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last night was the prospect.everyone block party on julia street, where nola rising hosted an art jail.
i have no idea what the deal was with this dude, but he appeared to be performing some repetitive performance art piece every 100 feet or so down the length of the block party. he was wacky, hitting two sticks together making noise the whole time and not speaking.
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Prospect Hill was held by Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's corps on December 13, 1862. His 35,000 troops spread along a mile front - some in the woods, some in fields, some on ridgetops, some in swampy bottoms. In front lay the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad. Some of Jackson's troops used the railroad embankment as a ready-made earthwork.
As dawn broke on December 13, fog obscured the Union army maneuvering on the plain beyond the railroad, concealing the fact that Jackson would be the target of the first major Union attacks that day. When at midmorning the fog rose, a staff officer remarked gloomily on the strength of the Union army forming on the plain. Jackson responded tartly: "Major, my men have sometimes failed to take a position, but to defend one, never! I am glad the Yankees are coming."
I could see fully half the whole Yankee army, reserves and all. It was a grand sight seeing them come in position this morning; but it seemed that the host would eat us up…
A Confederate artilleryman
The prospect tower at Cotehele. Somewhere, I have a photo of my Dad standing at the top of this tower, taken over 25 years ago - I need to find it!