Union raid on Richmond, seat of the Confederacy
Some 4,000 Union fighters led by Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick and Col. Ulric Dahlgren conducted a brazen raid on Richmond, Va., capital of the Confederacy, this week 150 years ago in the Civil War. Hundreds of cavalry at the head of the Union force opened the way while columns coming from behind ripped up the tracks of the Virginia Central Railroad as they headed south to the James River. The raiders led by Kilpatrick reached the outskirts of Richmond on March 1, 1864, and there fierce skirmishing erupted near the city’s defenses. But when Dahlgren’s reinforcements failed to arrive in time, the Kilpatrick raiders were compelled to retreat by Confederate cavalry. Dahlgren’s cavalry couldn’t penetrate the city either, owing to the opposition, and thus withdrew northward only to be ambushed by Confederate enemies. Dahlgren was killed and many of his unit captured.
Sunday, March 2
Saturday, March 1
The Dogg Act
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| Cheysuli’s Pocket Full of Sunshine |
Today she delivered, um, shall we say "half of the ingredients" needed for Welsh Cardigan Corgi puppies to her friend, author and breeder Jennifer Roberson.
("Instant puppies! Just add female!")
Hey, I'm trying to keep this clean!
Jennifer has a female dog ready to be "in the family-way" and needed the other half - which was in New Jersey. In a miracle of modern-day PonyEx, it was shipped overnight and received this morning.
Momma promptly leaped into the car to deliver the chilled contents to Jennifer, who is showing her Cardigans at the Fiesta Cluster Dog Show in Scottsdale this weekend.
Hopefully we'll have Welsh Cardigan puppies in 58 and 68 days!
(According to an old story, Queen Victoria was traveling down a country road one day when her carriage came upon a fallen tree branch. A fairy came out of nowhere and produced two corgis out of thin air to assist Queen Victoria. One was the (tailed) Cardigan Welsh Corgi and the other the (tailless) Pembroke Welsh Corgi. The two Corgis moved the tree for the queen, which is why the breed is currently prized by the Queen of England.)
In the meantime, the jokes have been flying Fast and Furiously around here. In particular, Grandpoppa wanted to know if Momma's errand violated the Mann Act.
The Mann Act is a United States federal law passed on June 25, 1910 named after Congressman James Mann of Illinois. Its primary stated intent was to address prostitution, "immorality," and human trafficking.
However, its ambiguous language of "immorality" permitted many dubious prosecutions over the years, and was used to criminalize many things. It was amended by Congress in 1978 and again in 1986 to apply to other things as well.
Hey, I'm still trying to keep this clean!
Friday, February 28
Steampunk Addie and the Vortex of Time Parasol
Look at what my Dear Friend Ginny Weasley just posted on my Facebook page!
Addie? Are you here today or wandering the world on some great adventure?
Mum set us to ridding the curtains of doxies again at Grimmauld Place, dusty old museum of a place if you ask me. Anyway, behind the spot where the portrait of Phineas Nigellus was hanging... well apparently this has been hiding there the whole time. I'm not sure if it belonged to his wife Ursula Flint or his sister Elladora Black but either way I wondered if you might want to have a look at it and investigate?
It let off the strangest sparks when I first picked it up, but now it just looks like an old umbrella. *sigh* You never know what sort of magic is hiding within The Noble House of Black!
Thanks Jen and Ginny! It's even better than Hagrid's Pink Umbrella!
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