27th Regiment Maine Infantry. Awarded to them by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton for staying on after their initial enlistment. Congress later purged these awards in 1917 as obviously they had not met the criteria.

Wallabies "

Correct. This one of the more obscure ACW bits, that are not usually known by Americans....... SO how did you know about it ?

Jim b. Toronto.

Lol we all google this stuff mate.

How many German POWS were able to succesfully escape from Canada, and get back to Germany, in WW2 ?

Jim B.

5 prisoners?....

Well Jim B from Toronto. I am an ex Tor Scot..hehe..now in Victoria..and the regiment was the 27th Maine...but I might suggest you read very carefully Col Stone's Book or the book.. the Shower of Stars... before you drop into the same bucket as most in pooh pawing the event.

And the person making the award was Ab Lincoln, and his Secretary of state Staton.

How's that...

Bart Armstrong

Originally Posted by 48th highlanders

How many German POWS were able to succesfully escape from Canada, and get back to Germany, in WW2 ?

Jim B.

If memory serves - one.

Well Jim B from Toronto. I am an ex Tor Scot..hehe..now in Victoria..and the regiment was the 27th Maine...but I might suggest you read very carefully Col Stone's Book or the book.. the Shower of Stars... before you drop into the same bucket as most in pooh pawing the event.

What's your point? They never saw battle.

Originally Posted by Del Boy

What is so unusual about the Civil War military high look- out point on Blue Ridge mountains overlooking the battlefields of Shenandoah?

Originally Posted by bren122

either that the lookout is in one state and the action took place in another OR that the lookout itself was the site of some of the action- assuming you are referring to Lookout Mountain.

The place in the Shanandoah was Massanutten, used by the Confederates to watch the Yankees. Lookout Mountain is near Chattanooga, Tn. & the Missionary Ridge battlefield.