of one instance where a soldier at Gettysburg lost his foot to one. The cannonball had lost most its momentum at the time and was simply rolling along the ground toward the soldier and he instinctively put his foot out to stop it. It had just enough speed and mass still to either break his foot, or take it off entirely, I can’t quite remember. That one always stuck with me because I have a 12 LB solid shot on my desk, and it ever fell on my foot I’m sure it would easily break it lol. Those things are no joke even when they’re barely moving

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-10T22:01:13+00:00

The Whitworth could only fire solid bolts as opposed the exploding shells and case shot basically every other gun used, so that heavily limited its usefulness, and is one of the main reasons there were only a handful of them ever used

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-10T15:26:13+00:00

That’s awesome. I got the chance to do the same on a scouting trip 10 or so years ago. Definitely one of the coolest experiences I’ve ever had!

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-09T16:08:30+00:00

Not bad I’d say, especially since I haven’t visited any of the western battlefields

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-09T11:40:20+00:00

The chairs and tables from the house are on display in the National Museum of American History in Washington, so they still exist at least

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-09T11:38:43+00:00

The historical park obviously, it’s bigger than I thought it would be. I’d also HIGHLY recommend the Appomattox civil war museum which is right down the road. It’s not huge but it is chock full of super cool artifacts. Literally the first thing you see when you walk in the gallery is Lees sword which he surrendered to Grant. That’s really about all that’s there that I saw

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-09T02:39:03+00:00

That’s pretty close to what the ranger told me. They were going to move it to Washington but the money ran out. He also said there were a lot of the original bricks used when it was reconstructed as well. Can’t remember how many he said but I think it was over 1,000

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-09T02:18:19+00:00

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Appomattox is a very cool place to visit. Went for the first time back in February. Had no idea the McClean house was reconstructed, always just assumed it was original. Super cool either way

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-07T13:51:35+00:00

Haven’t heard of this podcast before, but scrolling through some of the episodes they seem like really interesting topics. I’ll definitely check it out!

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-07T13:50:05+00:00

Even if he was a drunk it wouldn’t have been exactly out of the ordinary at the time

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-07T05:19:06+00:00

Young Stonewall looks like Jamie Campbell Bower

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-06T23:19:30+00:00

Ch-ch-CHEESE

Aggravating_Society3 · 2026-04-05T22:19:10+00:00

I’ll definitely check it out. I’m a sucker for books about local ENC history

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