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The Tailgate / Today in history 3-27
Last post by remrogers - March 27, 2026, 10:51:47 AM1865
March 27
Lincoln, Sherman and Grant plan final stages of Civil War
On March 27, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln meets with Union generals Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman at City Point, Virginia, to plot the last stages of the Civil War.
Lincoln went to Virginia just as Grant was preparing to attack Confederate General Robert E. Lee's lines around Petersburg and Richmond, an assault that promised to end the siege that had dragged on for 10 months. Meanwhile, Sherman's force was steamrolling northward through the Carolinas. The three architects of Union victory convened for the first time as a group—Lincoln and Sherman had never met—at Grant's City Point headquarters at the general-in-chief's request.
As part of the trip, Lincoln went to the Petersburg lines and witnessed a Union bombardment and a small skirmish. Prior to meeting with his generals, the president also reviewed troops and visited wounded soldiers. Once he sat down with Grant and Sherman, Lincoln expressed concern that Lee might escape Petersburg and flee to North Carolina, where he could join forces with Joseph Johnston to forge a new Confederate army that could continue the war for months. Grant and Sherman assured the president the end was in sight. Lincoln emphasized to his generals that any surrender terms must preserve the Union aims of emancipation and a pledge of equality for the formerly enslaved people.
After meeting with Admiral David Dixon Porter on March 28, the president and his two generals went their separate ways. Less than four weeks later, Grant and Sherman had secured the surrender of the Confederacy.
March 27
Lincoln, Sherman and Grant plan final stages of Civil War
On March 27, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln meets with Union generals Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman at City Point, Virginia, to plot the last stages of the Civil War.
Lincoln went to Virginia just as Grant was preparing to attack Confederate General Robert E. Lee's lines around Petersburg and Richmond, an assault that promised to end the siege that had dragged on for 10 months. Meanwhile, Sherman's force was steamrolling northward through the Carolinas. The three architects of Union victory convened for the first time as a group—Lincoln and Sherman had never met—at Grant's City Point headquarters at the general-in-chief's request.
As part of the trip, Lincoln went to the Petersburg lines and witnessed a Union bombardment and a small skirmish. Prior to meeting with his generals, the president also reviewed troops and visited wounded soldiers. Once he sat down with Grant and Sherman, Lincoln expressed concern that Lee might escape Petersburg and flee to North Carolina, where he could join forces with Joseph Johnston to forge a new Confederate army that could continue the war for months. Grant and Sherman assured the president the end was in sight. Lincoln emphasized to his generals that any surrender terms must preserve the Union aims of emancipation and a pledge of equality for the formerly enslaved people.
After meeting with Admiral David Dixon Porter on March 28, the president and his two generals went their separate ways. Less than four weeks later, Grant and Sherman had secured the surrender of the Confederacy.
#12
Fishing Equipment / Re: New rod!
Last post by nastygunz - March 27, 2026, 10:47:13 AMThat's what got me interested in fly fishing when I was six years old I used to watch this old fellow named Ken Eastman fishing out on a pond catching smallmouth, he had a bamboo fly rod, an old hat jammed on his head and always had a pipe clenched between his teeth. When I got older and was fly fishing I became good friends with him.
Quote from: Okanagan on March 25, 2026, 10:17:08 PMGolly does that ever bring back memories. I grew up with a bamboo fly rod that my dad bought new for me, one like his. Caught a LOT of rainbow trout, crappies, bullhead catfish, small bass and bluegills with that thing.
#13
Fishing Equipment / Re: New rod!
Last post by nastygunz - March 27, 2026, 10:43:34 AM
Bass fishing with poppers on a fly rod- #1 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🐟🐟🐟🐟 #14
Fishing Equipment / Re: New rod!
Last post by FinsnFur - March 26, 2026, 09:45:09 PMdelicate lass 
#15
Fishing Equipment / Re: New rod!
Last post by nastygunz - March 26, 2026, 07:16:43 PMThis is The Big Bamboo, 6 weight, 9 footer. Pretty interesting rod, it is a Shakespeare Triumph made by South Bend. She has enough spine to handle trout and bass.
#16
Fishing Equipment / Re: New rod!
Last post by Todd Rahm - March 26, 2026, 06:25:53 PMThat's beautiful Nasty!!
#17
The Tailgate / Today in history 3-26
Last post by remrogers - March 26, 2026, 09:46:13 AM1804
March 26
President Jefferson presented with a "mammoth loaf" of bread
On March 26, 1804, President Thomas Jefferson attends a public party at the Senate and leads a diverse crowd in consuming an enormous loaf of bread dubbed the mammoth loaf. The giant bread was baked to go with the remnants of an enormous block of cheese.
Two years earlier, a group of Baptist women from Massachusetts had sent Jefferson a 1,200-pound hunk of cheese in gratitude for his support of religious tolerance. The cheese, they said, illustrated Jefferson's claim that North America's superior natural resources would one day enable the U.S. to outstrip all of Europe in agricultural production.
Early Americans' use of the descriptive term mammoth arose from the discovery of a giant woolly mammoth skeleton in New York in 1801. Jefferson, fascinated with the natural sciences, was a member of the American Philosophical Society and helped the organization raise funds to complete the archaeological project. Jefferson's Federalist opponents ridiculed the president's scientific side projects as frivolous. In an attempt to embarrass the president, they dubbed the giant dairy product the mammoth cheese. To the Federalists' surprise and disappointment, the general populace embraced the term with nationalistic zeal. Almost immediately, butcher shops and markets advertised mammoth-size products from sides of veal to pumpkins and loaves of bread.
The unveiling of the mammoth loaf occurred at a Senate-sponsored March 26 party to rally support for a naval war against the Barbary States. At noon, a Navy baker wheeled in the mammoth loaf along with the remnants of the Baptist women's mammoth cheese, an equally enormous side of roast beef and copious amounts of alcohol. President Jefferson stepped up, pulled out his pocketknife and cut the first slice of bread. According to written observations, the party quickly degenerated into a noisy, drunken affair.
March 26
President Jefferson presented with a "mammoth loaf" of bread
On March 26, 1804, President Thomas Jefferson attends a public party at the Senate and leads a diverse crowd in consuming an enormous loaf of bread dubbed the mammoth loaf. The giant bread was baked to go with the remnants of an enormous block of cheese.
Two years earlier, a group of Baptist women from Massachusetts had sent Jefferson a 1,200-pound hunk of cheese in gratitude for his support of religious tolerance. The cheese, they said, illustrated Jefferson's claim that North America's superior natural resources would one day enable the U.S. to outstrip all of Europe in agricultural production.
Early Americans' use of the descriptive term mammoth arose from the discovery of a giant woolly mammoth skeleton in New York in 1801. Jefferson, fascinated with the natural sciences, was a member of the American Philosophical Society and helped the organization raise funds to complete the archaeological project. Jefferson's Federalist opponents ridiculed the president's scientific side projects as frivolous. In an attempt to embarrass the president, they dubbed the giant dairy product the mammoth cheese. To the Federalists' surprise and disappointment, the general populace embraced the term with nationalistic zeal. Almost immediately, butcher shops and markets advertised mammoth-size products from sides of veal to pumpkins and loaves of bread.
The unveiling of the mammoth loaf occurred at a Senate-sponsored March 26 party to rally support for a naval war against the Barbary States. At noon, a Navy baker wheeled in the mammoth loaf along with the remnants of the Baptist women's mammoth cheese, an equally enormous side of roast beef and copious amounts of alcohol. President Jefferson stepped up, pulled out his pocketknife and cut the first slice of bread. According to written observations, the party quickly degenerated into a noisy, drunken affair.
#18
Fishing Equipment / Re: New rod!
Last post by nastygunz - March 25, 2026, 11:06:37 PMThe new one is a delicate lass, 7 foot, 4 weight, light as a feather.
#19
Fishing Equipment / Re: New rod!
Last post by nastygunz - March 25, 2026, 11:00:22 PMBamboo is an exceptionally strong, natural building material with a higher tensile strength than many steel alloys (up to 28,000 psi) and a higher compressive strength than concrete. As a fibrous, flexible material, it is three times stronger than most timber, making it ideal for construction, flooring, and structural applications.
#20
The Tailgate / Re: Grandson Code and my great...
Last post by Okanagan - March 25, 2026, 10:26:01 PMYep, gotta say I love that picture. It tells a lot in one photo.
The big sister is almost two, with a birthday the same as mine. She loves to dance when the grownups are singing in church. Pure uninhibited joy.
I am an incredibly blessed man to live long enough to see this.
The big sister is almost two, with a birthday the same as mine. She loves to dance when the grownups are singing in church. Pure uninhibited joy.
I am an incredibly blessed man to live long enough to see this.