With no excuse at all, I will say I have missed writing.  A knee operation, a convention, a fried computer.  Don't plug your computer into a regular outlet to charge and have a lightning strike hit near by.

Makes me wonder about the Georgia weather in 1964 when the brigade went for over a hundred days in heat and rain. Was there lightning. Did they just stay wet. Did they eat moldy food. To all this my guess would be that they ate what they could get. Scrape off the mold. Put on clean or replacement clothing when they could, and continue to march.

Keeping gun powder dry must have been their number one job. Fighting a running gun battle during the rain may have been what saved Ross and his troops during the McCook and Kilpatrick raids. How could the Yankees keep their powder dry during their escape when there was a blinding rain storm.

The fire of artillery must also have been subdued during rain. They talked of devistating fire, but being able to light  a fuse or load powder and keep it dry must have been difficult.  Did half wet shots fall short or have less power? Of course they did.  More later.