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Date Posted: 10/10/04 11:47:52pm
Author: Doug Cooper
Subject: Re: a kaleidscope of wonderful recollections
In reply to: Keith 'Slacky' Jackman 's message, "Re: a kaleidscope of wonderful recollections" on 10/ 9/04 1:58:32pm

Keith - was great to meet you. Between you, Graham, Greg and Jon and a reprise of Patrick, David and Richard (and KC), it is a college of comrades we need to keep going. Corinth is already shaping up to be special - looks like Danny and I will have a company each among all the gang from this event (RRB plus our wing) and Mansfield plus the WIG in either one regiment or two. We will be either a Missouri or Texas regiment.

Thanks for the note on the footsteps of Cleburne. An amazing man to be sure...ahead of his time, loyal and impossibly brave. To think we were camped on the same ground is really something. That land may be developed soon...this may have been our last chance to march across those fields.

Thanks again gentlemen,

Doug Cooper
CHAPs

>Gentlemen, just wanted to add my own thanks for a
>truly memorable time with the 7th company. John
>Egglestone summed it up afterwards when he said 'you
>feel like you have known the boys all your life'.
>
>Two fantastic highlights for me: 1/ The second night
>camping with several hundred others in an unknown
>place with tens of fires lighting the night sky (just
>like the diarys). 2/ Of course being chosen to help
>get the horse drawn artillery up the hill - fantastic.
>
>As a postcript, I spent the next few days visiting and
>walking many miles of battle sites (all Cleburne ones
>obviously) one of them was Springhill. I am sure there
>might be others that didn't realise it at the time (as
>it was dark) but the second night when we deployed
>from column into line, was actually on the same field
>as Cleburne's Division did at Springhill (all but 90
>degrees out initially). We then followed the same
>route as the division and if I got my calculations and
>history right, we camped on the same site as the boys
>did the night before Hood's massacre of Franklin.
>Anyone who can correct me or confirm would be much
>appreciated.
>
>Fred, fantastic job as sergeant and first rate
>impression especially when we ended up POW's (and the
>jacket is just first-rate). Captain, keep practising
>those new English words in the ranks(Pikey Bollocks).
>
>Sorry to go on but it truly was a memorable experience
>and such wonderful company - see you all next year.
>
>Oh, and your Sergeant Major is the scariest man we
>have ever seen!
>
>Keith 'Slacky' Jackman.
>Lazy Jacks Mess (attached)

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