Norfolk Southern Train Crossing the Cumberland River at Burnside, KY
Caught this train heading north across the bridge over the Cumberland river just north of Burnside Kentucky.
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Bourbon Manor Bed & Breakfast Inn - Bardstown Hotels, Kentucky
Bourbon Manor Bed & Breakfast Inn 2 Stars Hotel in Bardstown, Kentucky Within US Travel Directory Offering a terrace and an on-site day spa, Bourbon Manor Bed & Breakfast Inn is set in Bardstown, 2.
5 km from My Old Kentucky Home State Park.
Located along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, the inn is only 4 km from Heaven Hill Distillery.
Every room is equipped with a flat-screen TV.
Certain units feature a seating area to relax in after a busy day.
A terrace or balcony are featured in certain rooms.
Each room is equipped with a private bathroom.
For your comfort, you will find bath robes and free toiletries.
There is concierge service and gift shop at the property.
Guests can enjoy the on-site bourbon bar.
Free WiFi is available throughout the property and free private parking is available on site.
The bed and breakfast also offers car hire.
Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History is 1.
4 km from Bourbon Manor Bed & Breakfast Inn, while Heaven Hill Bourbon Heritage Center is 3.
1 km from the property.
Louisville Airport is 46 km away.
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Cumberland Gap
Cumberland Gap
This film focuses on Cumberland Gap as a special place of passing for thousands of years--a place with a long relationship to the affairs of man. It relates the important role the gap played in opening the West to settlement.
The passage created by Cumberland Gap was well-traveled by Native Americans long before the arrival of European-American settlers. The earliest written account of Cumberland Gap dates to the 1670s, by Abraham Wood of Virginia.
The gap was named for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, son of King George II of Great Britain, who had many places named for him in the American colonies after the Battle of Culloden. The explorer Thomas Walker gave the name to the Cumberland River in 1750, and the name soon spread to many other features in the region, such as the Cumberland Gap. In 1769 Joseph Martin built a fort nearby at present-day Rose Hill, Virginia, on behalf of Dr. Walker's land claimants. But Martin and his men were chased out of the area by Native Americans, and Martin himself did not return until 1775.
In 1775 Daniel Boone, hired by the Transylvania Company, arrived in the region leading a company of men to widen the path through the gap to make settlement of Kentucky and Tennessee easier. On his arrival Boone discovered that Martin had beaten him to Powell Valley, where Martin and his men were clearing land for their own settlement – the westernmost settlement in English colonial America at the time. By the 1790s the trail that Boone and his men built was widened to accommodate wagon traffic and sometimes became known as the Wilderness Road.
Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap (George Caleb Bingham, oil on canvas, 1851–52)
Several American Civil War engagements occurred in and around the Cumberland Gap and are sometimes called Battle of the Cumberland Gap. In June 1862, Union Army General George W. Morgan captured the gap for the Union. In September of that year, Confederate States Army forces under Edmund Kirby Smith occupied the gap during General Braxton Bragg's Kentucky Invasion. The following year, in a bloodless engagement in September 1863, Union Army troops under General Ambrose Burnside forced the surrender of 2,300 Confederates defending the gap, gaining Union control of the gap for the remainder of the war.
It is estimated that between 200,000 and 300,000 migrants passed through the gap on their way into Kentucky and the Ohio Valley before 1810. Today 18,000 cars pass beneath the site daily, and 1,200,000 people visit the park on the site annually.
U.S. Route 25E passed overland through the gap before the completion of the Cumberland Gap Tunnel in 1996. The original trail was
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Guns & Conservation In America – Boone and Crockett Club
Public ownership of firearms was instrumental to the birth of the conservation movement in North America and still contributes to its continued success. The Boone and Crockett Club supports the right of citizens to own and use firearms. This right allows hunters to
contribute to and maintain the longstanding success of wildlife conservation and management in North America.
Inmate kills cellmate and hides body without guards noticing
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Ambrose Burnside | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Ambrose Burnside
00:00:42 1 Early life
00:01:59 2 Early military career
00:04:35 3 Civil War
00:04:43 3.1 First Bull Run
00:05:35 3.2 North Carolina
00:07:51 3.3 Antietam
00:09:39 3.4 Fredericksburg
00:11:49 3.5 East Tennessee
00:15:44 3.6 Overland Campaign
00:16:48 3.7 The Crater
00:18:58 4 Postbellum career
00:21:15 5 Assessment and legacy
00:23:33 5.1 Sideburns
00:23:57 6 Honors
00:25:15 7 In popular media
00:25:44 8 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
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- improves your listening skills
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- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island. He served as governor and as a United States Senator. As a Union Army general in the American Civil War, he conducted successful campaigns in North Carolina and East Tennessee, as well as countering the raids of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan, but suffered disastrous defeats at the Battle of Fredericksburg and Battle of the Crater. His distinctive style of facial hair became known as sideburns, derived from his last name. He was also the first president of the National Rifle Association.
Muscatine and Fairport
The first part of the video was taken at the south end of Muscatine, Iowa. It transitions to video shot at the Fairport campground (10 minutes away). This video was shot with a Syma X5C-1 drone
Copper Creek Trestles Trains and Surroundings Speers Ferry VA between Gate City and Duffield
Opening shots of the video show the setting, then there is a sharp angle view of a train on the high trestle high above, after that we cut to a siding a few miles away where an coal train of empties (not shown at that point ) waits for a full train which we see has been aided by helper locomotives, a short clip of the helper engines returning, then back to the trestle, for the final clips of that coal train of empties that had been waiting goes over the lower trestle, and a different train passes over the high trestle.
In Virginia along US highway 23 there is between Gate City, VA and Duffield, VA there is a scenic overlook that overlooks a pair of trestles, actually for much of the year only one high trestle that can be seen, as the lower trestle is blocked by trees that grow alongside the Clinch river. The trestles don’t span the Clinch river, they span the mouth of a valley through which Copper Creek runs (and therefore Copper Creek is spanned too). If the Clinch River sounds like a familiar name, perhaps it is because many folks have heard of the Clinchfield Railroad The following details are given on a “place of interest type of marker” at the overlook, which reads
The Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway built the taller of the two structures which stand before you in 1908. At 167 feet over the Copper Creek-Clinch River junction, the Copper Creek Viaduct was then one of the tallest railroad bridges in the eastern United States. Construction of this trestle - and many other bridges and fifty-five tunnels - by the CC&O opened up coal deposits in Virginia and Kentucky via a superbly engineered direct rail route to numerous cities in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. Prior to its completion, alternate rail routes to these markets were over one hundred miles longer and featured some of the steepest grades in the United States.
More than a century later this viaduct is still a vital link in the rail network of Clinchfield's successor company, CSX Transportation. An average of 18 to 24 coal trains currently pass daily over this bridge, keeping the lights on in such major cities as Charlotte, Columbia, Jacksonville, Orlando, and Charleston. Northbound coal empties are returning to the rich coal seams of Eastern Kentucky, Virginia, and Southern West Virginia. Additional trains carrying general merchandise, grain, plastics, lumber, chemicals, and aggregates also pass over this trestle.
The lower bridge was constructed by the South Atlantic & Ohio Railroad around 1890 and is currently owned by Norfolk Southern Corporation. Close to one hundred per cent of the business handled by Norfolk Southern consists of both empty and loaded coal cars to and from Virginia coal mines. Contractual agreements between CSX and Norfolk Southern, though they are competitors, allow each to use the other's tracks, so trains of both railroads can often be seen on either of the Copper Creek trestles.
James Longstreet | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
James Longstreet
00:03:25 1 Early life and career
00:08:19 2 Mexican-American War
00:09:28 3 Subsequent activities
00:11:54 4 American Civil War
00:12:04 4.1 First Bull Run
00:16:10 4.2 Family tragedy and Peninsula
00:21:13 4.3 Second Bull Run
00:26:58 4.4 Antietam and Fredericksburg
00:31:14 4.5 Suffolk
00:33:59 4.6 Gettysburg
00:34:07 4.6.1 Campaign plans
00:38:03 4.6.2 July 1–2
00:42:52 4.6.3 July 3
00:46:15 4.7 Chickamauga
00:50:16 4.8 Tennessee
00:55:43 4.9 Wilderness to Appomattox
01:00:16 5 Postbellum life
01:07:18 6 Legacy
01:07:27 6.1 Historical reputation
01:11:33 6.2 In memoriam
01:12:58 7 In popular culture
01:14:49 8 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at:
You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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James Longstreet (January 8, 1821 – January 2, 1904) was one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his Old War Horse. He served under Lee as a corps commander for many of the famous battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater, and briefly with Braxton Bragg in the Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater.
After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Longstreet served in the Mexican–American War. He was wounded in the thigh at the Battle of Chapultepec, and afterward married his first wife, Louise Garland. Throughout the 1850s, he served on frontier duty in the American Southwest. In June 1861, Longstreet resigned his U.S. Army commission and joined the Confederate Army. He commanded Confederate troops during an early victory at Blackburn's Ford in July and played a minor role at the First Battle of Bull Run.
Longstreet's talents as a general made significant contributions to several important Confederate victories, mostly in the Eastern Theater as one of Robert E. Lee's chief subordinates in the Army of Northern Virginia. He performed poorly at Seven Pines by accidentally marching his men down the wrong road, causing them to be late in arrival. He played an important role in the success of the Seven Days Battles in the summer of 1862. Longstreet led a devastating counterattack that routed the Union army at Second Bull Run in August. His men held their ground in defensive roles at Antietam and Fredericksburg. Longstreet's most controversial service was at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, where he openly disagreed with General Lee on the tactics to be employed and reluctantly supervised several attacks on Union forces, including the disastrous Pickett's Charge. Afterwards, Longstreet was, at his own request, sent to the Western Theater to fight under Braxton Bragg, where his troops launched a ferocious assault on the Union lines at Chickamauga, which carried the day. Afterwards, his performance in semiautonomous command during the Knoxville Campaign resulted in a Confederate defeat. Longstreet's tenure in the Western Theater was marred by his central role in numerous conflicts amongst important Confederate generals. Unhappy serving under Bragg, Longstreet and his men were sent back to Lee. He ably commanded troops during the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864, where he was seriously wounded by friendly fire. He later returned to the field, serving under Lee in the Siege of Petersburg and the Appomattox Campaign.
He enjoyed a successful post-war career working for the U.S. government as a diplomat, civil servant, and administrator. His conversion to the Republican Party and his cooperation with his old friend, President Ulysses S. Grant, as well as critical comments he wrote in his memoirs about General Lee's wartime performance, made him anathema to many of his former Confederate colleagues. His reputation in the South further suffered when he led African-American militia against the anti-Reconstruction White League at the Battle of Liberty Place in 1874. Authors of the Lost Cause movement focused on Longstreet's actions at Gettysburg as a primary reason for the Confederacy's loss ...
The Grand Review and Demobilization of the Armies (Lecture)
The American Civil War ended in April of 1865 ... or did it? Ranger John Hoptak takes us through the war's final months, looking at the politics of the Grand Review parade, the experiences of prisoners of war on both sides, and what the final moments of the war were like for soldiers of both Union and Confederate armies.
Lake Cumberland
Lake Cumberland is a reservoir in Clinton, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Russell, and Wayne counties in Kentucky. The primary reasons for its construction were a means for flood control and the production of hydroelectric power. Its shoreline measures 1,255 miles and the lake covers 65,530 acres at the maximum power pool elevation. The reservoir ranks 9th in the U.S. in size, with a capacity of 6,100,000 acre feet of water, enough to cover the entire Commonwealth of Kentucky with 3 inches of water. The main lake is 101 miles long and over one mile across at its widest point.
The lake has become a major source of tourism and an economic engine for south-central Kentucky. As of September 2011 Lake Cumberland was approximately 43 feet below its normal level due to leakage in the earthen part of the dam, but repairs were completed in 2013 and officials estimated that lake levels would be back to normal by 2014-2015. As of 4-18-2015 the lake is back to full summer pool.
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Read North Dakota Presents; An Evening With James McPherson (2008)
Pulitzer Prize winning author and North Dakota native James McPherson shared his insights into the character of Abraham Lincoln and his metamorphosis into this country’s first modern Commander-in-chief. Having to overcome incompetent and recalcitrant generals, Lincoln took up the reins of command even though he had no military experience.
The War for the Rail Lines in 1864 (Lecture)
The Federal offensives of 1864 were designed to take advantage of the rail lines under its control and disrupt and destroy the Confederate rail system. Conversely, the Confederates needed to threaten the ever lengthening supply lines of the Federals, and fiercely protect their own rail lines in order to survive. Join Ranger Bill Hewitt as he examines this fascinating topic.
Troy McComak Interview - Candidate For U.S. House Of Representatives - Modesto, California
Troy McComak is a candidate for the United States Congress House Of Representatives. This candidacy of the 27 year old Patterson, California resident is his first bid for public office.
McComak is a clear underdog in this race, running as an independent and without a lot of funding.
During the June Primary residents will have a chance to vote for any candidate on the ballot regardless of their own political affiliation. McComak is hopeful that he will receive enough of those votes as an independent to be one of the two to face off in the general election.
Troy McComak sat down with Modesto News .org at Papachinos Restaurant in Downtown Modesto, California yesterday for an interview with Mick Rubalcava about his candidacy.
To find out more about Troy McComak you can visit his website at McComak.com .
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Longstreet & Huger: The Battle of Seven Pines (Lecture)
The battle of Seven Pines cannot be considered a Confederate success. Who was to blame? Was it James Longstreet, Benjamin Huger, or someone else? This Program will examine some of charges and counter-charges made at the time and in the years since the battle and will explore how historians have interpreted the event.
101 Facts About The American Civil War
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2018 Winter Lecture Series - The Fateful Compromise of 1850
Before the Civil War there was the Compromise of 1850. The arguments between the North and South over slavery in the new territories began to boil over during an era when the United States was becoming a player on the world stage with territory acquired during the recent war with Mexico. Would slavery expand into these new territories or would it be confined to the southern states only?