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REDIRECT ALERT! (Scroll down past this mess if you're trying to read an archived post. Thanks. No, really, thanks.)

Due to my inability to control my temper and complacently accept continued silliness with not-quite-as-reliable-as-it-ought-to-be Blogger/Blogspot, your beloved Possumblog will now waddle across the Information Dirt Road and park its prehensile tail at http://possumblog.mu.nu.

This site will remain in place as a backup in case Munuvia gets hit by a bus or something, but I don't think they have as much trouble with this as some places do. ::cough::blogspot::cough:: So click here and adjust your links. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it's one of those things.


Friday, March 11, 2005

I hate to be so pedantic, but REALLY now!

The Today in History site of the Library of Congress' American Memories collection today recounts the fall of Fayetteville, North Carolina to General Sherman in 1865. It includes this fascinating sentence:

[...] Prior to Sherman's arrival many Southern women worked at the Fayetteville Arsenal, turning out the .58 caliber lead ball cartridges called "minnies" as well as rockets and shells. [...]

Sheesh. I mean, I realize history is, well, history, but I was under the impression that the Minie ball was pretty well-known bit of equipment.


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