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Old November 7, 2012, 07:17 PM   #26
4V50 Gary
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BTW, during the Siege of Petersburg (American Civil War) bored soldiers on both sides would scavenge spare ramrods and shoot them into the air and onto the other side's trenches. They found the noise of a ramrod in the air amusing.
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