That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for March 27, 2019

“‘Women love a man in uniform,’ they said. What’s the point if the nearest woman is 300 miles away.”

“There’s nothing to watch tonight and this fire is just another rerun.”

Why didn’t I think of that bone spur excuse?

“We Have Met the Enemy, and He is Us.” Damn!

—Pogo (Walt Kelly)

“It’s been a full day and a half. If that snipe doesn’t show up in the next two hours, we’re breaking camp!” (Oldie but goodie, Impkins! :-) )

My parents gave a bribe to the authorities so that I could enter West Point, but I did not think I would end up here.

It was a dark and windy night…..

Col. G.S. Custer deciding that, “Nah, we don’t need the Gattling Guns on this attack … it’ll be a piece of cake!”

More soldiers died of disease during that war than those that got shot.

Regretting telling he wife, “I’m not taking that folding lawn chair; it’s too gay.”

I know we were all starving, but I have a feeling I’m going to miss that horse.

That Dear John letter? Who is Susan?!

“LMAO. They’re going to be doing ‘re-enactments’ in the future. With their pot-bellies and their cheap beer breath.”

I misunderstood. They told me the night before battle would be intense. ( in tents, get it?)

" I just knew I should have taken that job in accounting! "

I put the tent up. I take the tent down. I move it to the next camp and repeat. Does Grant ever say “Thank You, Steve” or “Good job, Steve”? NO!

“Chickamauga is lovely at this time of year”, they said…

I wonder if McDonald’s is hiring yet.

If I ever find the guy who swiped my saber…just as I was going to be immortalized in one of the Great Moments in Phallic Portraiture.

Union soldier getting his courage up for his short arm inspection

Sad fact, the army band would march through the streets of town and recruit young men who thought the war would be over in the week-end. The towns people would pack a picnik lunch and watch the battle from a hill top.

The neighborhood termite infestation had left many homeowners despondent.

At the Front: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:At_the_Front_by_George_Cochran_Lambdin,_1866.jpg

has info and links that point to info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/lambdin_george_cochran.html 

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=627 

https://rehs.com/george_cochran_lambdin_virtex.htm 

https://www.stjathenaeum.org/george-cochran-lambdin-girl-reading 

https://books.google.com/books?id=HZHLHn2F1R0C&pg=PA136#v=onepage&q&f=false 

http://www.avictorian.com/Lambdin_George_Cochran.html 

http://www.schwarzgallery.com/catalog/misc/pdf/schwarz_70cat.pdf#page=20 

all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the first URL. This is the first work by him used here.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2167 (March 26, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

“Well, I bought the house, such as it is. I guess I’m living the American dream…yay.”

“A tiger?… in Africa?

That’s it? The night before the battle and all I get is a “ Dear John” letter…

It seems to me that the battle could have started after lunch just as easily as 6 am.

John was a bit bummed because neither side picked him.

The instructions said to preheat the fire to 450 degrees before putting the pizza in. How long is it going to take?

Edgar Allan Poe, wondering what if being buried alive could be worse than all this waiting.

Yes, Poe did serv in the army (before the drinking)https://historyofmassachusetts.org/edgar-allan-poe-stationed-at-fort-independence/

Here I sit, broken – hearted…