Baker’s Dozen III

[Bicycle_Bill]

Antonyms

1. Hot and cold
2. Selfish and generous
3. Up and down
4. Win and lose
5. Agree and disagree
6. True and false
7. Concave and convex
8. Progress and Congress…

OK, seriously now…

1. Hot and cold
2. Selfish and generous
3. Up and down
4. Win and lose
5. Agree and disagree
6. True and false
7. Concave and convex
8. Zenith and nadir

-“BB”-

[NDP]

Antonyms

1. Hot and cold
2. Selfish and generous
3. Up and down
4. Win and lose
5. Agree and disagree
6. True and false
7. Concave and convex
8. Zenith and nadir
9. War and peace

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

Antonyms

1. Hot and cold
2. Selfish and generous
3. Up and down
4. Win and lose
5. Agree and disagree
6. True and false
7. Concave and convex
8. Zenith and nadir
9. War and peace
10. Poverty and wealth

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Antonyms

1. Hot and cold
2. Selfish and generous
3. Up and down
4. Win and lose
5. Agree and disagree
6. True and false
7. Concave and convex
8. Zenith and nadir
9. War and peace
10. Poverty and wealth
11. Love and hate

[Skunkdog]

Antonyms

1. Hot and cold
2. Selfish and generous
3. Up and down
4. Win and lose
5. Agree and disagree
6. True and false
7. Concave and convex
8. Zenith and nadir
9. War and peace
10. Poverty and wealth
11. Love and hate
12. Yin and yang

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Antonyms

1. Hot and cold
2. Selfish and generous
3. Up and down
4. Win and lose
5. Agree and disagree
6. True and false
7. Concave and convex
8. Zenith and nadir
9. War and peace
10. Poverty and wealth
11. Love and hate
12. Yin and yang
13. Blue and Gray

Next up:

Battles of the American Civil War

1. Cedar Creek

[Bicycle_Bill]

Battles of the American Civil War
(suggesting we add location as well)

1. Cedar Creek – Cedar Creek, in the Shenandoah Valley, VA
2. Cold Harbor – near Mechanicsville, VA

-“BB”-

[Bayaker]

Battles of the American Civil War
(suggesting we add location as well)

1. Cedar Creek – Cedar Creek, in the Shenandoah Valley, VA
2. Cold Harbor – near Mechanicsville, VA
3. Sharpsburg - Washington County, MD

AKA Antietem

[bordelond]

Battles of the American Civil War
(suggesting we add location as well)

1. Cedar Creek – Cedar Creek, in the Shenandoah Valley, VA
2. Cold Harbor – near Mechanicsville, VA
3. Sharpsburg - Washington County, MD
4. Battle of Mansfield - Mansfield, LA

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Battles of the American Civil War
(suggesting we add location as well)

1. Cedar Creek – Cedar Creek, in the Shenandoah Valley, VA
2. Cold Harbor – near Mechanicsville, VA
3. Sharpsburg - Washington County, MD
4. Battle of Mansfield - Mansfield, LA
5. Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa.

[Railer13]

Battles of the American Civil War
(suggesting we add location as well)

1. Cedar Creek – Cedar Creek, in the Shenandoah Valley, VA
2. Cold Harbor – near Mechanicsville, VA
3. Sharpsburg - Washington County, MD
4. Battle of Mansfield - Mansfield, LA
5. Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa.
6. Battle of Bull Run, Prince William County, Virginia

There were actually two Battles of Bull Run, both Confederate victories

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Battles of the American Civil War
(suggesting we add location as well)

1. Cedar Creek – Cedar Creek, in the Shenandoah Valley, VA
2. Cold Harbor – near Mechanicsville, VA
3. Sharpsburg - Washington County, MD
4. Battle of Mansfield - Mansfield, LA
5. Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa.
6. Battle of Bull Run, Prince William County, Virginia
7. USS Monitor v. CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Va.

First battle between ironclad warships.

[ekedolphin]

@Elendil_s_Heir

7. USS Monitor v. CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Va.

First battle between ironclad warships.

Trivia: The Monitor-Merrimac Bridge in Hampton Roads is named after this battle. (The Merrimac being the original name of the Virginia.)

[Intergalactic_Gladiator]

Battles of the American Civil War
(suggesting we add location as well)

1. Cedar Creek – Cedar Creek, in the Shenandoah Valley, VA
2. Cold Harbor – near Mechanicsville, VA
3. Sharpsburg - Washington County, MD
4. Battle of Mansfield - Mansfield, LA
5. Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa.
6. Battle of Bull Run, Prince William County, Virginia
7. USS Monitor v. CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Va.
8. Battle of Vicksburg Blockade, Vicksburg, MS

[Cardigan]

Battles of the American Civil War
(suggesting we add location as well)

1. Cedar Creek – Cedar Creek, in the Shenandoah Valley, VA
2. Cold Harbor – near Mechanicsville, VA
3. Sharpsburg - Washington County, MD
4. Battle of Mansfield - Mansfield, LA
5. Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa.
6. Battle of Bull Run, Prince William County, Virginia
7. USS Monitor v. CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Va.
8. Battle of Vicksburg Blockade, Vicksburg, MS
9. Fredricksburg - Fredricksburg, VA

[gkster]

Battles of the American Civil War
(suggesting we add location as well)

1. Cedar Creek – Cedar Creek, in the Shenandoah Valley, VA
2. Cold Harbor – near Mechanicsville, VA
3. Sharpsburg - Washington County, MD
4. Battle of Mansfield - Mansfield, LA
5. Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa.
6. Battle of Bull Run, Prince William County, Virginia
7. USS Monitor v. CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Va.
8. Battle of Vicksburg Blockade, Vicksburg, MS
9. Fredricksburg - Fredricksburg, VA
10. Battle of the Crater - Petersburg, VA

There’s an excellent National Battlefield Park at Petersburg that includes the crater (mostly filled in now) and portions of the tunnel planned and dug by Pennsylvania engineers and coal miners.
And I remember the film at the Visitor Center in Fredricksburg 15 years after–it shows what a waste of human lives

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Battles of the American Civil War
(suggesting we add location as well)

1. Cedar Creek – Cedar Creek, in the Shenandoah Valley, VA
2. Cold Harbor – near Mechanicsville, VA
3. Sharpsburg - Washington County, MD
4. Battle of Mansfield - Mansfield, LA
5. Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa.
6. Battle of Bull Run, Prince William County, Virginia
7. USS Monitor v. CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Va.
8. Battle of Vicksburg Blockade, Vicksburg, MS
9. Fredricksburg - Fredricksburg, VA
10. Battle of the Crater - Petersburg, VA
11. USS Kearsarge v. CSS Alabama - Off the coast of Cherbourg, France

The most-distant battle of the war, I believe

[NDP]

Battles of the American Civil War
(suggesting we add location as well)

1. Cedar Creek – Cedar Creek, in the Shenandoah Valley, VA
2. Cold Harbor – near Mechanicsville, VA
3. Sharpsburg - Washington County, MD
4. Battle of Mansfield - Mansfield, LA
5. Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa.
6. Battle of Bull Run, Prince William County, Virginia
7. USS Monitor v. CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Va.
8. Battle of Vicksburg Blockade, Vicksburg, MS
9. Fredricksburg - Fredricksburg, VA
10. Battle of the Crater - Petersburg, VA
11. USS Kearsarge v. CSS Alabama - Off the coast of Cherbourg, France
12. Battle of Chickamauga - Catoosa and Walker counties, GA

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Battles of the American Civil War
(suggesting we add location as well)

1. Cedar Creek – Cedar Creek, in the Shenandoah Valley, VA
2. Cold Harbor – near Mechanicsville, VA
3. Sharpsburg - Washington County, MD
4. Battle of Mansfield - Mansfield, LA
5. Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa.
6. Battle of Bull Run, Prince William County, Virginia
7. USS Monitor v. CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Va.
8. Battle of Vicksburg Blockade, Vicksburg, MS
9. Fredricksburg - Fredricksburg, VA
10. Battle of the Crater - Petersburg, VA
11. USS Kearsarge v. CSS Alabama - Off the coast of Cherbourg, France
12. Battle of Chickamauga - Catoosa and Walker counties, GA
13. Battle of Ft. Stevens - defenses of Washington, D.C.

The only time Lincoln came under enemy fire during the war.

Pass.

[Intergalactic_Gladiator]

Strange Places to Visit

1. Blood Falls, Antarctica - A red plume of saltwater that flows from a glacier in East Antarctica. The redness is due to a deposit of iron oxide.