"Terrain question!" Topic
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Herkybird | 27 Nov 2022 6:39 a.m. PST |
Hi Hive Mind that is TMP! I was wondering if Snake Fencing…
…So iconic for the ACW, was used earlier, say in the American Revolution or French and Indian war periods? |
14Bore | 27 Nov 2022 7:08 a.m. PST |
My guess is yes, there are versions of that around here in se Pennsylvania. Not like fence style changed much from 1756 to 1862 to 2022 |
doc mcb | 27 Nov 2022 7:53 a.m. PST |
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doc mcb | 27 Nov 2022 7:57 a.m. PST |
Or do a bing image search for TJ's serpentine walls at UVa! |
Parzival | 27 Nov 2022 8:39 a.m. PST |
When I was a teen, my father and I built that sort of fence across our backyard. I even split many of the rails. We had 90 acres of woods outside of town which supplied the lumber (mostly hickory), which we loaded into an old "pop up" tent camper which had long before lost its tent, and hauled back and forth to our home. It wasn't a long fence, and its purpose was decorative, but I know all about split rail fencing because of it. If I were to ever run for office, I'd be a politician who literally could compare myself to Abe Lincoln and not be lying. As to the question, I too have only ever seen the fence style associated with ACW imagery, but I'd be surprised if the style didn't appear in at least the frontier areas of the Revolutionary period. It's a fairly obvious approach to quick fencing, especially in areas with abundant lumber. |
14Bore | 27 Nov 2022 9:55 a.m. PST |
On Gettysburg terrain map besides split rail is post and rail, I have post and rail here. Posts are holed and rails stuck in post holes |
SpuriousMilius | 27 Nov 2022 11:57 a.m. PST |
My old group was heavy into ACW & we all contributed scratch built split rail fences cause you can use a lot. My mothe'rs folks were East Texas cotton farmers with a few cattle & they had some of these fences even after barb wire was available. |
doc mcb | 27 Nov 2022 12:19 p.m. PST |
Spurious, whereabouts in East Texas? I grew up in Longview with frequent trips to Tyler and Troup. My great uncle cut hair Monday through Thursday so he could afford to grow cotton and run a few cows on the weekends. I've even been to Tenaha (Timpson, Bobo, and Blair). link |
IronDuke596 | 27 Nov 2022 2:31 p.m. PST |
They certainly existed during the War of 1812. |
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