From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <10i9qep$323ru$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Evelyn C. Leeper  wrote:   
   >On 12/21/25 14:47, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:   
   >> In article <10i8qtn$2n9rf$1@dont-email.me>,   
   >> Evelyn C. Leeper  wrote:   
   >>> THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (2025): For THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Ken   
   >>> Burns did not have the benefit of photographs, or films of people   
   >>> who lived through the Civil War and survived long enough to be   
   >>> filmed. So he had to rely on paintings, and on "recreations", but   
   >>> these recreations were very carefully filmed; most consist of legs   
   >>> marching or charging, or arms and hands firing muskets, rifles,   
   >>> and artillery. You never see the faces of the re-creators. This   
   >>> makes the whole series less engaging than THE CIVIL WAR. (And of   
   >>> course most of his other documentaries are set in more modern   
   >>> times.) He has historians that provide some faces and movement,   
   >>> but none are as charismatic as Shelby Foote or Barbara Fields or   
   >>> Ed Bearss.   
   >>   
   >> [Hal Heydt]   
   >>   
   >> I don't suppose he included a Capt. William Hall and the ship he   
   >> commanded, the Brig'o'War Notre Dame?   
   >   
   >Given that Google and other searches turn up no references to a captain   
   >of this name commanding a ship of this name at all, I doubt it was included.   
   >   
   >--   
   >Evelyn C. Leeper, http://leepers.us/evelyn   
   >Golden ages always shine more brightly from a distance. --Jack Shafer   
      
   [Hal Heydt]   
      
   Portrait of Capt. Hall:   
   https://www.charlestonMuseum.org/research/collection/captain-wil   
   iam-hall/C6817C6A-A013-4A49-8CC3-475248257440   
      
   Googling on "Brig'o'War Notre Dame" gets one to:   
   https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=13336   
      
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