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Norvo
Mon, Jan 13, 2020, 8:21pm (UTC -6)
Re: DS9 S1: The Storyteller
It's obvious this episode was cobbled together with rejected TNG plots. Both stories treat Bajor as a random planet of the week. You could swap Geordi, Worf and/or Data to play the Bashir/O'Brien parts. And having Picard try to negotiate a land deal with a moody preteen would have been interesting as well.
Harmen Breedeveld
Sun, Jan 12, 2020, 9:45am (UTC -6)
Re: VOY S4: Mortal Coil
M, in response to your point,
I get what you say, I have been myself in a dark time in my life.
But we live in 2020. This episode is from 1997, I think.
Much has changed in the West concerning treatment of mental trauma in these 23 years, and for the better.
Depression, PTSD, men showing emotions, it has all become a bit less of a taboo.
We are not there yet. But we have come some way in 23 years.
I hope that if someone watches this episode in 2043, he or she will wonder why Neelix was left to figure this out all by himself, instead of having received the standard support programs.
On a personal note, warm greetings and a warm hug from the Netherlands. Respect and my compassion for what you have experienced.
Re: ENT S4: Storm Front, Part II
Synopsis: Captain Jonathan Archer woke to find himself trapped in the past, and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. And so Captain Archer put right what once went wrong, and hoping that his next leap will be the leap home…
Thu, Jan 9, 2020, 3:38pm (UTC -6)
Re: ENT S3: E2
Star trek could have found a technobabble reason for staying away from Earth other than "we didn't want to go there." Suspension of disbelief can work, but it needs at least some scaffolding from which to be suspended.
Also, @Capitalist and @Trajan are just pulling everyone's leg. Don't believe that they are from the future. Everyone knows time travel was impossible before the 32nd century.
Sun, Jan 5, 2020, 5:39pm (UTC -6)
Re: TNG S5: The Next Phase
Why did they not confront the Romulans at the end for trying to blow up the Enterprise?
van zeSpleen
Sat, Jan 4, 2020, 2:43am (UTC -6)
Re: DSC S2: The Sound of Thunder
Jammer, can you go back and comment on Short Treks included in dvd sets please?
Short Trek The Brightest Star about Saru and Lieutenant Georgiou is quite relevant to Kaminar episodes.
Many thanks for good reads in Jammer's Reviews.
Re: DSC S1: The Vulcan Hello / Battle at the Binary Stars
Re Vulcan Hello:
I thought the desert planet intro culminating in Star Trek logo etched in the sands is so very well done. Yay!
However, none of the Klingon episodes grab, so far.
Except maybe the time crystal acquisition episode - Pike's vision of future fate may not be meant for him, if my surmise that he's from the mirror universe plays out (he winked back at badass Georgiou when she confessed to being Terran).
Re: DSC S2: New Eden
New Eden's buildings so reminiscent of where the Caretaker plonk down Janeway's crew (Voyager pilot).
Simplistic unravelling of what the Red Angel's missions are.
Mertov
Sun, Dec 29, 2019, 9:30pm (UTC -6)
Re: DSC S2: Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2
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Dave in MN
Re: ORV S1: Krill
The character names are listed in the title sequence of every episode.
Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 9:41am (UTC -6)
Re: VOY S2: Tuvix
Ultimately the question should be: how do you minimize suffering?
Framed that way, the answer to the moral question is obvious: Tuvix deserved to live. Janeway unjustifiably murdered him in cold blood and everyone but the Doctor stood by and said nothing. I'm amazed and impressed the show had the balls to go through with it. Obviously they had no choice, they weren't going to get rid of two of their actors in a random middle of the season episode. But they could have just scrapped the episode completely once they realized there was no way to do it without making Janeway commit murder. I'm glad they didn't.
But there is simply no way to morally justify murdering Tuvix. Tuvix was standing there begging for his life. Tuvok and Neelix were not begging for their lives. Because they were dead. It's an interesting and unique twist that they can be resurrected via scifi magic. But it doesn't change the fact that they are dead. They can't be further harmed by remaining dead. Tuvix can and is harmed. By being murdered.
The fact that Tuvok and Neelix are dead is really the key thing that makes this an easy question for me. If this was a runaway train scenario where Tuvok and Neelix are alive but in its currently in its path, but I can pull a switch to redirect the train to run over Tuvix, I'd pull that switch every time. But in that case I'm choosing between 2 people being killed and 1 person being killed. Obviously only 1 person being killed is preferable.
In the actual scenario the episode presents, it's a choice between 1 person being killed or 0 people being killed. Remaining dead is not the same as being killed. There is no suffering in remaining dead.
Fri, Dec 27, 2019, 3:33pm (UTC -6)
Re: VOY S2: Projections
To me this episode is a great idea with a flawed execution. I think the biggest weakness of this episode is that, considering the events from the Doctor's perspective(and NOT the audience perspective), I mostly don't think he should have been torn between destroying the ship or not at any point.
When Barclay first shows up and claims the Doctor is a real person and needs to destroy the ship, there is simply no reason for the doctor to hesitate anywhere near as much as he does. Barclay proves beyond any doubt whatsoever that the Doctor is not on the real ship, so it's not like he would be putting anyone's life at stake by destroying it(the plot will later declare it would have put his own existence at stake, but there is absolutely no way for the Doctor to know or suspect that given the information he has at this point). Barclay's explanation that he is a real person who has forgotten literally every memory from his entire life has to be considered farfetched, even in-universe, but it doesn't really matter because either way the ship obviously isn't real. And to the episode's credit, the Doctor does eventually make the obvious decision to agree to destroy the fake ship.
The pendulum snaps almost completely in the opposite direction once Chakotay walks in though. From the Doctor's perspective, I guess he can't be certain that Barclay's "you are a real person and will die if you don't listen to me" claim is false, but it seems flimsy as hell given Chakotay is the first alleged hologram to be acting out-of-character in Barclay's explanation. For Barclay's explanation to be real, the holodeck can't just be randomly "malfunctioning", it basically has to have become a sentient malevolent entity that wants to kill Zimmerman(by making him doubt Barclay).
Despite that though, I think there is an interesting question the episode poses to the Doctor: Barclay's explanation is almost certainly false, but his explanation still claims he is a real person. Chakotay's explanation is that he is still a hologram. If the Doctor considered the value of his holographic existence to be completely worthless then even the 1% chance that Barclay was telling the truth would be the better choice. A 1% chance of something is still more than a 99% chance of nothing.
The two final gripes I have with that though are:
1. Even *if* he only considered "real" biological lives to be worth anything, he would be saving those lives as a hologram. So it could never have been a choice between a 1% chance of something vs a 99% chance of nothing.
2. The way the scene plays out, it seems like he never actually makes a choice at all! He doesn't actively choose to believe his holographic existence has as much meaning as a "real" one would. He just appears to be incapacitated by pain until the clock runs out and Voyager makes the question go away. I think the episode would have been far stronger if the Doctor had made a clear choice.
But still, I thought it was a good episode because it's clear there was a strong idea besides just the mystery of what the hell was going on. For comparison, I don't like "Frame of Mind" from TNG specifically because it feels like there is no point besides waiting for the episode to explain the cause of the obviously(from our perspective) fake scenario.
Fri, Dec 27, 2019, 4:23am (UTC -6)
Re: Stamets/Culber - relationship breakdown can perhaps be explained in another way: Culber is from mirror universe! Hence he does not have any inclination to step into original Culber's shoes.
And when Pike gives Georgiou a wink at her revelation that she's mirror universe version, showing no surprise at all: are we to surmise that Pike too is mirror universe version all along?! He did after all appear out of nowhere, didnt he.
ST Discovery universe has CGI galore - how about "dating" each series with a bit more of that, eg the imagined spectacle of when Andromeda galaxy collides with ours, eg Betelgeuse implodes with a big bang, etc More astronomy please!
Wed, Dec 25, 2019, 12:06pm (UTC -6)
Re: DS9 S6: Sacrifice of Angels
Loved this episode. Played the battlescenes over and over. I was so engrossed in the seeming futility of the Federation battle that I had absolutely forgotten about the Klingons. Boy! Did my heart leap at the announcement they had arrived! Dukat going mad was perfectly fine and totally believable...a man with his years of effort and ambition and
lying self image finally confronted with the futility of his obsession with bajor? I loved the Prophet ending...I was so struck by Sisko's realization of just how inexplicably important he was to the Prophets...And he finally realized that importance and was willing to blackmail and manipulate them to do HIS will. Excellent. The Ferenghi were all great., Talk about the insidious influence of root beer on them!
But am I the only one who was frustrated at Kira's compulsive babbling and questioning of Rom when he's trying to disable the mind destruction? Geemaneezie! It's her damn fault he failed. I am not a fan of the Kira character at all...totally devoid of awareness of her impact on others.
As for the Odo redemption...I just always assumed those sessions with the Founder were designed to manipulate and control him, with an added nuance of Founder jealousy of his attachment to Kira. The shock of Kira's imminent death broke that control. We have seen before that the Founders were adept at manipulation, e.g., The Gowron Martok changling deception. I do wish this had been gone into much more.
Re: VOY S6: Spirit Folk
I completely agree that this is easily one of the worst episodes when judging it as what it was intended to be: an episode of Voyager.
But as an entry of unintentional "so bad it's good" entertainment, it's amazing. The holodeck safeties can be disabled by a shot from holodeck rifle?! The completely serious line about "They may not be real, but our feelings towards them are real". The townsfolk inexplicably deciding they are okay with everything, even though from their perspective (they never realize they are just holograms), all that happens is that it is confirmed they are dealing with supernatural beings who can and have turned people into cows for fun.
This episode deserves every bit of its 1-star review, but it's far more worth watching than the dozens and dozens of utterly forgettable 2-star episodes to me.
Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 12:01pm (UTC -6)
@ Chrome
If they're just going to do whatever they feel like now, why not bring back some of the older actors and do something intelligent? Why not hire some anime artists or the people who worked on Fantasia 2000 and do something halfway artistic?
How is it that The Animated Series (made decades ago) is so watchable (and occasionally thought-provoking) while this is just mindless preachy kiddie fodder?
Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 11:55am (UTC -6)
And now I just watched Ephraim and Dot, or as it should more accurately be called
Star Trek: Lilo and Stitch
What the actual fuck?! What IS this? Who thought this was a good idea?!?!?!
This is NOT Star Trek .... this is the slush pile of PIXAR rejected scripts.
These last two were excruciating to watch on all levels: as a fan, as a thinking adult, as a man who loves good animation and dislikes propaganda .... I could go on and on, but this ....this?
I don't know if I can even hate-watch this show anymore.
Seriously, Star Trek: Moana
WTF did I just watch?!?!?!?
I pray the people running the Picard series know what they're doing, otherwise the franchise is basically dead.
Mads Leonard Holvik
Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 5:20pm (UTC -6)
The moment that really underlines how terrible Discovery is comes when I type the antispam answer: Picard. TNG comes to mind, and honestly it's like Dostojevskij compared to Weekly World News.
I'm more on the left side of the political spectrum, but I don't like to be underestimated and thought a moron.
I don't know why they made this and why they push woke agendas so blatantly. I know one thing, though. I will continue to watch TNG, Voyager, DS9 and occasionally TOS and Enterprise, but I will never rewatch Discovery.
Thu, Dec 12, 2019, 9:40pm (UTC -6)
Just read critique/review on Season 2.
I love them bringing back the 3-dimensional chess - missed out on ordering a model decades ago. Figurines I never cared to own, so perhaps we will get a second chance to own that futuristic chess set soon?!
Sat, Dec 7, 2019, 3:56am (UTC -6)
Re: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
I read somewhere that fans are very interested in Rey's origin and parentage. Just watched Rogue One on dvd - Jyn's crystal pendant holds the clue, because her mother's (Lyra) side must have the Force in them, as blind monk Chirrut could sense Jyn's presence when she walked past him. Maybe Jyn was saved somehow and Rey is offspring from Jyn-Lyra's family tree, which would tie in Rogue One characters with Rey's future stories.
By the way, re swordplay and ancient Japanese folklore - I grew up watching black & white movies of Chinese swordplay and 'ching kung', much like Yoda's lightsaber fights. So Chinese audience may be wooed if Michelle Yeoh (of ST Dicovery fame) turns up with a lightsaber in SW franchise!
VanzeSpleen
Mon, Dec 2, 2019, 4:11am (UTC -6)
Re: Star Wars: A New Hope
Re: Geekgarious on audio version of ANH - I concur wholeheartedly on how good it is to just listen to audio of a beloved and much watched old movie. I used to enjoy listening to Leonard Nimoy narrating his ST movie on saving whales whilst on long drives, until in-car cassette players were superceded by CD players. (not looking forward to driving the all electric car minus CD player next year - what we have to sacrifice to drive emissionfree!).
I am binge watching the entire 8 movies again, and it strikes me how scifi productions are tending towards youngling's audience and their taste for computer games. ANH series was purely story telling of space sagas for families going to the movie to be entertained, full stop. Hence the distinctly different movies in the I-VIII Star Wars series. Still, I am looking forward to December's Rise of Skywalker.
Shawn Davis
Thu, Nov 28, 2019, 5:28pm (UTC -6)
Re: VOY S3: Before and After
I'm watching this episode for the first time in a long time since I've seen this show. I can tell you right now; this episode which involves Kes is much better than some of the previous spotlight episodes of her from season 2 like Cold Fire and especially the horrible Elogium episode. I pretty much agree with Jammer on his review of this episode so I will not repeat it here.
Re: DS9 S3: The Adversary
Great episode. Suspense. Action.
But pointless.


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Q: Why six blanks and five blanks result in same effect? Why six blanks and five blanks result in same effect?

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To open it with firefox.

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2.still problem for
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There are five blanks here ,why only three blanks displayed on the web page?

A: One &nbsp is one extra space before your content. So it cannot show the same result. You can use pure css for that matter.

Hello

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A: Using   is not a good approach. Instead use css padding to achieve the required effect.

A: The effect is not clearly the same. But I think what @it_is_a_literature meant was why is the "h" in first line starting from the second "l" from the second line.
My answer to it is that, not every character has a equal width or dimensions. For eg. the "l" in hello takes less space than "e" in the same word.
The " " works like a space bar. So there are 5 spaces not 3.

A: It clearly shows its not the same effect.

A: Main font families haven't a regular size for each character (eg. : 'l' is thinner than 'L'). In other words, 5 spaces takes small place than 5 characters in "hello".
If you need regular character spacing (making ASCII art ?), you should use monospace font family like Courrier or Lucida Console with a CSS class like so :
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  font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
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Here is a Plunker sample to see the differences.

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What Does Carry On Mean?
Home » Phrase and Idiom Dictionary » What Does Carry On Mean?
To Carry On Meaning
Definition: To stay the course; to continue doing what you are already doing.
To carry on with something is to continue doing that thing. Often, to carry on is used with another verb, such as in phrases like to carry on working and to carry on talking.
The phrase can also be used on its own to show a continuation of a task, such as when someone says, "The singers carried on after the show." In this case, the phrase indicates that the singers continued to sing even after their performance was over.
Carrying on with something can either be good or bad based on what action is being carried on.
Carry on can also refer to a piece of luggage that you bring on the airplane with you instead of checking it. These are usually referred to as carry-on items.
Origin of To Carry On
This phrase comes from Great Britain, where it has been used for hundreds of years. It seems to have come from the British Navy, where it was a direction to keep going on the same course and not change.
The phrase became extremely popular during World War II in the Keep Calm and Carry On slogans and posters. Though these posters started in Great Britain, they are still created and used in many countries to inspire dedication and motivation to this day.
Over time, Americans have come to use the term simply to mean "misbehavior." Because it could be in phrases like to carry on talking after told not to or to carry on drinking past the point of health, the phrase could refer to causing trouble. Therefore, Americans often say, they carried on to mean acting boisterously.
Examples of To Carry On
A teacher may say,
I have to step outside to talk to someone for a moment. Please carry on with your assignment.
In this example, the teacher is telling the class to keep doing what they are already doing.
Other uses include carry on walking until you reach the dead end and carry on driving until you need to stop for a bathroom break.
Miller said her dad needed convincing to carry on with his and his wife's vacation plans. –New York Post
She told Oprah shortly after her mother's death in 2012 that she wanted to carry onher mother's legacy by singing, acting and dancing. –Chicago Sun
To carry on is to keep going, to keep doing what you are already doing.
1 To Carry On Meaning
2 Origin of To Carry On
3 Examples of To Carry On

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AIIC UK and Ireland Member Maha El-Metwally reports on technological developments in the fields of consecutive and simultaneous Interpreting.
As a first-time attendee at the FIT [International Federation of Translators] World Congress, I was impressed by the organisation, the number of participants and the variety of topics discussed at the event in Berlin. For me, the main highlight of the three days was a presentation by Esther Navarro-Hall of the Monterey Institute of International Studies on her system Sim-ConsecTM, which she has developed and refined over the course of the past decade.
Conference interpreters use both simultaneous and consecutive interpreting. As the names suggest, simultaneous interpreting takes place as the speaker talks, while consecutive interpreting is done after listening to the speaker's message. Consecutive interpreting requires note-taking during the speech, to help the interpreter's memory. Most interpreters prefer simultaneous interpreting to consecutive, because it is the default method; they feel protected by the security of the booth, and they are less likely to forget parts of what has been said.
- the fatigue, as note-taking is tiring.
With a quick show of hands, the interpreters who attended the Sim-ConsecTM session confirmed the above. According to Ms Navarro-Hall, research has shown that these various challenges mean that consecutive interpreting delivers only some 70-80% of the content. With Sim-ConsecTM, delivery could go up to 90%.
Sim-ConsecTM combines elements from both modes of interpreting with cutting-edge technology to deliver a more accurate and more complete rendering of the speaker's speech.
For this, the interpreter needs noise-cancelling earphones with a built-in microphone, smart paper and a digital pen.
As the speaker talks, the interpreter takes notes using the digital pen on smart paper. While the interpreter writes, the digital pen records the speech, and links the recording to the notes. Whenever the interpreter ticks part of the notes, the pen replays that particular bit of recorded speech, which comes in through the earphones. Magic! Essentially, you hear everything that was said twice, without delaying the interpretation.
Before attending Ms Navarro-Hall's session, I had never heard of smart paper or digital pens. When I saw them in action and tried them myself, it felt as if I was following a lesson at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The technology is amazing; not only because of the communication between the pen and the paper but also because the pen takes pictures of the notes, which makes it possible to transfer them digitally.
Originally, this technology was designed to aid medical students in recording hours of notes and lectures. However, it lends itself to use in other fields – and interpreting is certainly one of them.
An alternative to the use of smart paper and digital pens is an iPad and stylus. The interpreter then uses the stylus to take notes on the iPad in an app like Notability or AudioNote. The app enables the iPad to record the voice of the speaker, which the interpreter can replay to interpret simultaneously. This method makes the dependence on technology rather heavy. The advantage of the first method is that, if all fails, the interpreter still has the written notes to work from.
As Sim-ConsecTM involves recording, the interpreter has to obtain the client's permission to use this method and agree on what to do with the recorded material after the event ends. Ms Navarro-Hall also stressed that it only works for those who have already mastered the skills that an interpreter is expected to have.
At the end of this session, I felt eager to start practising with this exciting method. It will no doubt help me improve my rendering of consecutive speeches. Note-taking will still be tiring, and there will still be pressure from the listeners to be quick, but Sim-ConsecTM will ease the pressure on my memory and get me closer to truly comprehensive interpretation.
This article was originally published in the ITI Bulletin. AIIC would like to thank the author and the Institute of Translation and Interpreting.
AIIC. "Best of Both Worlds: Combining Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpreting Techniques". aiic.co.uk October 11, 2014. Accessed April 25, 2019. <http://aiic.co.uk/p/6985>.


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Dragon Symbolism, Dragon Tattoos - November 07, 2019
Deciphering the meaning of dragon tattoos is no walk in the park given how rich and complex the symbolism of this creature is. Still, we'll give it our best shot!
The dragon has always had a very strong symbolic power in most countries and cultures. Though its representation varies, some of its characteristics are universal. In general dragons (and dragon tattoos) are associated with strength, wisdom, prosperity, good luck as well as masculinity.
Yeah, that's quite a long and generic list but don't worry, we're about to get more specific. Since dragon tattoos come in a wide variety of styles, we have selected the most common designs to explore their meaning in details.
Chinese Dragon Tattoo Meaning
Dragons are the most revered creatures of Chinese mythology. Back in the days of imperial China, the dragon was the symbol of the emperor who was the only person allowed to make representations of dragons. It was even used on the flag of the Qing Dynasty from 1862 to 1912.
In terms of meaning a Chinese dragon tattoo represents: strength, power, wisdom, longevity, and good luck. As opposed to the western dragon, Chinese dragons are not violent; they are considered as protectors and helpful to mankind.
Quick fact: Chinese dragons are almost always depicted as ascending toward the sky. A dragon going downward is seen as a bad omen.
Western Dragon Tattoo Meaning
In Western traditions, the dragon has the opposite connotation of its Oriental counterpart. It's usually a powerful and frightening monster that is not to be messed with.
In Greek and Nordic mythologies, fighting a dragon was a way for men to become true heroes. A western dragon tattoo can therefore be a sign of power and courage which are the qualities of the knights who fought dragons.
It's also a symbol of masculinity and fighting spirit, which is why Vikings adorned the head of their drakkars with dragon representations.
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Japanese Dragon Tattoo Meaning
Dragons are among the most important creatures in Japanese culture. It was even thought that the first Japanese emperor was the descendant of dragons. They are usually aquatic creatures although, a few Japanese legends describe flying dragons that live in the sky.
In Japan, dragons represent the protection of family and loved ones, the protection of the home as well as power and longevity. The Japanese dragon is really seen as a guardian and bringer of happiness.
Therefore, a Japanese dragon tattoo perfectly fits a person who is strong and will stand out to help or protect others around him.
Quick fact: Japanese dragon tattoos often include elements such as waves or water. The reason? Water represents life for Japanese as well as being the natural habitat of dragons.
Celtic Dragon Tattoo Meaning
Celtic dragons differ from Western dragons in that they are neither evil nor demonic. In fact, they were considered as guardians of the universe's secrets. For this reason, they are among the most powerful Celtic symbols. Such dragons have appeared on flags, armors and clothing for thousands of years.
A Celtic dragon tattoo is linked with wisdom, balance and spirituality. The dragon's body is usually drawn with many intertwined knots to show the ups and downs of life. They are also often drawn with the mouth biting the tail to represent the cycle of life that repeats itself over and over again.
The design of Celtic dragons allows for impressive tribal dragon tattoos, with their complex curls and knots.
Dragon and Tiger Tattoo Meaning 🐅
In Chinese folklore, the dragon and the tiger are mortal enemies. They are often represented fighting one another. Although they both represent concepts such as strength, power and passion, they have very different ways of interacting with the world. The dragon has an element of wisdom and focuses on understanding the fundamentals of the world. The tiger on the other hand, relies on brute force to accomplish his goals.
For a tattoo, the relative positions of the two creatures is very important. A dragon defeating or placed above a tiger represents protection and the victory of good over evil. On the other hand, if the dragon is defeated by the tiger or the tiger is represented above the dragon it symbolizes conflict and the victory of evil.
However, many people get tattoos of these two beings fighting each other, without one having the advantage over the other. This represents the balance between two immense forces. A perfect equilibrium between good and evil, just like the symbol of Yin and Yang.
Dragon and Koi Tattoo Meaning
The elements of this tattoo have a strong link with Asia, especially Japan. The koi carp is brave, strong and able to face the most difficult situations without any sign of fear. According to Eastern legends, if a koi carp was able to swim upstream and climb the great falls of the Dragon Gate (on the Yellow River), it would become a dragon.
A tattoo with a dragon and a koi represents perseverance and progress through hard work, since the koi carp becomes powerful only after it has completed its challenge.
Dragon and Phoenix Tattoo Meaning
The phoenix is a creature that is consumed and magically reborn from its ashes. Its symbolizes rebirth, redemption and the ability to get up when you are at the bottom.
A phoenix tattoo can also be tied to a particular event in one's life. It can mean that the person has had a difficult or even tragic experience, but has recovered from it. In this sense, it symbolizes surpassing oneself.
Dragon and phoenix are very complementary animals which is why they are often associated to create unique tattoo designs.
Dragon and Snake Tattoo Meaning
The snake embodies good health and is a symbol of regenerative power. It is also seen as a symbol of evil and misfortune in some cultures.
Most tattoos depict dragons and snakes as deadly enemies. Snakes are associated with healing (which is why they are the symbol of medicine ⚕). On the other hand, dragons are driven by the primary forces of nature and the natural elements. In that sense, dragon and snake tattoos symbolize the conflict between intelligence and intuition, the modern against the traditional and society versus nature.
Congrats on making it to the end of this article! As you can see, the meaning of a dragon tattoo can vary a lot depending on the style and the culture it was inspired of.
One thing is certain though: underneath the aesthetics of a dragon tattoo, there is often a deep meaning that tells a part of the life of the person who wears it.
Michael McDaniel September 27, 2020
I'm Scots-Irish so you gave me a great deal of information to think about in my Faith… Much of my prior beliefs said that Dragons were inherently mean and horrible. What I got from your article was the concept that they are the essence which includes both light and dark. Thanks


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Front Matter The Fate of the Melcart Cleanor, Son of Lysis The Last of a Veteran Scipio A Great Scheme The Mission The Last of the Greeks A Corinthian Assembly At Thermopylae A Pinchbeck Alexander The Two Hasdrubals Scipio Sets to Work In the Roman Camp The Megara The Prisoners Baal Hammon Move and Countermove Help From the Hills The Battle of the Isthmus Treachery Polybius A Pleasure Trip Diplomacy In Sore Need A Refuge in the Storm Storming of the Upper City A Precious Book The End of Carthage At Delos Corinth Mummius The Slave-Dealer To Italy Misenum The World Well Lost Beyond the Sunset
Lords of the World - Alfred J. Church
The End of Carthage
The younger Scipio lost no time in handing over the precious volume which had been so nearly lost, and so fortunately recovered, to the general, reporting, of course, the circumstances of its rescue. At the same time he described the relation in which Daphne and her mother stood to Cleanor, and hinted that his friend seemed to have a keener interest in the girl than a young man would ordinarily feel for his foster-sister.
"This is not the place for women," said the elder Scipio, "and the sooner these two are out of it, the better. Now, what is to be done?"
"Would not my Aunt Cornelia receive them for a time if you could contrive to send them to her?"
"An excellent idea, my Lucius!" cried the general. "It shall be done, and by good luck, there is opportunity this very day. I am sending off a galley with despatches for the Senate, and some private letters of my own. Lollius is in command, and there is not a more trustworthy man in the fleet. I will put the women into his charge. And I will write to my mother—she will still be in Rome when the galley arrives—and ask her to give them hospitality. We must hope that my cousin, Tiberius, will not fall in love with the damsel. Is she beautiful?"
"As beautiful a girl as ever I saw. But you need not be alarmed. I am pretty sure that the young lady will not have a look or a thought for anyone in Italy."
"I will send an orderly to Cleanor to explain, and leave him to arrange the business. So that is settled. Now for public matters. Yesterday I opened the sealed instructions which I brought with me when I left Rome, and which I was not to read till Carthage was taken. They are, as I feared, to the effect that the city is to be razed to the ground. Now, I make no secret to anybody—in any case I should speak openly to you—that this policy is not to my liking. I don't like the principle of it. If it were being done with a view to the future safety of Rome, I should still hesitate, thinking it to be, even in that view, a policy of doubtful advantage. But this is not the motive. It is the doing of the capitalists and the traders. They want to destroy every port but those which they can dominate themselves, and so to get all the trade of the world into their own hands. We shall see the same thing—mark my words—over again at Corinth; and Rome will have the disgrace of having destroyed, and it may be in one year, two of the great capitals of the world. I hate such doings, and I don't care who knows it. Still, the thing has to be done. But there are matters to be arranged first. One thing I have made up my mind about, and happily the Senate leaves it to my discretion. I have a free hand in dealing with the spoil, with a general proviso that I am to consult, as in my judgment may seem best, the interests of the Commonwealth. Whatever there is of real value that can be given back to its rightful owners shall be given back. Now, Carthage has for three hundred years and more been robbing the Greek cities in Sicily. She has had, at one time or other, pretty nearly every one of them, except Syracuse, in her power. The gold and silver that she has taken from them are gone beyond remedy, but the works of art remain, and can be given back. I have taken some trouble to inquire into the matter, and I have got a list here, which has been made up for me in Sicily, of some of the chief things that we may expect to find. Some may have been lost; some may have fallen into private hands and disappeared—the history of some of the specimens goes back, I hear, a long time. Well, I have appointed yourself, Lucius, and two other officers with you to enquire into this matter. See which of these things you can find, and report to me. Most of the Sicilian cities that are interested in the matter have sent envoys to the camp, as I dare say you know. If you can find the articles it will be easy enough, I do not doubt, to find claimants."
The work of the commission proved to be one of considerable magnitude. There were, it was found, hundreds of works of art which bore in their appearance the manifest signs of a Greek origin. The Phœnician genius was not entirely barren in the province of art. In some directions, on the contrary, it was remarkably fertile. But it never attained to, it did not even attempt, except in a conventional and even grotesque fashion, the representation of the human form. Any really graceful or even natural similitude of man or woman that was found in Carthaginian temple or house was certainly the spoil of some Greek city. Many of the less important works were unknown; about some there was much doubt; their pedigree was uncertain, sometimes through accident, sometimes through fraud, for most of the impostures known to the modern world of art are inheritances from the ancient. But there were some famous treasures about which there was no possibility of doubt. Such was the Artemis of Segesta, one of the noblest figures that ancient sculpture produced. It was colossal in size, and yet retained in a singular degree the delicacy of girlish beauty. The figure was represented with a quiver richly gilded hanging from the shoulder; the left hand carried a bow; in the right was a burning torch, which imitated, with a fidelity that would hardly have been thought possible in marble, the contours of flame. The envoys from Segesta positively wept with joy when they found themselves in possession of the long-lost treasure of their city.
In a very different style of art, the characteristic product of a later and more reflective age, was the figure of the poet Stesichorus, carried away by the Carthaginians when they destroyed the city of Himera, and now about to be restored to the townspeople of Thermæ, which occupied its site and inherited its traditions. The poet was represented as an old man, frail and stooping, with one hand holding a book. The whole expression was admirably suited to the serious character of his verse.
But the most celebrated of all the art treasures now about to return to their proper homes was the Bull of Agrigentum. The Agrigentines regarded this figure with a reverence that was very surprising, seeing how it recalled a time of discreditable servitude. Scipio happened to come in when the precious possession was made over to them, and could not help improving the occasion.
"This is, I understand, the monstrous invention of one of your own citizens," he said. "He made it for your tyrant Phalaris; it was to be heated from underneath, and the groans of the victims inclosed in it pleased the brutal caprice of that monster of cruelty, by imitating, as he thought, the bellowings of a bull. I do not know which was most to be condemned, the servility of the artist or the cruelty of the tyrant. Do you not think, men of Agrigentum, that you have happily exchanged the brutality of your own citizens, whom you suffered thus to lord it over you, for the justice and clemency of the Roman people?"
While this business was being completed, the work of collecting the general spoil of the city had been going on briskly. Scipio had dealt liberally with the troops in this matter. Some generals in similar circumstances, whether from anxiety for their own enrichment or from zeal to make as large a profit as possible for the public purse, overreach themselves. They exact too much from the men, and thus they are habitually deceived. Scipio was personally disinterested in a remarkable degree; and he did not care to be greedy on account of the treasury. Simple and well-defined rules were laid down for the conduct of the troops. There were certain things which a man might keep for himself, if he brought other things into a common stock. At the end of seven days the fiat of destruction which had gone out against Carthage was to be executed. A body of men was detailed for the purpose. Combustibles were disposed in various parts of the city, and at a fixed time these were to be kindled.
"Well," said the young Scipio to Cleanor as they stood together after superintending the embarkation of the last cargo of statues and pictures destined for Sicily, "well, the last act of the drama is nearly over. Shall we go to see the final scene together?"
"I don't know," replied the young Greek. "I feel half disposed to cover my head till it is all past."
"I can understand," said Scipio. "Still, I can't see, after what has happened, that you owe much gratitude to Carthage."
"Perhaps not," was the answer. "Yet it was all the country that I had. And, anyhow, it is an awful thing to see a city that once had her hopes, and good hopes too, of ruling the world, flare out into nothing, like a piece of wood-shaving. However, I will come. To what place are you thinking of going?"
"To the citadel, or what was the citadel. The chief told me that he should be there at sunset. I must own that I am very curious to see how he takes it. This, you must know, is not his doing. His friends fought hard in the Senate against the decree of destruction; but the majority would have it, and there was nothing for him but to carry it out"
SCIPIO, THROWING HIS TOGA OVER HIS FACE, BURST INTO A PASSION OF TEARS.
When the two friends reached the citadel the chief was already there, surrounded by his staff, his generals of division, and the chief officers of the legions. The spectacle of the burning city was magnificently terrible. The wind was blowing from behind them, and rolled away the smoke in huge volumes towards the sea. Now and then it lulled, and then a dense cloud covered the whole place, save some tower or spire which rose here and there out of it. As the light rapidly failed, for the sun was just setting when the two friends reached the height, the heavy smoke clouds became more and more penetrated with a fiery glow, and this again grew into one universal, all-embracing blaze of light, as the flames gained a more commanding hold on the doomed city. Everything was as plainly to be seen as if it had been noonday. All the while a confused roar came up to the height where the spectators stood, varied now and then by the tremendous crash of some huge structure falling in sudden ruin to the earth.
The general stood intently watching the scene, but without a word, and the group surrounding him, overawed by the solemnity of his mood, maintained a profound silence, broken only by some almost involuntary cry, when a burst of fiercer flame rose to the heavens. When the second watch was about half spent—for the hours had seemed to pass as minutes, so overpowering was the interest of the spectacle—he turned away. Some awful vision of the future seemed to reveal itself to his soul. He caught Polybius by the hand and said:
"Will anyone do for Rome what I have been doing for Carthage?"
And as he turned away he was heard to murmur to himself the line in which Hector, touched in the midst of his triumph by a dark prevision of the future, foretold the fall of his country,
"Some day e'en holy Troy herself shall fall",
Then, throwing a fold of his toga over his face, Scipio burst into a passion of tears.


Two and a half months after the inauguration of the American Embassy in Jerusalem, on Thursday night, Kan, Israel's Public Broadcasting Corporation, revealed that the compound will undergo a substantial expansion. The news follows a period of speculation as to the real future status of the Jerusalem embassy, including whether Ambassador David Friedman would actually work there and hold meetings, and exactly how many embassy staff would work at the capital.
According to Kan, a subcommittee of the Jerusalem municipality has approved a plan to expand the US Embassy in Jerusalem, with additions of office space, entrance arrangements, and additional service areas – changes that will expand the work and activity areas of the Embassy and allow more US employees to operate from Jerusalem.
The total expansion area is 7,535 square feet, half for an underground space for service areas and offices, and half to expand the existing ground floor to create office spaces.
Another official at the Jerusalem municipality told Kan that this was only the first stage of the embassy's expansion, revealing that the Americans are constantly planning and thinking about the next step and even more extensive construction.
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Col. Richard G. Earle, 2nd Alabama Cavalry, Killed In Action against "Wilders Lightning Brigade".
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Col. Richard G. Earle (1813 - 1864); 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment Commander: Born September 4, 1813, Walterboro, Colleton, S.C. Moved to Jacksonville, Alabama in the 1840`s. He was a Lawyer there by trade. He held the rank of Lt. Col. in the U. S. Army and distinguished himself while fighting the Mexican - American War (1846-1848). Capt. Company "A", 2nd Alabama Cavalry, February 24, 1862. Court-Martialed for not accepting Maj. Leroy Napier as his commander and imprisoned for several months but was eventually acquitted. Promoted to Colonel on May 27, 1863 and took over as the Regiment Commander of the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment after Col. John Porter West resigned near Canton, Mississippi just after Sherman`s Meridian Campaign was fought. He was considered as a "A skillful officer" by those under whom he served. KIA May 18, 1864 near Kingston, Ga. while leading a charge against the 72nd Indiana Cavalry (Wilders Lightning Brigade). Buried in the Gardens at "Woodland," North of Kingston. Middle name often given as Gordon.
Colonel Richard G. Earle and the Mexican - American War (1846-1848):
Colonel John R. Coffee's regiment during the Mexican - American War was mustered into service in June 1846, at Mobile, by Walter Smith, Brigadier General and Mustering Officer. The completed muster of the regiment dates the 29th of June, 1846. The officers were John R. Coffee, Colonel; Richard G. Earle, Lieut.-Col.; Goode Bryan, Major; James D. Parke, Adjutant; A. H. Hughes, Quartermaster; John C. Anderson, Surgeon; Nesbitt, surgeon mate; Arithy B. Green, surgeon mate; with a non-commissioned staff of John B. Fuller, Sergeant Major, no quartermaster sergeant, Christopher Darrow, Drum Major; Joseph Anderson, Fife Major.
Brig. General Samuel Wragg Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade arrived at Rome, Georgia from Alabama on the afternoon of May 13, 1864 after a week long forced march on Horseback from Elyton, Alabama (Birmingham). At this time Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade was comprised of the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Col. Richard G. Earle), the 56th Alabama Partisan Rangers (Col. William Boyles), the 12 Mississippi Cavalry Battalion (Col. William M. Inge), the 11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (Col. Robert O. Perrin) and the 9th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (Col. Horace Miller). Captain Thomas Flournoy (Sanders' Tennessee Battalion) was the Scout Company for Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade from this time until the end of the war and 1st Lt. Muldrow was the Provost Marshall of the Brigade. Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade was reported as having a strength of 2,000 Cavalrymen on the day that they arrived at Rome, Georgia.
On the day that they arrived to Rome, Georgia without being given a chance to rest, within hours they were immediately ordered to Calhoun, Georgia a little past Midnight on May 14, 1864 by General Joseph E. Johnston where the Campaign for Atlanta / Dalton, Georgia had already commenced and was well underway. Hours later they had positioned themselves on the road from Calhoun to Rome just a few miles outside of Calhoun, Georgia. The 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment was reported as being under the direct command of Brig. General Samuel Wragg Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade in Brig. General William Hicks "Red Fox" Jackson`s Cavalry Division and would remain as such for the majority of the Campaign.
14 May 1864:
The 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment arrived at Calhoun, Georgia just 5 miles south of Resaca, Georgia on the early morning, they were positioned just outside of Calhoun south of Resaca on the road between there and Rome just south of Tanners Ferry along the Oostanaula River.
RESACA, GA., May 14, 1864.
Brigadier-General JACKSON, Rome, Ga.:
The lieutenant-general commanding directs that you assume command of Armstrong's, Ferguson's, and Ross' cavalry brigades and keep yourself in readiness for orders. Forage will be sent from here. In mean while get all yon can around Rome, and communicate with Major Peters, chief quartermaster at Selma, Ala., for forage, and Major Francis, commissary of subsistence, at Bine Mountain, for subsistence.
D. WEST,
Acting Assistant Adjutant- General.
RESACA, GA., May 14, 1864 - midnight.
Your written orders of today are revoked. You will move the whole, of your division on Calhoun at once. Ferguson must start tonight. Send your trains to Kingston. This movement requires the utmost dispatch.
L. POLK,
Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade was reported as having repulsed the enemy south of Resaca between the town limits and Rome, Georgia in what became known as the Battle of Farmer's Bridge and Armuchee Creek after the enemy crossed the Oostanaula river earlier at Tanner`s and Dobbin`s Ferry`s which consisted of 2,300 union troops attached to Union Colonel Robert H. G. Minty`s Saber Brigade who were some of the first Union Forces to be assigned the Spencer seven shot repeating rifles.
Brig. General Samuel Wragg Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade and Colonel Lawrence S. Ross` Texas Cavalry Brigade fought specifically against the 7th Pennsylvania Mounted Cavalry under Colonel William B. Sipes and Colonel Josiah B. Parks with the 4th Michigan Cavalry who were both regiments in Colonel Robert H.G. Minty`s Saber Brigade, the fighting was reported 8 miles north of the town of Rome at Farmers Bridge along the Rome and Calhoun Road.
Brig. General Samuel Wragg Ferguson reported that his Cavalry Brigade repulsed the enemy after a few hours of heavy fighting had occurred between the two opposing forces resulting in Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade driving Colonel Robert H. G. Minty`s Saber Brigade back towards Resaca all the way to Tanners Ferry where the Yankees originally crossed the Oostanaula river coming from, just south of Resaca a few days before.
The fighting was hard and heavy throughout the Resaca Campaign. By 9:30 PM Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade to include the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment, had retired for the night after 2 long days of constant fighting and were encamped 6 miles below Calhoun, Georgia on the road to Rome due south of Resaca.
CALHOUN, May 15, 1861 - 9.30 p. m.
Lieutenant-General POLK :
General Ferguson with his brigade is in camp six miles below Calhoun, on the Rome road. He has reported to me enemy repulsed at Rome today retired. The force was 2,300.
WILL. T. MARTIN,
Following the Battle of Resaca General Joseph E. Johnston and his Army of Tennessee was forced to retreat south of Resaca to Calhoun, Georgia where the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment had been operating and skirmishing with the enemy for two days and was looking for a suitable position just south of there where he could dig in and put up a strong defense against the enemy and as they did this General Sherman gave chase while skirmishing and engaging with General Johnston`s Forces with the Rebel Cavalry, to include Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade, whom at that point had been ordered by General Joseph E. Johnston to fight a rear guard action while the Rebel Infantry, retreated south from Resaca towards Adairsville, Georgia after the Battle of Resaca had been waged.
After General Joseph E. Johnston failed in finding a suitable defensive position south of Calhoun with Sherman pressing him he moved further south to Adairsville, Georgia where he was able to dig in and prepare to make a stand against General Sherman`s troops again.
General Joseph E. Johnston had completed their retreat from Adairsville, Georgia, where they had dug trenches the day prior to meet the enemy but feeling that the earthworks were to weak they pulled back further south towards Cassville, Georgia and entrenched themselves there through out the day in front of the town where General Joseph E. Johnston thought that he could set a trap for Union Major General William T. Sherman on what he considered to be a more defensible ground.
Later in the evening Brig. General Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade, to include the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment, were ordered to fight a rear guard action as the Army of Tennessee under the command of General Joseph E. Johnston was completing their retreat from Adairsville, Georgia having withdrawn south to Cassville Station, Georgia in search of more formidable ground on which to stand and fight with the enemy. Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade went into camp at Humes` Plantation for the night.
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY BRIGADE,
Humes' Plantation, three miles from Rome, May 17, 1861 - 8.30 p. m.
Major-General FRENCH, Commanding, Rome, Ga.:
GENERAL: I today received orders from General Jackson to guard river and country between it and the left of General Morgan's brigade, connecting with Morgan on my right and Ross on my left. The withdrawal of these two officers to Rome compelled me to fall back, too, as the enemy at once attempted to get round me on each flank. I have left a picket at Bell's Ferry, and will camp here tonight, if possible. My horses have not been unsaddled nor fed since yesterday, and are worn down. Please let me know the condition of affairs at Rome, and do me the favor of sending the inclosed telegram to General Polk to let him know where I am.
S. W. FERGUSON,
Brigadier- General.
The day began very abruptly for the troopers of Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade when three companies of the 17th Indiana Mounted Cavalry led by Major Jacob G. Vail advanced on the vicinity of their position. These union forces were part of the infamous "Wilders Lightning Brigade" commanded by Colonel John Thomas Wilder of the 4th Division, XIV U. S. Army Corps, who along with Colonel Robert H. G. Minty`s Saber Brigade shared the distinction of being one of the very first Union Cavalry Brigades in the Civil War who were fighting not with Belgian Rifles but rather with Spencer 7 shot repeating Rifles (and Sharps rifles), which at that time was cutting edge technology. Major Jacob G. Vail and 4 companies of the 17th Indiana Cavalry from "Wilders Lightning Brigade" were cutting telegraph wires and tearing up R/R tracks between Rome and Kingston, Georgia when they unexpectedly came across Brigadier General Samuel Wragg Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade coming out of Kingston as they neared an unguarded bridge. The 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment, who was leading Brig. General Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade at the head of his column, being led by Col. Richard G. Earle, was given the order to deploy and charge and that they did reportedly routing the four companies of "Wilders Lightning Brigade" and giving chase to them back towards Rome for quite a few miles before breaking off the skirmish.
This is what Brig. General Samuel Wragg Ferguson wrote in his journal regarding how the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment under his command acted as they fought during the engagements against the enemy on this day:
"I encountered Colonel John T. Wilders Lightning Brigade as they were approaching a bridge which was unguarded. The 2nd Alabama Cavalry (Col. R. G. Earle) were at the head of my column and I ordered them to deploy and charge; this they did in handsome style, routing the enemy and chasing them for several miles and capturing about 50 of their white horses".
Only an hour or so later Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade attacked Lt. Colonel Josiah Brown Park of Colonel Robert H. G. Minty`s Saber Brigade (Fourth Michigan Cavalry) and engaged them 2 miles from Kingston, Georgia giving chase to them and driving them all the way back to Woodlands, Georgia. Earlier Lt. Colonel Josiah B. Park and his 4th Michigan Cavalry had given chase to a few Confederate Cavalry Scouts around their base camp of Woodland, Georgia just south of Adairsville towards Kingston, Georgia when they unexpectedly came across Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade where immediate skirmishing ensued when the Yankee Cavalry were then forced to return in retreat in haste back to Woodland, Georgia from whence they came. They returned back to their base camp where the whole of Union Brigadier General Kenner Garrard`s 2nd Division was encamped to include; Colonel Robert H. G. Minty and the remainder of his Saber Brigade, Colonel John Thomas Wilder and his "Lightning Brigade" and then Brig. General Judson Kilpatrick and his Cavalry Brigade, all of whom were dismounted and entrenched amongst infantry and a battery of artillery at Barnsley`s Manor in Woodlands, Georgia.
Once Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade, to include the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment, arrived there they began to attack the enemy as they were entrenched in their breastworks, the fighting was reported as being heavy and went on for a few hours until Brigadier General Samuel Wragg Ferguson pulled back their attack. But during the fighting, unbeknownst to anyone, the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment had lost their Regiment Commander, Colonel Richard G. Earle, who was killed by Private Thomas H. Boner, a sharpshooter with Company "A", Ninety-eighth Illinois Volunteers who was part of "Wilders Lightning Brigade". From there Brig. General Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade were ordered north a couple of miles back to Adairsville, Georgia to assist General Joseph E. Johnston`s Army of Tennessee there as they were engaging against the whole of General Sherman`s Army. Brigadier General Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade was requested to fight another rear guard action to protect General Joseph E. Johnston`s Army of Tennessee as they repositioned further south to Cassville Station, Georgia.
When Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade started back they made Camp at Humes Plantation 3 miles north of Rome and south of Calhoun, it was only then that they discovered their Regiment Commander, Col. Richard G. Earle was missing. His fate was not known for months, when some exchanged prisoners later reported that he was killed a considerable distance ahead of his Regiment. Actually he was killed while attempting to warn a very close family friend who lived near by, that being Mr. Godfrey Barnsley at his Manor located at Woodlands, Georgia and was shot from his mount.
When General James B. McPherson (U. S. Army) later arrived on the grounds, Mr. Godfrey Barnsley asked permission to bury his friend on his Estate behind the Manor. The General granted the request. Colonel Richard G. Earle (2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment Commander) was buried in the Gardens located behind the Barnsley Manor by his friend, Mr. Godfrey Barnsley. After Colonel Richard Greene Earle, was shot from his mount and killed, Lt. Colonel John Newsome Carpenter was given a Battle field promotion to the rank of Full Colonel as he assumed Command of the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment as they quickly headed south to Cassville Station to meet the enemy.
While Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade was skirmishing with the enemy between Cassville Station and Adairsville, Georgia, Johnston`s Army of Tennessee had dug themselves great defensive entrenchments and breastworks in Cassville, Georgia in an effort to bait a trap for General Sherman`s forces but in confusion based on a false rumor that they had been out flanked by General Sherman`s Forces around 11 AM they were ordered to fall back to another position which required them to dig again more trenches and it was from this less favorable ground which saw them trading artillery fire with the enemy throughout the night over the mostly deserted houses in the small town of Cassville, Georgia.
While the Army of Tennessee was fortifying their new position along the Etowah River in the direction of Cartersville, Georgia, Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade found themselves in a hard fought battle from their position at the R/R Bridge Crossing the Etowah River while covering the retreat of the Confederate Army as they fought a fierce rear guard action covering the retreat of the Confederate Army.
As soon as the Army of Tennessee were across the R/R Bridge at noon the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment was ordered by Brig. General Samuel Wragg Ferguson to burn the Etowah River Bridge to prevent Maj. General Sherman`s Cavalry from crossing there and giving chase to the Army of Tennessee as they retreated along the Etowah River south towards Cartersville, Georgia.
Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade was positioned around Raccoon Creek between Milam`s and Wooley`s Bridges. The enemy attacked Confederate Colonel Jones` position as well as Major Bates with the 9th Texas Cavalry Regiment and was seriously injured by the enemy. The 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment was reported burning Milam`s bridge to resist the enemies attempts to cross the river.
Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade was reported as picketing the Etowah River as far as Rome, Georgia as they were operating and strengthening the flank of Brig. General Lawrence S. Ross` Texas Cavalry Brigade and General Frank C. Armstrong`s Cavalry Regiment close to the burned out Bridge which was over Milam`s Creek.
On this day just after being notified that the enemy`s cavalry had successfully crossed the Etowah River at Stilesboro, Georgia and were advancing on their position General Joseph E. Johnston and the Army of Tennessee decided to give up their defensive position, fearing being out flanked by the enemy, and head further south. This would bring them to the vicinity of New Hope Church where a great Battle would ensue in a couple of days.
While heading towards New Hope Church, Brig. General Ferguson spotted more than 5,000 Union Infantry and Cavalry forces crossing the Etowah River on Pontoon Bridges erected by the U.S. Engineer Corps where Milam`s Bridge was burned by the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment just a couple of days before close to Raccoon Creek. Brig. General Samuel Wragg Ferguson still had his pickets set out on the Etowah River supporting the position of Brigadier General Lawrence S. Ross and his Texas Cavalry Brigade while General Sherman`s Forces were making their river crossing.
The irony of course regarding the death of Col. Richard G. Earle was that early on 18 May 1864 it was the first time during the War the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment, as well as Brig. General Samuel Wragg Ferguson for the matter, had fought against various components of "Wilders Lightning Brigade" and Col. R. G. Earle routed them capturing 50 of their famous white horses. But just a few hours later, by days end, John Thomas Wilder and Robert H. G. Minty got the last laugh with the death of Col. Richard G. Earle. Through the Atlanta Campaign the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment as part of Brig. General Samuel Wragg Ferguson`s Cavalry Brigade would often fight against Wilders Lightning Brigade and Col. Robert H. G. Minty`s Saber Brigade, which resulted in quite a few saber charges being dutifully performed between them during the campaign.
Photo below: Col. Richard G. Earle, 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment Commander circa 1858 at Jacksonville, Alabama.
Photo below: One of the troopers of Col. John T. Wilders Lightning Brigade on one of their famous white horses.
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Substantiating accounts from the Official Record regarding the fight on 18 May 1864 near Kingston, Georgia which resulted in Col. Richard G. Earle of the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment being killed in action that day.
Report of Lieut. Col. Josiah B. Park, Fourth Michigan Cavalry, of skirmish (May 18) near Kingston, Ga.
Headquarters Fourth Michigan Cavalry,
Sir : I have the honor to report that, in compliance with verbal order of the colonel commanding brigade, I reported to General Garrard, with Companies L, F, M, K, E, H, and B, numbering 284 men and 17 officers, at Woodland, about seven miles northwest of Kingston, Ga., at about 1 p. m. on 18th instant. The general directed me to proceed toward Kingston, ascertain what was there, and, if not meeting resistance too strong, to go into the place, sending Captain Kennedy, assistant adjutant-general, to direct me. I moved out with my command immediately, and after leaving our pickets three-quarters of a mile, came upon the enemy's pickets. We drove them rapidly about two and a half miles, when we came to a road turning directly to the right: the enemy taking both roads, and being uncertain which led to Kingston, I left Company M to guard the one turning to the right, and proceeded with the balance of the command on the road straight forward. The Third Battalion, under Major Grant, was then about 300 yards in advance, Companies H and B deployed as skirmishers. Upon advancing, they immediately engaged the enemy, in vastly superior numbers, and almost without a moment's notice I found myself outflanked and nearly surrounded. I directed Companies F and L, under Major Robbins, to charge a line of the enemy advancing rapidly on my left, which they did in gallant style, driving them over the hill. At the same time I withdrew the Third Battalion, forming into line about 200 yards to the rear. Major Robbins fell back a few yards and reformed, received the enemy again, and drove them back a second time, receiving a severe wound in the left arm, which rendered him incapable of retaining further command. Now the fighting became fierce and desperate, charge after charge received, and as often repulsed. I found it impossible to hold a given line longer than to deliver a single volley. In this manner we fought our way back five miles, contending with a brigade on our flanks and rear, and much of the time completely surrounded.
My casualties are : 3 officers wounded and 1 captured ; enlisted men, killed, 3 ; wounded, 9 ; captured, 9 ; aggregate, 25. 34 horses killed, wounded, and missing. The enemy's loss must have been severe ; 5 were seen to fall at a single volley, and 7 others were seen to fall within a few yards of our lines. Colonel Earle, Second Alabama Cavalry, fell within a short distance of Colonel Wilder's line.
It was impossible to note the gallantry of one officer more than another; all did their duty nobly, continually cheering on their men and restraining them from falling back in confusion. I rejoined the command about 6 p. m.
J. B. PARK,
Lieutenant-Colonel, Comdg. Fourth Michigan Cavalry
Headquarters Second Cavalry Division (U. S. Army), Woodland, On,, May 18, 1864.
Sir : I have the honor to report that my command moved from camp on the Oostenaula at daylight this morning, passing rapidly through McGuire's ; thence down the Rome road to Hermitage ; thence to Woodland, arriving at the latter place at 12 m.
Near this place six companies of the Seventeenth Indiana, under Lieutenant Colonel Jordan, were detached to cut the railroad and telegraph wire from Rome to Kingston, which was accomplished. They also captured a wagon and 3 rebel soldiers. The railroad was cut near the mouth of Bradley Creek. It is reported that there are several trains of cars cut off on the Rome side. From Woodland Major Vail, with four companies of Seventeenth Indiana, was sent to cut the telegraph between Adairsville and Kingston, two miles north of Kingston. They skirmished up to the railroad, and under the fire of a rebel battery cut the telegraph wire. Both of these parties belonged to Colonel Wilders brigade and acted under the special orders of Colonel Wilder, commanding brigade, who was charged with the execution of that duty. Colonel Park, with seven companies Fourth Michigan, of Colonel Minty's brigade, was sent on the direct road to Kingston, with orders to proceed as far as he could, and drive in everything before him. He proceeded to within about a mile of Kingston, skirmishing and driving in the pickets, when he came upon a very strong line of infantry and cavalry, and was forced to fall back. He was warmly engaged, and closely followed by the enemy, until he reached my line of battle, where the enemy were easily repulsed.
My loss is not now known, but 1 major is captured, 1 major severely wounded, and 1 lieutenant severely and 1 slightly wounded, besides a number of men wounded and 2 reported killed of the Fourth Michigan. Reports not yet having been received from the brigades, it is impossible to state the exact loss. The loss of the enemy is not known, but Colonel Earle, Second Alabama Cavalry, was killed by Private Boner, Company A, Ninety-eighth Illinois Volunteers, in a charge made by the enemy againt my dismounted line, in which the enemy were handsomely repulsed.
During the whole time I was at Woodland engaged in these operations I was entirely disconnected with the main army, and could not open communication with General McPherson. In every direction I sent out from my position my scouts encountered rebel pickets.
I was not aware that the rebel army had left Adairsville until the arrival of General McPherson this evening. From information received to-day from negroes and prisoners, the bridge over the Oostenaula at Rome was burned to-day at 11 a. m., and that the place was attacked yesterday by some of our forces. Result not known. I have every reason to believe that Rome is almost entirely evacuated, as we followed within a few hours to this point a brigade of infantry and one of cavalry. Captain Pritchard, Fourth Michigan Cavalry, with a battalion of that regiment, made a reconnaissance to within a few miles of Rome, meeting no pickets.
Kenner Garrard,
Brigadier-General, Commanding Division.
May 18, at Woodland, northwest of Kingston, General Garrard ordered one battalion, Fourth Michigan to move down the Kingston road, and as the enemy was in full retreat, to charge whatever they found. Lieutenant Colonel Park met the enemy within one mile of Woodland, and drove them sharply to within two miles of Kingston, where he ran into a force of infantry, and at same time was attacked in rear and on both flanks by the whole of Ferguson's brigade of cavalry. Colonel Park fought his way back to Woodland, losing 4 officers and 24 enlisted men.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
ROBT. H. G. MINTY,
Colonel, Commanding Brigade.
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Below is a period map of the area which will give you a much better idea of where all of the fighting occurred by the various parties involved from 14 May 1864 - 24 May 1864. Woodlands where Col. Richard G. Earle was killed is located with-in the red boundaries just north-west of Kingston.
The following is a very good account that details the days fighting in and around Woodlands, leading up to the death of Col. Richard G. Earle. The account comes from: "CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION ERA, CASS/BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA" compiled and written by Keith Scott Hébert regarding his research of this Campaign from the "official record" and other available sources. This dissertation was submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Auburn University in partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctorate of Philosophy, Auburn, Alabama May 10, 2007:
"Sometime before noon on May 18, 1864, skirmishers detached from four companies of the 17th Indiana Cavalry reached Spring Bank. Major Jacob Vail had orders to cut the telegraph wire near Kingston. While most of Hardee's Corps had already moved through Kingston, Samuel Ferguson's cavalry remained at Spring Bank, determined to hamper the enemy's progress. Confederates installed a battery atop a small hill located directly across from the W&A and Spring Bank's upper gate while dismounted cavalrymen formed on the lawn. As soon as Vail's advance units appeared along the crest of the road, the battery opened fire, scattering the enemy into a roadside thicket. The 17th Indiana Cavalry reached the railroad located directly in front of the enemy battery where they successfully cut the telegraph wire. Having achieved their mission, the unit slowly retreated toward Woodlands where they rendezvoused with Brigadier General Kenner Garrard's 2nd Cavalry Division.
While the 17th Indiana Cavalry fell back, seven companies from the 4th Michigan Cavalry, Colonel Robert H. G. Minty's brigade, received orders from Garrard "to proceed" toward Kingston "as far as he could, and drive everything before him." Sherman's horsemen managed to get within a mile of the town before encountering the Confederate rear guard. Ferguson had anticipated that Federal commanders would send reconnaissance units toward Kingston. He accordingly stationed his soldiers along both sides of the Kingston road, using the forest for cover, and behind an improvised breastwork that blocked the enemy's path. When the men of the 4th Michigan Cavalry encountered the well-protected Confederates, they quickly realized that they were outgunned and outnumbered. Sergeant Albert Potter, Co. B, described the scene: "I had my men deployed as skirmishers on the left on a hill our attention all directed to the front when a regiment of rebels came charging around to my left and rear. Yelling like incarnate fiends."
The Confederates had outflanked and "nearly surrounded" the 4th Michigan. Lieutenant Colonel J. B. Park ordered companies F and L, under the command of Major Richard Robbins, to charge in order to break through the rebel lines. Robbins's men crashed into the Confederate cavalry pushing them back 200 yards. This enabled the remainder of the 4th Michigan to fall back and reform their lines. After an exhausting push, Robbins's men slowly fell back; however, as the enemy cavalry reformed and again advanced, companies F and L, without orders, again charged into the rebel lines, again forcing them to retreat. For five miles, the 4th Michigan rapidly formed their lines, fired a single volley, and then retired several hundred yards, only to repeat the entire process. When the retreating Federals reached Woodlands, their numerical deficiencies disappeared as they rejoined their division. During the five mile retreat, their regiment
suffered 25 casualties.
At Woodlands, Godfrey Barnsley had spent the morning listening to Federal artillery dislodging Wheeler's rear guard along the Kingston road. Hoping to convince the enemy that he was a neutral British citizen innocently caught in the midst of a foreign rebellion, he raised a prodigious British flag over his mansion. Barnsley's efforts to proclaim his neutrality, however, were quickly spoiled when Colonel John T. Wilder's scouts spotted the Englishman talking to a group of Confederate cavalry officers and offering them spring water.
By mid-afternoon, Confederate and Federal armies surrounded the entire estate. As Confederate cavalry pursued the 4th Michigan, they slammed into Garrard's 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, which had arrived at Woodlands around noon. Along the lower valley situated west of the main house, remnants of two Confederate cavalry brigades fought a prolonged action against a vastly numerically superior foe.
The Confederates managed to capture 135 prisoners and kill approximately twenty-eight enemy soldiers. Outnumbered and without artillery support or possible reinforcements, the Confederates withdrew from Woodlands southward toward Kingston.
During the fight, Colonel Richard Earle of the 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment attempted to warn the Barnsley family to seek shelter in the wine cellar. While returning to his unit from the mansion, the colonel encountered Federal soldiers who were pushing toward the Confederate lines. Unable to flee the pursing enemy, Earle stood his ground. After an intense period of hand-to-hand combat, during which time the officer was apparently shot several times, the Alabamian died at the hands of his enemy. The following day, Barnsley received permission from Union commanders to bury the fallen colonel.
Army of the Tennessee commander Major General James B. McPherson arrived at Woodlands shortly after the skirmish ended. He promptly met with Barnsley and guaranteed him that his home would not be disturbed. That night, according to Coker, "McPherson rested quietly in the cottage on Godfrey Barnsley's prominent hill." While the general slept, Federal soldiers broke into the Englishman's wine cellar and stole more than 2,000 bottles of wine, brandy, and whiskey. Others stripped the upper kitchen bare, stealing food, utensils, and imported china. Soldiers indeed took everything from Woodlands' nine cellars except several barrels of rice. "If you ever have any friends about to fall into [enemy] hands," advised Jane Howard, "advise them to lay in a stock of rice, for a Yankee cannot be induced to touch it." While Barnsley suffered a tremendous loss of property, by remaining at his home, his estate escaped catastrophic damage."
The above passage was taken from pages 219-222 of the dissertation compiled by Keith Scott Hébert and submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. Follow the link below to a PDF which covers his entire dissertation, he wrote a lot giving well researched and very detailed information regarding this timeline of events as well as others regarding the ACW. It is worth a read for sure.
https://etd.auburn.edu/bitstream/handle/10415/1373/HEBERT_KEITH_56.pdf?sequence=1
On 16 Jun 1864, almost a month after Colonel Richard G. Earle had been "killed in action", Pvt. Robert Wardroper ("B" Troop), 2nd Regiment Alabama Cavalry, after complaining for days of chronic diarrhea back around Atlanta was sent to Hardee Hospital, at Forsyth, Georgia for treatment.
From that Hospital on this day he wrote a letter home to his wife in Alabama. Two things immediately stand out, the first being that the letter confirms that no-one of the 2nd Regiment Alabama Cavalry knew with certainty what had become of Col. Richard G. Earle (Regimental Commander, 2nd Alabama Cavalry) even a month after he was killed in battle. Second: he sounded delighted that he was not sleeping outside, on the hard ground, exposed to the elements and being fired upon by Federal troops on a day to day basis. Below is that small excerpt of the letter:
"Dear Wife: I arrived here today worn out with work and attacks of diarrhea. I am here sleeping under a roof and on a bunk away from that eternal skirmishing. Sick at the craw but now expect to get strong again. Johnston has not given away any now for 20 days and I am in hopes he will be able to hold his grounds as the yanks have enough of Georgia, and the wheat growing portion too. Two of my company ("B") were wounded and our Colonel (R. G. Earle) is supposed to be killed if not a prisoner. Sink a twenty dollar bill, if you have a new issue, in your next letter. We are on the railroad between Atlanta and Macon. I may stay here three weeks or three months. Kiss and hug the children for me and also consider yourself fully remembered in loving kindness by your affectionate husband."
Pvt. Robert Wardroper, "B" Troop, 2nd Regiment Alabama Cavalry, after receiving treatment for chronic diarrhea for a month at Hardee Hospital, Forsyth, Georgia, sadly died of his ailment one month later to the day, on 16 Jul 1864.
In the letter below, from the Hospital, his wife and family in Alabama, were notified of his death:
"Madam: It becomes my painful duty to inform you of the death of your husband, Robert Wardroper, who died in Hardee Hospital on the l6th of July.
Knowing you would like the particulars concerning his sickness and death, but for the past two months we have been so crowded with sick and wounded, and their attentions divided so the nature of his sickness and length of time he was confined to his room I am unable to tell you.
Those men I inquired of spoke of Mr. Wardroper in terms of praise. He seemed to be much resigned to his sickness and never complained... He is buried in the soldier's burying ground at this place and his name is marked on his head board so you will have no difficulty in finding his grave if you ever visit this place. Very respectfully yours, T.W. Myers , Clerk Hardee Hospital Forsyth, Georgia."
I am sure that his loving family would have wanted much more information regarding the last days, hours and minutes of someone so extremely important to them. This letter demonstrates just how callous war can be, that so many young men were dying in the hospitals, on the field of battle, in the camps, on the march, etc... that their personal situations could not be kept up with by those who were responsible to care for them and therefore that vital information could not be relayed to the grieving families back home upon their deaths. Just a simple notice of death, for those fortunate enough to receive that, and few, if any, particulars.
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2nd Alabama Cavalry said:
This letter demonstrates just how callous war can be, that so many young men were dying in the hospitals, on the field of battle, in the camps, on the march, etc... that their personal situations could not be kept up with by those who were responsible to care for them and therefore that vital information could not be relayed to the grieving families back home upon their deaths. Just a simple notice of death, for those fortunate enough to receive that, and few, if any, particulars.
That's so true. My 2nd great-grandfather in the 1st Alabama Cavalry was originally listed as missing or killed on June 26, 1863, at Shelbyville, Tennessee, on the muster role for November/December 1863. In fact he had been captured at Shelbyville on June 27 during the Union surprise attack on that day during the chaotic Confederate retreat as part of the Tullahoma Campaign, and by October 1863 he had been transferred to Point Lookout where he was kept till near the end of the war. I do wonder when his parents or anyone else found out what happened to him and that he wasn't dead.
For a similar example here is a letter I came across from a Union soldier in the 74th Illinois Infantry describing the probable death of his friend from the same company but he didn't even see exactly what happened and couldn't find his body:
I consider it my duty to write you a few lines. You will probably hear of Hiram's death before you get this letter. He was killed in a charge that we made on the enemy's works with five more of our company on the 27th day of June and we had seven more wounded very bad. It is a great wonder to me that any of us got off of the field without being hit. I did not see Hiram when he was hit. [James Barker?] says he was laying by the side of him when he was hit the second time and he thought that he died on the spot. But William Corwin and I didn't see him but there was so many wounded and crawling back that he might have got back and I not seen him. We had to keep our heads close to the ground or else get a ball through them. I think Hiram was killed right where he lay. When the Rebels let us get our dead off of the field I could not find Hiram. We found all the rest of our company but the Rebs buried some of them and I think they must have buried him. Some of the Boys think that he was carried back to some hospital but I can't find nor hear anything from him so I know that he must have been killed. He was unwell for most of two weeks. He was a good and brave soldier and liked by all in the company. I miss him more than any other one in the company. I always thought more of him than all the rest of the Boys. When he was at home and since we have been here in the army I have learned to think more of him than ever. He was always ahead in a fight and ready to do his duty as a soldier and he has died for his country and I hope that he is in a better world than this. It is very lonesome here now. The Boys are down-hearted and don't say but a very little. It has been a hard blow on our company. We lost more than any other company in the Regiment because we was in the front and we got up within ten steps of the Rebels works but we did not have any support and so we had to fall back. If the charge had been managed right we would have taken their worlds and not lost half as many men. But our Generals have too much whiskey. Hiram had some money but I don't know how much. He let Lieutenant Charles Allen have ten dollars. Allen is in Rockford now wounded.
I wish I could have found him and buried him. I should have been better satisfied and I suppose you all would too.
About the report that was in the paper. I made the report out myself of all the killed and wounded. There is no hopes of him being in the hospital for the papers have got a list of all the wounded in them that is in the hospital and his name is not on the list for I have searched every paper since the charge. I should have been a great deal better satisfied if I could have found him and buried him myself and I know you would have too, but I do not know how it can be helped. ...
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The picture portraying Josiah B. Park is, as far as I know, a picture of Kenner Garrard.
The only quick find for Park is linked from his findagrave entry.
GELongstreet said:
GELongstreet, thanks for the heads-up, below is the corrected version... Accuracy regarding historical facts is of utmost importance, especially when identifying the people directly involved. It appears that I initially misidentified the image when I saved it to my hard drive. You are correct that the other image was indeed another of Kenner Garrard.
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