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At the beginning there was a scene with Union troops playing baseball, would they have played baseball during the war at their camps? Also, later in the film I noticed the golden eagle statue on the top of the flap poles, was the eagle already adopted as the nation's symbol? If so, was it already being used and displayed on flags as such?--Ashley Wilkins | At the beginning there was a scene with Union troops playing baseball, would they have played baseball during the war at their camps? Also, later in the film I noticed the golden eagle statue on the top of the flap poles, was the eagle already adopted as the nation's symbol? If so, was it already being used and displayed on flags as such?--Ashley Wilkins | ||
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| + | I asked this in my blog, but I'm going to ask it here too. Wasn't flogging actually illegal in the US Military before the Civil War? I thought you couldn't whip in the Army anymore but they obviously punished Trip in that fashion. I could be wrong though. --Kelly Wuyscik | ||
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