Nancy went to 9.0 football games this month. She went to 8.0 games last month. She paid 3.0 dollars each for the tickets to 7.0 games.  How many games did she not have to pay for? Answer:

DailyMathProblem: Jugs of water inside a liter.
Jugs of water inside a liter.
Question: A person has two glasses of water. One has 130 milliliters in it. The other has 6 centiliters in it. What is the total amount of water in milliliters? What is the total amount of water in centiliters? The water in both glasses is poured into a one-liter jug. What percent of the jug is empty?
Answer: A milliliter is one-thousandth of a liter. A centiliter is one-hundredth of a liter. There are 10 milliliters in a centiliter so 6 centiliters is the same as 60 milliliters. The total amount of water in the two jugs in milliliters is 130+60 =190.
190 milliliters is the same as 19.0 centiliters because there are 10 milliliters in each centiliter.
There are 1000 milliliters in the jug but only 190 milliliters of water. This means 81.0% 100x(1-0.190) of the jug is empty.
Background: The basic units of measures in the metric system are meter for distance, liter for volume and gram for weight. A larger or small metric measure is created by adding a prefix to the basic unit. For example, a kilometer is 1,000 meters and a millimeter is one thousandth of a meter. Since there are 1,000 millimeters in a meter and 100 centimeters in a meter there must be 10 millimeters in a centiliter.
Khan academy has several excellent videos describing how to convert one metric unit to another. A link to my post describing two of the Khan videos is below.

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Watch as a woman falls through the ceiling of a restaurant in California.
The woman, who was under the influence of drugs, went into the restroom and that's where she made her way into the attic of the building.
People in the establishment knew that she was in the attic and they had a good feeling on how this would end---thus that's why they had their phones out and ready!
Luckily this woman wasn't seriously injured.

In the centuries since the ancient Greeks first pondered them, paradoxes have flourished throughout society, delighting and infuriating millions of people. Some are just problems that have counterintuitive answers, while others are unsolvable problems. Here are 10 to melt your mind.
The philosopher then argues that every time a raven is seen—and all ravens are black—it provides evidence for the first statement. In addition, every time an object that isn’t black is seen, such as a green apple, it provides evidence for the second statement.
The paradox arises because every green apple also provides evidence that all ravens are black, since the two hypotheses are logically equivalent. The most widely accepted “solution” to the problem is to agree that every green apple (or white swan) does provide evidence that all ravens are black, with the caveat that the amount of evidence each one provides is so minutely small that it is inconsequential.
Mike tells you that he has two children. You ask “is either of them a boy?”, and Mike says “yes.” What is the probability that Mike has two boys?
Mike will always answer “yes” if he has BB, BG, or GB (a 3/4 probability), and “no” if he has GG (a 1/4 probability). Since the probability of BB is 1/4, the answer is (1/4)/(3/4)=1/3.
Michelle tells you that she has two children. You notice that she is wearing a pin for Bertrand’s School for Boys, so you can safely assume that she has at least one boy. What is the probability that Michelle has two boys?
If Michelle has BB (1/4) and wears such a school pin, it must (as in probability 1) be from Bertrand’s. So the probability of BB *AND* wearing a Bertrand pin is (1/4)*(1)=1/4. If she has BG or GB (1/2), she is just as likely to be wearing a pin from Gardner’s School for Girls; that is, a probability of 1/2 for each school’s pin. So the probability of BG or GB, *AND* wearing a Bertrand pin, is (1/2)*(1/2)=1/4. The answer is (1/4)/(1/4+1/4)=1/2.
Martin has two children. Given that the gender of one of them is the same as my only child’s, what are the chances that he has two children of the same gender? If I have a boy, your answer says that this probability is 1/3. And if I have a girl, the same logic says it is also 1/3. Since those are the only two possibilities, and the answer is 1/3 regardless of which possibility turns out to be true, you can conclude that the chances that Martin has two children of the same gender is 1/3. But you have no information that could let you conclude anything but 1/2.

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He had to repent -------- what he had done.
The mother was anxious -------- the safety of her son.
The reward was not commensurate ---------- the work done by us.
My cousin has invested a lot of money ---------- farming.

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A company employs 20 workers for every 3 managers, and 5 managers for every director. If the total number of employees at the company is between 300 and 400, what is the number of managers who work at the company?
A company employs 20 workers for every 3 managers, and 5 managers for every director. If the total number of employees at the company is between 300 and 400, what is the number of managers who work at the company?
The common value is the number of managers. So, let's create some EQUIVALENT ratios so that both ratios have the same number of managers.
So, one POSSIBLE scenario is that there are 100 workers, 15 managers, and 3 directors for a TOTAL of 118 people.
Another POSSIBLE scenario is that there are 200 workers, 30 managers, and 6 directors for a TOTAL of 236 people.
Another POSSIBLE scenario is that there are 300 workers, 45 managers, and 9 directors for a TOTAL of 354 people. PERFECT!!
We're told that the total number of employees at the company is between 300 and 400.
So, the last scenario meets this condition.
A company employs 20 workers for every 3 managers, and 5 managers for every director. If the total number of employees at the company is between 300 and 400, what is the number of managers who work at the company?
1 director for 5 managers and 20 workers for 3 managers.... Let us take the number of managers as LCM of 3 and 5 or 15..
so 1 director for 5 managers means 1*3 director for 3*5 managers and 20 workers for 3 managers means 5*20 workers for 3*5 managers..
Now multiple of 118 between 300 and 400 is 118*3..

UFC 227 Dillashaw vs Garbrandt: Okay UFC fight fans I have been slammed with work and was too busy with life as well to get an entire prediction together so here are my main card predictions for tonight’s blockbuster card.
Thiago Santos vs. Kevin Holland: A middleweight fight will grace the kick off of the main card. Santos is a banger and will look to stand and exchange. Holland is a young and confident fighter who thinks he will prove Santos is done and knock him from the ranks of the middleweight division. I believe Santos will smash his way through the confidence of his opponent and pick up a 2nd round TKO.
Polyana Viana vs. JJ Aldrich: The women of the strawweight division will both be looking to get their name into the top 15 of this division and begin their run for a title shot. Aldrich is a striking fighter who has been training with Rose Namajunas. She has shown improvement her last few fights and I believe she will show some in this one. Viana though is an extremely well-rounded fighter. She is the superior fighter in this fight and truthfully is probably title shot bound someday. Viana wins this one in round 1 by way of submission.
Cub Swanson vs. Renato Moicano: This fight is going to be a thrilling one in the featherweight division. Moicano is a submission specialist and will be outmatched on his feet, but will hold superior the ground game and be looking to get this one to the ground as much as needed to win this fight. Cub will dominate this fight if he can keep it standing and we will see Cub rebound his way into the top of the division. This fight will see some great striking as always from Cub and some shots to get the fight to the mat from Moicano but I believe Cub will fend them off and pick up a 3rd round TKO. Moicano will land 2 of his 9 takedown attempts but it won’t be enough to get the job done.
Demetrious Johnson vs. Henry Cejudo: The Co-main event of the evening has the most important fight of both fighters careers. Cejudo worried me the first time these two fought for DJ and he has only improved since then. Cejudo showed Pettis a hard time and dominated 4 of the 5 rounds of that fight. Cejudo will still need to get this fight to the ground because his striking is still reckless and throws wide which DJ will capitalize on. He does have the power, but his best bet is to threaten with power and land a takedown. DJ is the greatest MMA fighter of all time and he will be still even if he loses this one. Nobody in UFC history will defend a belt 12-times. He has done it with perfect striking, great submission work, and great takedown defense. I believe the champ will overcome the toughest test of his flyweight career and land a round 4 TKO finish to defend a 13th time.
TJ Dillashaw vs. Cody Garbrandt: The title fight that shouldn’t be happening is happening in the main event. TJ defended his belt when he won it but didn’t get an immediate rematch. Cody who beat two whole ranked fighters on his way to the belt did not successfully defend it one time yet got a rematch. The favoritism in the UFC is nuts as Marlon Moraes is without a doubt the man who deserved the title shot. Cody is a one trick pony, he can punch and hit hard. He has incredibly accurate striking with devastating power. His downfall last fight was that he brought his anger and emotion into the last fight and tired himself fast by throwing everything he had into every punch he threw. If Cody can keep this fight standing he will be on equal terms with TJ, but if TJ can get this one to the mat Cody will be overwhelmed and outmatched because his ground game is shaky. I personally believe in complete MMA fighters and the champion is exactly that. Dillashaw wins this one by way of 3rd round TKO.

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Uncovering the art of how to rent an email list can ignite your lead generation and sales literally overnight.
Email marketing is a “must do” tactic in any winning marketing strategy.
But what if you don’t have a customer or lead email database to email?
What if you’re just starting a new business, and have never had any email list?
Or what if you just want to expand your email marketing audience fast without waiting for your website to generate new leads for you?
Even if you never heard of renting an email list and you’re just getting started in your business building an email list, you definitely landed in the right place.
Knowing what it is to rent an email list. The short and simple is, renting email list is just what it sounds like. You go to a third party who has lots of email addresses, and you pay them to use some portion of the email database to send your marketing emails. It is just like renting a car where you go to a third party, the car renting agency, and pay to use one of their assets – a car – for some specific period of time. When you rent an email list, you typically do it for a one time shot – you get to send the list of emails just one email.
There can be many variations of this, of course. There certainly exist many places that will send more than one email. Regardless, the owner of the list gets paid by you to send an email on your behalf or on the behalf of your company. You or your company have the responsibility to provide the email design, text, headline, and call to action.
You will never see any of the names or emails, unless they opt in to your email list when reading the email sent on your behalf.
Most email brokers where you go to rent an email list provide you a data card with information about the demographics of the marketing segment receiving the emails.
You and the list owner make an agreement of how many people will receive your email.
You and the email list owner agree to a send date for your email.
You create the email design or creative, and write your email subject line and text to provide to the email list owner.
The email list owner sends on the date you agreed from his own server and email database.
How to choose an email broker. Naturally, you want to find an email list owner who really has the right target audience for your promotion. The broker or list owner normally provides a data card describing the numbers and the demographics. However, this should just be the start of what you look at. You want to find an email list owner or broker who is pretty close to transparent.
Look at what the various list owners show you. If you find one not willing to provide you what the others do, this should raise alarms in your mind. Most email list brokers will tell you what brands they have mailed for in the past. This is a good indicator of the trust of the broker from others.
Don’t expect them to give you names and addresses on their lists. They won’t and shouldn’t. But the quality brokers will provide brands they have mailed for.
Verify how the email list was created. Any reputable email broker will have no problem telling you how they built their email database. Some may even be willing to show you a sampling of their lead capture landing pages or give you a screenshot of one. You want a broker whose opt in process makes it clear a person is having their email captured.
Check the list sender IP address for blacklisting. Ask the email broker for the IP or IPs he sends emails from. Most people don’t know to ask for this, and it won’t be on the data cards, so ask. Then check their IP with a tool like SPAM Cop. If they won’t give you their IP, ask them to send you a sample email from their server. You can then use the email header to get the IP address of the server.
Confirm if the list broker switches IP addresses. A high volume, reputable list broker will have abuse complaints. It can’t be avoided when doing email marketing in high volumes. So an alarm would be for the broker to tell you no complaints exist. A broker or email marketing company that switches IP addresses frequently is alarming.
Those that do frequent IP changes likely make claims they have no complaints. However, a large volume emailer won’t need to switch IP addresses for a handful of complaints. So a good broker will have some email abuse complaints, but will use the same IP address consistently without being blacklisted.
Having a running suppression list file to remove inaccurate data from the email file. Ask your email broker about this.
Include an option to both unsubscribe and never email again.
Design your email when renting an email list. Most important to remember when sending to a rented email list is this is a cold audience relevant to your offers an brand if this is the first time you used a particular broker’s email segment. Therefore, you must create a very compelling lead generation offer. Include a short introduction. This can be done in many ways such as using testimonials, including your brand logo, and other social proof.
Open rate – how many people open the email.
Soft bounces – when your email arrives to a valid email address, but cannot be accepted. One reason for this might be because the recipient’s mailbox is over the storage limits.
Many marketers never rent a list solely because they fear the unknown. If you follow the guidelines here, and use the other references, you can confidently choose and email broker because now you do know how to rent an email list to get conversions and leads.
The final tid-bits include; making sure you send to a segment that matches your product. If you must get a smaller list to rent to be more focuses, then do so. Email readers do hate getting irrelevant content of any kind, even from their friends.
Don’t be afraid to ask the email broker how old his contacts might be on his list. You want the broker with the most recent activity, not the oldest.
These tips and guidelines should keep you confident in choosing your email list source when your seek to rent an email list.
Do you have other concerns about renting email lists? Let me know in the comments below.
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Chef has a standard chocolate of n by m pieces. More formally, chocolate is a rectangular plate consisting of n rows and m columns.
Here you can see an example of a standard 5 by 7 chocolate.
He has two friends and they will play with this chocolate. First friend takes the chocolate and cuts it into two parts by making either a horizontal or vertical cut. Then, the second friend takes one of the available pieces and divides into two parts by either making a horizontal or vertical cut. Then the turn of first friend comes and he can pick any block of the available chocolates and do the same thing again. The player who cannot make a turn loses.
Now Chef is interested in finding which of his friends will win if both of them play optimally. Output "Yes", if the friend who plays first will win, otherwise print "No".
The only line of each test case contains two space separated integers n and m - the sizes of the chocolate.
For each test case, output a single line containing one word "Yes" (without quotes) if there is a sequence of moves leading to the winning of the person who moves first and "No" (without quotes) otherwise.
Example case 1. There is only one possible move, so the second player even won't have a chance to make move.
Example case 2. There are only two ways first player can make first move, after each of them only one move left, so the first player cannot win.

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Find inner peace at Wat Chalong temple on Phuket Island.
Trek through a 500-million-year old rainforest in Langkawi, Malaysia.
Practice your haggling skills at one of Hong Kong’s bustling street markets.
Feast your senses on out-of-this-world sights, sounds, tastes and experiences on our exciting Asia holidays. Discover China’s amazing treasures, including the Forbidden City in Beijing, Hong Kong’s exhilarating markets and Shanghai’s lively Bund.
Snorkel in sparkling seas in idyllic Bali or Phuket, explore the amazing futuristic gardens of Singapore or sample mouth-watering street food in Taiwan. Be blown away by mysterious rainforests in Malaysia, fascinating palaces in Vietnam and South Korea’s mix of the ancient and new.
You’ll find tranquility and inspiration in Asia too, in Japan’s mystical shrines, sensual hot springs and mesmerizing displays of cherry blossom in spring. With beautiful beaches, breath-taking scenery and superb shopping to enjoy as well, the magic of your holiday to Asia will last forever.
When can we take you to Asia?
Our ships travel around the world so there are times when they won’t be present in this region. The calendar shows you when one or more ships are departing on a cruise itinerary to Asia. New itineraries will be added, so it’s worth checking back.
From Hong Kong's exhilarating markets to Shanghai's famous Bund and the awe-inspiring Forbidden City in Beijing, you'll be blown away by our amazing Asia holidays to China. Mouth-watering cuisine, superb shopping, iconic sights - it's your adventure of a lifetime.
From Hong Kong's exhilarating markets to Shanghai's famous Bund and the awe-inspiring Forbidden City in Beijing, you'll be blown away by our amazing Asia holidays to China. Mouth-watering cuisine, superb shopping, iconic sights - it's your adventure of a lifetime.
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Enchanting Japan will inspire you. Enjoy mouth-watering delicacies in Kochi's exotic markets, relax in a sensuous hot spa or explore Fukuoka's fascinating temples, shrines and museums. In Nagasaki, you can even cross swords with the Samurai.
Enchanting Japan will inspire you. Enjoy mouth-watering delicacies in Kochi's exotic markets, relax in a sensuous hot spa or explore Fukuoka's fascinating temples, shrines and museums. In Nagasaki, you can even cross swords with the Samurai.
When are we visiting Japan?
Explore the fascinating mix of cultures and stunning scenery in magnificent Malaysia. You'll love the outstanding snorkelling and spectacular views in Langkawi and the impressive Batu Caves of Port Klang. Don't miss Penang's beaches for some holiday heaven.
Explore the fascinating mix of cultures and stunning scenery in magnificent Malaysia. You'll love the outstanding snorkelling and spectacular views in Langkawi and the impressive Batu Caves of Port Klang. Don't miss Penang's beaches for some holiday heaven.
When are we visiting Malaysia?
Wow! You'll be blown away by the space-age bio-domes of Gardens by the Bay, Singapore's stunning waterfront park. Let yourself be tempted by the mouth-watering cuisine of Singapore's many cultures and explore its lively markets and beautiful beaches.
Wow! You'll be blown away by the space-age bio-domes of Gardens by the Bay, Singapore's stunning waterfront park. Let yourself be tempted by the mouth-watering cuisine of Singapore's many cultures and explore its lively markets and beautiful beaches.
When are we visiting Singapore?
Enjoy spectacular sights from one of the world's tallest buildings. Discover ancient Chinese art and indulge in the exotic flavours of street food. From the temples of Taipei to the tempting shops of Kaohsiung, you'll find Taiwan is full of surprises.
Enjoy spectacular sights from one of the world's tallest buildings. Discover ancient Chinese art and indulge in the exotic flavours of street food. From the temples of Taipei to the tempting shops of Kaohsiung, you'll find Taiwan is full of surprises.
When are we visiting Taiwan (China)?
Discover the thrills of tantalising Thailand. Enjoy stunning beaches and amazing watersports in idyllic Phuket or explore exhilarating Bangkok, with its floating markets, out-of-this-world street food and awe-inspiring temples.
Discover the thrills of tantalising Thailand. Enjoy stunning beaches and amazing watersports in idyllic Phuket or explore exhilarating Bangkok, with its floating markets, out-of-this-world street food and awe-inspiring temples.
When are we visiting Thailand?
Steeped in history and with breath-taking natural beauty, Vietnam is a must-see destination. Discover Viet Cong tunnels in Ho Chi Minh, delicious street food in Da Nang or the stunning beaches and superb snorkelling of idyllic Nha Trang.
Steeped in history and with breath-taking natural beauty, Vietnam is a must-see destination. Discover Viet Cong tunnels in Ho Chi Minh, delicious street food in Da Nang or the stunning beaches and superb snorkelling of idyllic Nha Trang.
When are we visiting Vietnam?
What ships can I choose for my Asia cruise?
Street food is legendary in Singapore, so you won’t go hungry, there’ll always be plenty of mouth-watering dishes to try and experience.
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Actress Gong Seung Yeon was spotted cheering on her younger sister Jung Yeon from the audience on the latest episode of Sixteen.
On the June 30 broadcast of Sixteen, Mnet′s girl group debut project with JYP, the remaining members, including Jung Yeon, shared their thoughts before taking the stage for the final mission.
Jung Yeon said, "I will do my best as it′s my final performance, so please look on favorably. I really want to join the major team and debut."
The camera then panned to her older sister and actress Gong Seung Yeon, who was cheering from the audience.
Gong Seung Yeon recently wrapped up SBS′ I Heard it Through the Grapevine and is starring in MBC′s We Got Married.
Meanwhile, the participants on Sixteen are vying for a spot in JYP′s next girl group Twice.
The filming was held last week and family from all contestant came to support.
We Got Married actress Gong Seung Yeon modeled Palladium sneakers for the July issue of Oh Boy! Magazine. The rising star mainly presented rain boots and lace-ups from a limited-edition collection that will be exclusively available in Asia.
Fortunately, some of the designs Gong posed with are available online at the brand's English store! For instance, the beauty coupled a pair of striped American Apparel shorts and a loose midnight blue t-shirt with the "Baggy M" sneakers.
According to the brand, "Enjoy two great style looks with the Baggy. Worn collar up or down, this boot features cotton canvas for the upper and lining featuring the must-have pastel shades of the season. The EVA-cushioned footbed and hugging heel cup cradle the foot for lasting support." The orange pair can be yours here in the online store and can be seen below in greater detail.
Gong also presented the "Puddlelite" polka-dot sneakers. The shoes can be yours here at Rakuten Global Market and can be seen below in greater detail.
Recently, Gong has been participating in a stream of magazine pictorials. She had an amusement-park themed photoshoot for the June issue of InStyle and posed with her We Got Married husband Lee Jonghyun in the June issue of Ceci.
Actor Yeo Jin Goo recently sent his message of congratulations to on-screen couple CNBLUE’s Lee Jong Hyun and actress Gong Seung Yeon.
The July 11 broadcast of MBC’s “We Got Married” followed Lee Jong Hyun and Gong Seung Yeon to the scene of their wedding ceremony.
Before the wedding, Gong Seung Yeon asked her virtual husband, “Who is coming as a guest?” to which he firmly responded, “There are no guys,” causing laughter.
Putting aside his feelings of jealousy, however, he shared a video message from the actor that he prepared for his wife.
It is unexpected for new actress GSY to be part of MBC’s WGM. This was because up till then, GSY was a little known and even unfamiliar face. Having started her virtual marriage with Idol Group CN Blue’s LJH with worry, her appearance has now sparked the audiences’ curiosity, and earned their warm support. Just like that the many people shared their first impressions of GSY through WGM.
While being part of WGM, GSY was also part of Temptation’s Director Pan’s hyped piece “I heard it through the grapevine” (IHITTG) where she had the role of an aspiring announcer, while bringing to life her role she had also gained a lot more recognition. Being part of both well-talked about variety program and TV drama, inevitably misunderstandings arose. With regards to this, GSY says, “ people may possibly think that one day I just dropped from the sky, since I appear not only in IHITTG, but also in WGM. In reality, I had actually failed up to a hundred auditions, and prepared hard to be where I am now. Towards those misunderstandings, it’s upsetting”. She gave a smile while explaining.
If one just looks at the result and not the process, it is possible to come that conclusion. But GSY had auditioned for all the currently airing broadcasts, running around for the auditions. To have the opportunity to be part of HITTG, rather than saying it was unexpected, she had only wanted to present herself as she was and was unable to express all she wanted to say, she took out that letter she had prepared.
“HITTG is a piece that gave me a lot of opportunities. I heard that upcoming piece, Six Flying Dragon’s Director Shim liked to watch HITTG, so he said to Director Pan, ‘I want to meet that person’, and so I was able to audition for it. It was fascinating. Also, I heard my calligraphy (懲毖錄) is left untouched in the KBS office. I was thinking, although I did not make it through the audition, will he still remember me?” GSY was explaining while recalling events a while back.
For a newbie to be part of a variety program there were a lot of extreme resentments, even to be a fixed cast it can be said that it was a blessing. With regards to discovering GSY the WGM PD Sun explained, “she gave off very natural vibes just like a female college student and possessed a mysterious charm” and so she was selected. Director Ahn also said that, “because she is not like the 20-somethings nowadays but very easy going and kind so I chose her”. They both agree on her charms. The GSY that the editors interviewed was natural while possessing a unique charm, a rising star to look out for in the future. GSY’s star potential was first discovered as early as 10 years ago.
10 years ago, when SY was in elementary school grade 6 she was approached by SM entertainment while on the road. Having been selected for the first place in “SM’s best competition” as “best visual”, she had spent 7 years in the trainee program where she learnt the basics of singing, dancing, performance, and also languages, broadcasting, rapping and modeling through various lessons, and pursued her dream. Her name had appeared repeatedly in the fan created list of girl group names expected to debut, this was also degree of expectations that people had for her.
There were also people who debuted in girl groups, and carried out their idol activities and (drama) performing simultaneously, when asked if she couldn't have done it that way, and if she regrets or has mixed feelings leaving a big entertainment company and their wide resources and connections are questions she hears often, but GSY responds with a “I no longer have any infatuations with being a singer” revealing her unwavering beliefs.
Another fact to note is that GSY’s youngest sister Jung Yeon are fast becoming a pair of sisters that draws attention in the entertainment industry. Jung Yeon is now part of JYP’s survival program to select the next girl group, “Sixteen”. Having a completely different charm from her sister, she is earning a lot of attention for being a girl crush. They both moved from their home in Suwon to live in Seoul, and GSY revealed, “This week we saw ‘Sixteen’ together, because her friend was eliminated my sister cried. I was also very upset”, expressing feelings of regret.
Even though it is such, she is relieved with Jung Yeon’s popularity, and says that she is “really thankful” despite the frequent movement between groups and starts to be proud about her sister. “Because Jung Yeon was really worried for me, she told me not to watch. But rather than being worried, because every one is really good to her I am really happy about it. Actually we did not expect that she would top the polls. Through the program I first came to see Jung Yeon’s leadership potential. At home she really is the maknae with a lot of aegyo”.
Rather judging too soon, GSY is a newbie that can be excited for and expected. When “Seo Neori/GSY” nameplate for her position appeared at the first script reading for HITTG, I had the thought “I finally found this drama” and found it fascinating. When transiting to become an actor, she had changed her surname from her real name Yoo Seung Yeon to Gong Seung Yeon, for her stage name. This was because she wanted to put aside her past experiences and its tendency to temporarily stir up a topic, and her belief to focus on her ability and give it a shot.
She will stand under camera lights once again through the upcoming drama expected for first broadcast in October, Six Flying Dragons as Lee Bang Won’s wife, to play the character of Empress Yuan, and this is a recognition of her real ability. “ Because I am playing a character that actually existed before, so I am currently studying history. The tone for a saeguk is hard to grasp so I am worrying about that. I will also present a side that I have not presented so far, so please be expectant for that”.
Even though HITTG has come to an end, and although she had a small role but continually showed her potential, when is the next time we can be excited for her? She wants to be “an actor with rich inner character, an actor with good acting as someone who is able to share her unique fragrance”. We hope that GSY will be able to realize her wish soon.
Without a new face in the drama scene, she was as timely as rainfall. In the entertainment industry, she goes by the title of “ discovered treasure after a long while”. She is GSY (22 years old) who was part of the recently completed SBS drama I Heard It Through the Grapevine (HIITTG) and WGM.
While being part of SBS’s highly anticipated end year historical drama, Six Flying Dragons (SFD), SY was added to the cast very early on, and is earning a lot of attention. But just 5 months ago, much less the name GSY, she was an unrecognized rookie, but now she has become “the most anticipated rookie of the year”.
“Its fascinating! I had once earnestly prayed that I would be able to get to work, and now when I walk on the streets, upon seeing me Ahjummas will say ‘Good job!’ and give me a lot of compliments, being recognized by the public makes me feel like my dream has come true”.
It appears like she is a celebrity that came into the public eye because she was lucky, but actually behind this was 7 long years of hard work and suffering. Although once a trainee in SM entertainment, she harbored dreams of being an actress and decided to start from the very beginning. There after, she had numerous failed auditions, but it didn't dilute her passion.
She once thought, “Am I unlucky?” and “Is this the path I should be walking on?. But in 2012, she unexpectedly participated in the cable drama “I love Lee Tae-ri”, and thereafter became unable to give up her dream. “There was no way I could forget the energy and atmosphere of the filming site, and the staff members bustling around”.
She held close her numerous failed auditions and experiences, and admits that compared to other rookies who do not even have the chance to audition, she is lucky, and effort is always rewarded with time, her skills are getting better slowly.
GSY’s charm is clearly seen in WGM and the selection process for Six Flying Dragons. WGM was seeking change, and among the fresh rookies, discovered SY’s CV among the list of new female actresses. It was similar with SFD. Director Shim saw that SY was a fresh face in HITTG, and gave her an opportunity, to be casted in the drama as the role of Emperor Lee Bang Won’s wife, Empress Yuan.
One day in HITTG, Senior Jang Hyun-sung suddenly congratulated me, at that time I did not know the reason. As an acquaintance of Director Shim, Senior Jang had known of the news beforehand, and so he offered his congratulations, and said that Director Shim found a fresh new face.
Although faced difficulty SY had earned her chance, and being part of a historical drama is burdensome for a new actress but she is unafraid. Now she is just beginning to gain attention, if there is discussion about her acting poorly, her previous efforts may all be wasted.
“ It is an important timing, the writer said ‘You must do well’, and this made me nervous. About Empress Yuan, I first thought of Senior Choi Ming Ji’s well-received performance in Tears of the Dragon. There is bound to be comparison. And so I have been practicing the tone for saeguks, and also learning history. It is really difficult! Although it is difficult material for a rookie, and the pressure is huge, but just like how I managed to first come to earn the public’s interest, I will do my best and present my best self to everyone”.
GSY would be one who is a successful person in whatever she does. Completing 7 years as a trainee and successfully transitioning to become an actor, 4 years later she has become a newbie in the drama scene and is catching the two rabbits of drama and variety at the same time. The following is a Q&A with GSY, a fresh face, who was introduced to the public through SBS drama I Heard It Through The Grapevine (HITTG) and MBC Variety We Got Married (WGM).
As an actor, it was a piece that showed me how I should proceed from here on, so it is really meaningful. During the filming period, I learnt a lot from the director, seniors and colleagues. I could have done much better, it’s regretful.
- What do you think about the character of Seo Neori.
Growing up in a family with hardship, she wanted to gain success through her aspirations as an announcer, and wanted to ace and was a woman with strong greed. Having seen her sister in the drama marrying into an upper class family, it stirred up her greed because she had missed out. In reality, although I do have greed but I am not the kind to do more to be able to have more things, so I tried to understand Neori’s mindset.
- What if you meet the same kind of circumstances as Seo Neori?
Although it is possible that I may be wavered by temptation, but I will get clear-headed quickly and find a sure way to proceed. Towards the latter half of the drama, I am satisfied with the way that Neori while pursuing her dreams had also communicated with her family and so things were harmonious.
- How was the pairing between your sister in the drama Go Ah-Sung?
Although I am the same age as Ah-Sung, I was impressed with the way she concentrated and focused the moment she is performing. She is someone with responsibility, and a friend that I can learn a lot from if I want to do better in a lot of ways. When I see her perform, I also have firm thoughts of ‘ I need to work hard as well’, and it seems like my performance is also enhanced.
- There are a lot of Seniors.
“ That was another reason to love the filming site. Even on days I don’t have a filming schedule, in order to watch Senior Yoo Joon Sang and Senior Yoo Ho Jung’s performances I went to the site. I sat in front of the monitor and watched the whole day. I also learnt a lot from Senior Kim Jin Ae who acted as my mother in the drama.
- Do you feel your popularity?
My cousin in the army said that my in the army my popularity is high. Senior Jang Hyun Sung’s nephew is also a soldier, and said that in the army I am a huge influence, so I know the state of my popularity. Also while I was having a meal in the hotel, someone called me Bom’s sister, and gave me an additional fried egg, I think maybe I was recognized.
- You were an SM trainee.
In elementary school, I was spotted during an gayageum competition and so I became a trainee thereafter. In 2012, I took part in the tvN drama “I Love Lee Tae-ri” and so thereafter I realized the joy of performing. I ended my life as a trainee and put my effort into preparing to become an actor.
- Which group would you have debuted if you debuted under SM?
Hard to say but possibly a member of Red Velvet. But I have no infatuations towards becoming a singer. An actor can also become a singer, isn’t it?
- You’re also gaining attention as a pair of celebrity sisters.
My sister Yoo Jung Yeon, is now part of JYP entertainment produced Mnet ‘Sixteen’. Unlike me she is now working hard towards her dream of becoming an artist. The moment my sister entered the company till now we have relied on and encouraged one another. Also because we moved out from our family home in Suwon, to live by ourselves in Seoul so our friendship is also strong.
- What is your father’s reaction towards having two daughters that are entertainers?
They feel that it is a pity because I was a trainee for so long. Being able to see their two daughters regularly on tv, it seems that mom and dad are proud.
- The reaction towards MBC’s WGM is also really good.
Since young I had a dream of getting married the moment I turned 20. Now it is also my goal to get married in my 20s, haha. I thought if it is not now, when will I get a chance to have a experience of married life, having a foretaste of it is not a bad thing, so I decided to be part of it. My husband now is also really good, and I feel contented, its almost like I really got married. Hahaha”.
- What are your upcoming plans?
I am scheduled to be part of the SBS historical drama, Six Flying Dragons, broadcasting in October, as Lee Bang Won’s wife Empress Yuan. Although it is a Saeguk, but she is a capable and fiery woman. The way I wish to perform and the way I actually perform when compared is really lacking. Here on, I want to work harder and become an actor with a lot of colour.
*one of my personal favorites of SY interviews, enjoy! for her last question, I was like "?? you're not serious...on..horror haha". love her!
Some people see her as a celebrity that shot to fame. From SBS drama HITTG to MBC variety program WGM, some people have also said being part of a well-received television drama and a variety program that casts the hottest and most popular stars, she is only receiving attention because of the luck she had with her unexpected appearance. Yet for 7 whole years, GSY had spent her teenage years completely and entirely in a big entertainment company as a trainee, and experienced a period of relatively long time training. Going through 2 auditions a day, for over several hundred auditions did she finally manage to secure HITTG and WGM and achieve the simultaneous result and pull, concretizing her position at the top of the most anticipated rookies this year. Revealing a child-like smile while walking into the photo studio, compared to her role of Seo Neo-ri in HITTG who struggles between reality and ideal, GSY is more reserved, but at the same time she appears to be full of inner determination and is resolute and bold.
Q: Your first long drama HITTG has concluded its run with good reviews.
A: We started during the winter, now that it has ended its almost summer. The first time I entered the studio, it was icy and cold, unknowingly 3 seasons went by. It wasn’t easy to go through each step in the process, but having seen seniors and juniors who when met with unprecedented circumstances were unaffected, I think I learnt a lot.
Q: Like other characters in HITTG, Seo Neori is a character that changed a lot during the first part and towards the end.
A: In the beginning, Neo-ri’s was very uneasy inside. I think she is similar to the average 20-something, there are a lot of ways that it cuts both ways. Reaching the core point(of the drama), would also result in finding the moment of Neo-ri’s change. The lines from other people always said, “Neo-ri, when are you going to become more sensible?’ towards the latter part it seems she started to present a more mature side. I also made a lot of comparisons between myself and her, and as Neo-ri I also started to reflect. From another perspective, it can also be said that Neo-ri represented the wavering 20-something kids.
Q: Is GSY similar to Seo Neo-ri on the aspect of being a “wavering 20-something”?
A: I feel that although I am very happy now, but I also have a lot of worries and there are a lot of things I need to overcome (haha). Because I really want to do well. Really want to perform well, although I am excited that I am able to chance upon this opportunity, but also have a lot of worries if I am able to do well or not. But you must tire and suffer while you’re in your 20s, only that way will it be better and easier when you are in the 30s and 40s right?
Q: I heard that in order to prepare for the character you had actually enrolled in an announcer academy and even went to work part time in a sandwich shop.
A: I thought of a lot of friends who were preparing to begin their jobs. In reality I also sough the advice of a friend who was preparing to become an announcer, so I felt that a lot of things corresponded (with real life). During my free time, I would attend the announcer academy, also for a scene in the drama during my free time I went to work part time in a sandwich shop.
Q: In order to elevate her status, at the start she was determined to try anything in the start but in the end she chose to pursue her ideal boyfriend. How would Neo-ri live on from here?
A: Whether it is Neo-ri, or her boyfriend as a part of society and fulfilling her own personal mission, I think she will probably live well. When gathered with people she seems happy. Although Neo-ri did not throw away all her greed, but those things are also slowly disappearing.
Q: If GSY were Seo Neo-ri, what would she have chosen?
A: I respect Neo-ri’s choice. I think she would have arrived at that conclusion after experiencing various things and mulling over it for a period, and it is a judgment that is completely in her interest.
Q: Heard that the selection process for HITTG was very competitive.
A: There were a lot of new actors that auditioned. 5 in a team at a time, so about 100 people. The audition started at 10pm, the interviewer in charge for my university admission test, Director Ahn Pan Seok actually still remembered me. He said to me, ‘that time you left a very strong impression’, shocking me.
Q: Heard that you seem to have an affinity with Kim Kwon who plays the role of your boyfriend.
A: We attended the same performing class in the past. When thinking of that time we talked about, ‘when will we be able to perform’ and went through our lines together, it was interesting and once more I felt that as expected there is such a thing as affinity.
Q: In addition to your drama, you also gained a lot of public attention while being part of MBC WGM as well. You are really careful about WGM right?
A: Because by itself WGM is a really popular program haha. I have also heard that there are also quite a lot malicious comments that come along (with its popularity). The fans have even helped to donate, so I feel really grateful.
Q: Has things gotten more comfortable between you and LJH who is coupled as your partner?
A: We are much closer. Although we first met in the program, but while filming it doesn't feel like a job but more like we’re out having fun. Thinking of giving my effort to try as long as we are able to film. It is fun because I am able to do things that I was not able to do before oppa.
Q: Curious if between you both if sometimes you talk about stuff related to performing.
A: Because oppa also wants to perform so with regards to what have we filmed, how did the filming go, how’s the atmosphere on site etc. we share with each other a lot of stuff related to performing.
Q: Your teenage years was spent in a big entertainment company (SM) as a trainee.
A: I started in the first year of junior high, and so I was a trainee for about 7 years. I had probably lived and worked even harder than my peers during my teenage years. I have regrets that I should have enjoyed my teenage years but was not able to do so. After school, I went straight to the practice room to train, went home to sleep and then went to school the next day… It was spent like that. But while performing I look back and also feel, I think ‘I think I was really well-behaved’ and and ‘my time was not wasted’ thoughts like that.
Q: Then when you see your sister currently in cable TV’s Mnet’s ‘sixteen’ (Yoo Jung Yeon) it must feel really different from other people right?
A: I cried after reading the note my sister left for me. While watching ‘Sixteen’ with Jung-Yeon, seeing that she had a hard time I also cried. If I didn't understand her circumstance I would think its normal, but because I was in her shoes before so I think it felt sadder.
Q: There was a period you were had a hard time because you saw the friends you trained with debuting before you.
A: I trained with the friends from FX and Red Velvet, I also entered late so I always thought ‘when will I be able to debut?’. Thinking if luck is on my side, it will one day come true, I think that was how I got through day by day.
Q: Since you were a trainee for 7 years, your dance or singing skills must be really outstanding.
A: Not at all haha. I have forgotten most of them now. When I first became a trainee, it was especially hard for me because I was tone deaf and clueless about dancing. I got by only because I thought I needed to do well.
Q: What was the process like concluding your trainee life and changing companies to formally challenge acting?
A: Before HITTG, I went to try out all the TV drama auditions that newbies could apply for. Among all the currently broadcasting dramas, I have auditioned for most of them haha. For twice a day, sometimes for one whole week I just kept going for auditions.
Q: What are your thoughts about your recent attention?
Q: After meeting you face to face, you seem and give off the feeling that you are very sensible.
A: Regardless it has probably has to do with the fact that I am the eldest daughter that's why. Towards my parents and family I always want to treat them better. While filming HITTG, not only performance but I also learnt a lot on how to live my life.
Q: Curious about the special reason behind the nickname “Bear SY”?
A: Although I look like a fox, but I often hear that I am like a bear. That the overall feeling I give off is like a bear, haha.
Q: Your personality seems to be the kind that is honest and straightforward.
A: That's right. I’m also a bit slow.
Q: For your next piece you have been selected by Six Flying Dragons.
A: We will probably begin the first filming in July. Because it is my first time filming a historical drama I am really excited. Its quite interesting because she got married without falling in love, because she is unable to gain love is alone and full of hurts. Currently learning history, and familiarizing myself with the tone.
Q: Do you have an actor you really like or a role model?
A: I have really liked Senior Lee Young-Ae since I was young. I want to possess her kind of beautiful, elegant and honed disposition. For foreign actors I like Rachel McAdams.
Q: What are your plans for the upcoming half of the year?
A: Firstly to put my all into Six Flying Dragons, if there is a chance I would also want to try movies.
Q: Curious about your thoughts on genres you want to try.
A: I really like horror movies. On one hand although I am really scared, but I want have a lot of thoughts on challenging detective dramas. If presented with a suitable opportunity I also want to try an action film.
“ I really want to become an actor. Before I even cried and told my company, ‘Please let me get busy’. Now I endorse a makeup brand as a model, am doing a variety program, and am filming a television drama, my days go by busily. I feel comforted inside knowing that I am able to do the performing that I wanted. Most importantly I am able to repay my parents who have silently supported me while I was a trainee for 10 years, so I am really happy. Even though I am busy and its hard, I only feel happiness”.
GSY spent 7 years as a trainee to be a singer in a well-known entertainment company, after turning 20 she decide to become an actor. Although she took part in a lot of auditions, but things did not go as she wished. While feeling mentally exhausted, she pulled herself together and challenged an audition again, this time earning herself an entry ticket to HITTG. Auditions are usually carried out very quickly targeting 10 people at a time. GSY’s many years of auditions honed her technique, it was her freshness that allowed her to stand before the director in charge of HITTG Ahn Pan-Seok. She received a pass for the audition and finally earned the label of an ‘actor’.
Through HITTG GSY who is in her 20s presented a youthful image. She played a character Seo Neo-ri who was momentarily tempted by the life of the upper class, and having experienced a crises, a character that returned to reality once again. During the first part of the drama, as an aspiring announcer she personally took on part time jobs to earn her pocket money. If we are to talk about the similarities between GSY and Seo Neori, it would be that they both have a lot of experience working part time jobs. Since she was 20, GSY started to work because she did not want to ask her parents for money. As the oldest among 3 daughters, she has worked in a hotel as a buffet server. While working she experienced many things that left her at a loss unable to laugh or cry. Thinking back on those days, she revealed a smile.
After HITTG successfully ended, GSY is scheduled to be part of the upcoming SBS drama SFD for broadcast in October. SFD is a drama that tells the tale of the 6 dragons Lee Bang Won, Jeong Do-Jeon, Lee Seong-Gye and fictitious characters Lee Boon Yu, Moo Hyul and Boon Yi who laid the foundations of the new nation. GSY plays the character of Taejo’s concubine, Min Da-kyung who eventually becoming Empress Yuan. Empress Yuan was a crucial character in helping Taejo ascend the throne, and she had also a desire to ascend to the highest position among women. Thanks to her father who is a fan of historical dramas, GSY who has also paid attention to them, and had handed the director her thoughts regarding Empress Yuan during her audition, revealing her passion for the character.
As the interview comes to a close, GSY expressed that that it is her dream to become an actor that abides by what she has to do. She even said, “ As Yoo Seung Yeon I will become a strong person” revealing her enthusiasm. “To believe in myself and be a person not easily moved, also it would be even better if I am able to become a person that gives off her own fragrance”, She laughed while explaining. Now is the start of her bright future.
Variety, TV drama, new actress GSY while having in hand the drama scene is simultaneously becoming a hot item.
After the recently concluded drama HITTG, GSY is scheduled to be part of the upcoming SBS drama SFD for broadcasting in October. Not only that, GSY is also paired up with Idol boy band CNBLUE member LJH as a virtual couple full of chemistry in MBC variety WGM.
Entering the entertainment industry with the label “SM trainee”, GSY recently sat down with Herald POP in an exclusive interview where she spilled on secrets from her trainee life to her audition process, her future plans and various other stories. Unlike her fox-like outer appearance, throughout the interview she reveled a side that was constantly easy going and mature.
GSY still remembers the contents of the letter that she handed to the director during the audition. Regardless, simply meeting the director I felt that it was such an honor, even if I couldn't be casted, I looked forward to the day when I could see him again. In reality, before GSY’s HITTG successful audition, she had failed a hundred other auditions. Towards GSY who felt a sense of defeat and setback, HITTG has become a very meaningful piece.
GSY also expressed that it was due to her appearance in HITTG that she was able to be casted in WGM and SFD. The WGM PD, Sun Hye Yoon, had offered SY an audition for WGM after seeing SY in a few scenes in HITTG. After falling hundreds of drama auditions, SY went for the audition not expecting much and just went for the WGM audition, but it was that free and unrestrained appearance that captured the heart of the PD.
SY herself had thoughts like " 'How did she know about me? They're not going to use a newbie like me right? Amazing.' Although it was a very important occasion, but I had a very light-hearted mindset. For my outfit I wore my favourite denim jacket. When they told me they wanted to carry out an in-depth interview, I simply wore my denim jacket with my checked shirt, answered the questions truthfully and went back home. After that, they told me that it was because during that portion I gave off the feeling that I was just like an average female college student and so they felt it was good (haha)".
With filming for SFD just around the corner, GSY also revealed that there is a ‘rumor’ behind her casting. It turned out that the director of SFD, Shin Kyung-soo, is a passionate fan of HITTG. Director Shin had also offered GSY an audition after seeing her appearance in HITTG.
As the interview went on, compared to talking to an actress, GSY felt more like a “really good friend”. This made us look forward to her future. Finally we asked her how she would like to be remembered as an actress.
“I want to keep appearing be productions, and want to be an actress with good actress, a beautiful actress. Please look forward to SFD”.
The July 18 episode of MBC’s “We Got Married” featured Lee Jong Hyun and Gong Seung Yeon’s wedding party with friends. The couple also read personal wedding vows to one another.
The couple’s jealousy concerning Suzy and Yeo Jin Goo made everyone laugh.
GSY, newbie with hidden qualifications. As a newbie, actress GSY’s appearance has shattered prejudices with true sincerity as demonstrated through her abundant views on acting.
Actress GSY (22) from her CV is shown to have entered her 3rd year since her public debut. It was only recently that she formally gained recognition from the public. Some people will have simultaneously with labels such as “newbie” and “one shot to fame”. But her one shot to fame had actually took a long time where she took step by step silently.
“They think that the reason why I came out of nowhere suddenly was because I had a background sponsor, and I had actually seen such comments. It was nothing like that. Up till now, I have gone through over 100 competitive auditions, to be able to be selected in SBS’s HITTG and MBC’s WGM. I had also spent a long time as a trainee, so it is not the case that it is a “one shot to fame”.
Unpretentious, keen-witted charm was the reason why GSY passed the audition for SBS’s HITTG, with her voice and obvious charm.
Recently, during the Fact’s reporting team meeting with GSY, she expressed that although HITTG has concluded its run, but the excitement she has for the filming site is still there. Her next work is scheduled to be broadcasted in October, SBS’s Wednesday/Thursday Drama Six Flying Dragons, from script reading to the final production every step is filled with happiness for her.
GSY expressed that she has her worries too but she is the type to endure them alone.
In the drama, GSY played the role of Seo Bom’s sister Seo Neori. Seo Bom was able to upgrade her status through her marriage with the son of a conglomerate, and so she was a character that struggled a lot because while she was jealous and envious she had also wanted to gain her chance through using Seo Bom. Although she was not an antagonist, the audience did not like her.
“On site, when I read the script, I often heard people say “Seo Bom, be more sensible”. Seo Bom’s position is understandable. No matter what, for a good opportunity to suddenly present itself will lead to confusion. Just like Seo Bom, easy going and not feminine enough. My personality is such that I forget things right away. Originally I am more introverted, but when performing it changes. As for other aspects, Seo Bom is speaks whatever is on her mind, and the fact that she doesn’t beat around the bush is enviable. If something is troubling me, I am the type to keep it to myself”.
What was the reason for becoming an actor? The dream of being on stage. GSY habours the dream of standing on stage under the camera lights and around a team of staff.
Although GSY is introverted, after starting her activities in the entertainment industry has taken more initiative. Passing the audition during her sixth year of elementary school, she took a camera test without knowing what she was in for when signing up with an entertainment company. With one leg in, her dreams to become an artist was cultivated, and although she was still young the desire to walk down this path was strong.
“ When I stood on the stage during the youth best competition, although I was young, but having been applauded for, I was happy. Although I was preparing to become a singer but changed paths to become an actor. With the cameras in front of me, and being surrounded by staffs, and to be able to stand on a prepared stage, hearing ‘ready, action’ and under the camera lights, all these filled left me with a lot of dreams”.
GSY’s real ideal type? GSY suggested that sincere and a guy with a sense of responsibility is her ideal type.
GSY’s name cannot be mentioned apart from WGM season 4. As a new actress the fact that she was selected for WGM, had brought about a lot of talk and gossip, as such her every response was especially careful. Even though it is such, the harmonious atmosphere on site and her good mood cannot be concealed.
GSY’s remaining mission. GSY has a lot of hopes for acting and is determined to challenge it proactively.
GSY expressed that just like current SBS’s Wednesday/Thursday Drama “Mask” Sooae, her dream is to play a character with two personalities. Through her success with HITTG she is successfully moving along the path of an actor, just like what she has shared, compared to being burdened, she has the mindset of challenging things.
so proud of her.. she will growth as a great actress.. I knew it..
maybe she will pass her role model 'Lee Young Ae"
but not like Lee Young Ae, who choose to stop acting after getting married..
I hope SeungYeon will continue to act even though getting married later..
In the midst of liveshooting culture practiced in Kdramaland, the team behind the upcoming SBS drama Six Flying Dragons has already started filming, four months prior to its premiere scheduled in October after Mrs Cop. It’s a common practice for the team since they also did the same with Tree with Deep Roots: securing the cast and kicking off the production early to maintain the quality of the drama. We also get more news on the additional cast and I’ll continue updating this post with the new ones. Ah, it’s so hard to wait when I’m so excited for the drama!
The main cast undergoes major reshuffling regarding the main actress: Baek Jin-hee has bowed out from the project and Shin Se-kyung is then confirmed to join the sageuk as Boon-yi. It’s not surprising since she worked with the team in Tree and did a decent job there as So-yi. Hopefully her character will showcase more of her charms after her performance in The Girl Who Sees Smells.
Jung Yoo-mi has chosen to act in sageuk again after Maids, but it’s only recently she has confirmed to star as Yeon-hee, a woman who received the affection of two men: Jeong Do-jeon and Ddang-se (Lee Bang-ji). Her character caught the eyes of Jeong Do-jeon but at the same time, Ddang-sae, who was her first love, appeared in front of her. Well, that’s awkward. Yeon-hee will be the only woman supporting the first Prime Minister of Joseon to lead the founding of the new dynasty.
Gong Seung-yeon has signed up to play Yi Bang-won’s wife, Min Da-kyung/Queen Wongyeong. She gained her popularity through the hit Mon-Tue drama Heard It Through the Grapevine as Go Ah-sung’s sister, Seo Noo-ri. I’m excited upon hearing her casting because Queen Wongyeong was also a key figure behind Bang-won’s ascension to the throne, and the actress made the decision after PD Ahn Pan-seok encouraged her to do so since she will be able to act alongside Yoo Ah-in. Min Da-kyung is described as a female version of Yi Bang-won: they were so similar to each other and that is probably the reason why she fails to capture her husband’s heart. Nevertheless, she will be supporting his every move towards his rise to the top position in the dynasty.
Lee Cho-hee is going to be reunited with Jung Yoo-mi here after her stint as In-yeob’s faithful servant in Maids but this time, she is playing a street singer and performer at the marketplace who lost her mother tragically when she was young. She will become an aide to Ddang-sae. Ddang-sae sure has a lot of ladies in his life! Maybe Byun Yo-han is fated to play ladies’ man in dramas?
Sageuk veteran Seo Yi-sook (whose recent works include Empress Ki and The NIght Watchman’s Journal) joins the cast as Mu-hyul’s grandmother, Myo-sang. She will be a commoner who has witnessed the crumbling of Goryeo Dynasty and the founding of a new nation under Yi Seong-gye. She raises her grandchildren in an ordinary setting but used her experience to guide them in their lives.
Park Hyuk-kwon will be having some sort of a reunion with Yoo Ah-in after Secret Love Affair, but it’s still unknown whether they will share a scene together. He plays a swordsman serving under the Goryeo official Yi In-im named Gil Tae-mi, but he has a fatal weakness that is his attraction towards beautiful clothes and ornaments. That’s rather peculiar for a swordsman and it will be quite a feat to see a swordsman sporting colourful attires when he’s supposed to look tough all the time.
For fans of Alcheon in Queen Seondeok, this will be a good news for you guys: Lee Seung-hyo has signed up to play Yi Bang-woo, a Goryeo loyalist. The last time I saw him was in Full House Take 2, in which he became No Min-woo’s manager. The news articles didn’t mention it but I think he will also become the firstborn son of Taejo and eldest brother of Yi Bang-won, known as Grand Prince Jinan who hid himself and his family after his father overthrew Goryeo Dynasty and founded Joseon. Now that they have started to cast the princes, I can’t wait to see who will nab the roles of the other royal sons!
The younger version of the main characters have started filming the earlier portions of the story, and the cast is slowly revealed: we got the talented Nam Da-reum as young Bang-won and Lee Re as the young Boon-yi. not sure whose younger version Yoon Chan-young will be portraying in the drama, probably as young Ddang-sae?
Kim Hak-sun, the butler in Heard It Through the Grapevine, is reprising his role as a butler but in a different setting: he will be serving Gil Tae-mi’s household inDragons. I bet Director Ahn Pan-seok plays a big role in suggesting the actors who worked with him in his dramas to the production team of this drama! Oh, remember the young married intern with a baby who made Manager Oh (sort of) profess his love for Geu-rae in Misaeng? The actor, Jo Hyun-sik, is joining the fellow Misaengalumni Byun Yo-han in Dragons as a beggar. I’m not sure if it’s just a short cameo or his character’s there to stay. Jeon Sung-woo, a musical actor, is making his small screen debut through Dragons as a Sungkyungwan scholar.
Last but not least (for now): Seo Joon-young has agreed to make a special appearance in the drama as Bang-won, Ddang-se, and Mu-hyul’s sworn brothers. His character will play an important role in setting up the story, but that sound ominous. Ehem. He worked alongside the team in Tree as Prince Gwangpyung, and I REALLY hope that his character here won’t meet the same fate as his previous characters in SBS sageuk. Don’t you dare to pull the same trick on me after what you’ve done with Heung-bok in Secret Door, SBS!

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The Sulphur Creek Trestle Battle Site is considered significant at the local level under Criteria A for Military History as the location of an 1864 Civil War battle in Alabama between Union troops, including United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.), and Confederate forces under the leadership of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest (Figure 1). While Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman (Figure 2) occupied Atlanta on September 2, 1864, thereby completing an important part of his march across Georgia, he and his men were still reliant on supply lines that came through Tennessee and North Alabama until the March to the Sea began in November. The engagement at Sulphur Creek Trestle was an important part of the Confederate effort to break these lines before the bulk of Sherman’s force left Atlanta. The engagement reveals much about both Union and Confederate tactical decision-making during the later phases of the Civil War. Additionally, the battle fought at Sulphur Creek Trestle Battle Site is a textbook example of the battle strategy and tactics that made Gen. Forrest such a formidable opponent to the Union army. The period of significance is September 25, 1864—the day the battle took place.
The Sulphur Creek Trestle Battle Site is also considered significant at the local level under Criteria D. Future archeological examination of the site has the potential to contribute new historical information related to troop position and movement.
Figure 2. General William Tecumseh Sherman. Courtesy wikipedia.org.
On September 25, 1864, Confederate troops under the command of Gen. Forrest attacked Union forces guarding the Sulphur Creek Trestle Bridge. The ensuing battle resulted in the deaths of 200 Union and 40 Confederate troops. Gen. Forrest took the remaining 820 Union troops prisoner. The Sulphur Creek Trestle Bridge, the largest bridge on the Nashville & Decatur line, was burned, making rail travel from Nashville to Decatur impossible. The previous day, September 24, Forrest and his men had successfully defeated Union forces at Athens, Alabama, and had destroyed an additional section of the Nashville & Decatur railroad line. Both conflicts were part of a campaign to destroy Gen. Sherman’s supply lines before he left Atlanta in the fall of 1864. The failure of the Confederate forces to attack Sherman’s lines earlier in the summer because of problems with the Confederate command structure and disagreements over the necessity of carrying out the attacks (as Forrest had urged) meant that the victories at Athens and Sulphur Creek Trestle came too late to affect Sherman’s efforts in Atlanta but the victories did, in part, influence Sherman’s decision to live off the land as his men marched east to Savannah as his supply lines were vulnerable to Confederate attack. The expanded boundaries of the Sulphur Creek Trestle Battle Site include intact landscape elements that lead to a further understanding of Forrest’s tactics and his use of topography to defeat Union forces.
In late 1863 Sherman was making preparations for his Atlanta Campaign, which would eventually climax with the capture of Atlanta in September of 1864. Before setting out on this campaign Sherman realized the necessity of securing his vital supply lines between Nashville and his army located in the vicinity of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Because his position was far removed from Union supply lines and stores, Sherman had to rely on a long and rather vulnerable network comprised of rivers and railroads (Figure 3) to get supplies to his men. Some Confederate leaders recognized that if this network could be compromised, Sherman’s efforts to take Atlanta might be at risk. 1 In an attempt to prevent Confederate forces from breaking his supply lines, Sherman devised a comprehensive plan that included the use of U.S.C.T. and other units to guard rail lines. Additionally, he developed an improved telegraph system that would allow for reinforcements to be shifted from place to place in support of one another along the rail lines as needed.
Figure 3. Railroads of The Confederacy and Tthe Border States. Courtesy US Military Academy West Point.
Figure 4. General Robert Seaman Granger. Courtsey wikipedia.org.
The Nashville & Decatur railroad line was guarded by an infantry division under the command of Maj. Gen. Lovell H. Rousseau, which included brigades under the command of Gen. Robert Granger (Figure 4) at Decatur, Alabama, another under Gen. James C. Starkweather at Pulaski, Tennessee, and a third at Columbia, Tennessee, under Col. W.B. Sipes. 8 Col. George Spalding commanded the cavalry belonging to the Department of the Cumberland which included units formed from Tennessee Unionists and soldiers from Indiana. Most of the regiments within these brigades were inexperienced. They were relatively new soldiers and had not participated in any large engagements. Despite their shortcomings, Sherman expected these troops to defend against any potential threat, including Forrest. Around the time he was developing his supply line network, Sherman stated Forrest was “the ablest cavalry general in the South” and urged that “he should be hunted down if it cost ten thousand lives and bankrupts the Federal Treasury.” 9 Manning the Sulphur Creek Trestle Fort during the ensuing September 1864 battle was the 2nd Tennessee Union Cavalry, part of the 9th Indiana Cavalry, and the 111th U.S.C.T.
The Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle represents the first major engagement involving United States Colored Troops in north Alabama. Soldiers serving in the 111th U.S.C.T. (Figure 5) fought in close proximity to the plantations where they had previously been enslaved. Their involvement at Sulphur Creek Trestle represents a growing effort on the part of the Union to enlist former slaves across the south to serve in both combat and support roles in the later phases of the Civil War.
Prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, Limestone County, Alabama, was home to thousands of slaves who had worked the large cotton plantations in the area. These plantations had relied upon the Nashville & Decatur railroad as well as the Tennessee River to convey cotton to locations across the South. The 1860 census had found 60 percent of the county’s residents were black slaves—8,000 of the 15,000 residents—and the slave owners feared what would happen if the war came close to home and their slaves gained access to weapons. 10 After the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect on January 1, 1863 and the formation of the Bureau of Colored Troops in May of 1863, the active recruitment of African-Americans began in Alabama. While southerners tried to prevent the widespread recruitment of their former slaves, telling them that they would not be paid, that they would be mistreated by the Union forces, and, in many cases, by resorting to violence, many former slaves willingly faced these risks to join the fight for their freedom.
In the spring and summer of 1864, some Confederate leaders realized the very precarious position of Sherman’s long supply line and the important effects that breaking the line could have on Sherman’s campaign. In April of 1864, Forrest communicated with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, commander of the Army of Tennessee, about the possibility of attacking Sherman’s supply lines. “Forrest himself on April 6 had written Johnston to suggest a mass raid by the cavalry of both departments on middle Tennessee. Then on April 15 Forrest suggested to [Jefferson] Davis that his and [Stephen D.] Lee’s cavalry be sent to break up Sherman’s line of communication in middle Tennessee and Kentucky.” 15 Despite the possible benefits this action would bring to the Confederate forces, President Jefferson Davis refused to authorize it, fearing what might occur if so many troops were sent to attack Sherman’s reinforced railroad supply lines in central Tennessee with a Union cavalry force looming at Memphis. The Confederate president insisted that any potential expedition by Gen. Stephen Lee and Forrest would expose Alabama and Mississippi to seizure and potential loss of the iron and munitions areas located there. 16 Another attempt in May to organize an attack on Sherman’s supply lines was met with more resistance by Lee himself, after Johnston had made direct inquiries to Richmond about a potential cavalry attack using his forces. “Though only 4,500 Federal Cavalry were reported to be at Memphis, and Forrest reported his two divisions alone boasted 9,220 effectives, Lee on May 18 reported to Richmond that he could not assist Johnston. He did this despite his admission to Forrest on May 20 that his intelligence indicated the railroad between Nashville and Stevenson was weakly guarded, and that 3,500 troops would be enough to do the job.” 17 It is significant to note that Lee also had about 5,000 other cavalry troops in his department (North Alabama, North Mississippi, and West Tennessee), including Forrest’s troops, which were performing garrison duties in areas of Alabama not threatened by attack. By June and July of 1864 Forrest was given the task of stopping the continual Union raids into Mississippi.
Figure 8. Navy Colt Revolver. Forrest's troops carried a pair of Colt revolvers. Courtesy wikipedia.org.
Figure 7. Short barreled Enfield rifle. This was tne primary rifle of Forrest's troops. Courtesy wikipedia.org.
Forrest was largely successful in defeating the Union cavalry in the summer of 1864. One of the reasons for his continual success on the battlefield was how he deployed and utilized his soldiers and their weapons. One of Forrest’s tactics was to use his cavalry like infantry so that in most battles the horses were used to transport soldiers to the site and then once upon the field of battle the men would be deployed like infantry. This tactic allowed the well-armed cavalrymen to start engagements fresh and deploy at the correct spot on the battlefield quickly. Forrest also had a definite preference for small arms for his men. Only officers carried sabers along with their pistols, and his soldiers carried Confederate Government-supplied short barreled Enfield rifles (Figure 7) and a pair of Colt revolvers (Figure 8). 18 While these methods won Forrest some victories in Mississippi, Lee and Forrest suffered a tactical defeat in July 1864 at the Battle of Tupelo. However, despite their victory, the Union army retreated back to its starting point in LaGrange, Tennessee, with the Confederate force maintaining the field.
By the end of July and beginning of August, a number of events were occurring simultaneously that further prevented a coordinated attack on Sherman’s supply line. The first was that Johnston was relieved of his command of the Army of Tennessee in July and during the ensuing command shakeup Lee was transferred to that army, temporarily leaving the Department of North Alabama, North Mississippi, and West Tennessee without a commander. Furthermore, Adm. David G. Farragut initiated the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5 and Gen. Dabney H. Maury, the commander of the Department of the Gulf, requested Forrest transfer his command to Mobile. However, on September 4, 1864, as Forrest was in motion towards that location, he received a telegram from Maury. The telegram stated that it would not be necessary for Forrest to go beyond Meridian, Mississippi, where he and part of his command arrived on September 5. 19 After this development, Forrest immediately sought and was granted permission by his new departmental commander, Gen. Richard Taylor, to organize an attack on Sherman’s railroad supply lines in central Tennessee. This would lead to the engagement at the Sulphur Creek Trestle Fort in Limestone County, Alabama, and eventually would culminate with the capture of thousands of Union troops.
Figure 9. General Joseph Wheeler. Courtesy wikipedia.org.
While Forrest was in Mississippi in early September 1864, a cavalry raid conducted by Gen. Joe Wheeler (Figure 9) from Gen. Hood’s Army of the Tennessee upon the Nashville & Chattanooga railroad put all Union division and brigade commanders in middle Tennessee on high alert. Wheeler’s raid took place during an important time for Sherman, who was deliberating which course to take next after defeating Hood and taking Atlanta. Sherman’s first option, and the one he first acted upon, was to follow Hood and the Army of the Tennessee back north. The other option was to march through Georgia towards Savannah, which, once taken, would act as a supply base for his army with the assistance of the U.S. Navy. Until this point, Sherman would have to rely on goods moved by rail or live off the land. While Hood may have entertained a hope that Wheeler could materially affect Sherman’s decision making, the young Confederate cavalry commander would disappoint him. “On September 10 Hood received a grossly misleading report from Wheeler in which he bragged about destroying fifty miles of track on the Nashville & Chattanooga railroad and several key bridges as well. By September 14 Hood had learned that Wheeler had re-crossed the Tennessee River at Florence, Alabama, and evidently was preparing for another expedition. What Hood did not know was that Wheeler’s Corps was practically destroyed and that only slight damage had been done to the railroad.” 20 One of the mistakes Wheeler had made on his raid was that he chose not to carry any horse artillery. When he encountered the fortified blockhouses and other installations during the raid he was unable to destroy them or to cause much damage to either the Nashville & Chattanooga or the Nashville & Decatur railroad lines themselves.
Figure 9. General John Converse Starkweather. Courtesy wikipedia.org.
It was at the time of Wheeler’s raids that Forrest received permission to attack the railroads in north Alabama and middle Tennessee as part of the attempt by Hood to break Sherman’s lines after the Confederate loss of Atlanta. When Gen. A.J. Smith’s division was ordered to Missouri to operate against Confederate forces under Gen. Sterling Price, Granger quickly telegraphed Sherman that that the assignment would free Forrest to raid railroads in Alabama and Tennessee. Sherman responded to this by sending warnings to residents of Florence and Tuscumbia that if Forrest planned to invade Tennessee from north Alabama, both cities would be burned and their inhabitants likely removed north of the Ohio River. 23 For obvious reasons, this gesture did not comfort Granger. Both Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, then in Virginia, and Sherman, in Georgia, attempted to calm Granger’s apprehension as to the whereabouts of Forrest. When Granger persisted in his concerns about Forrest and the threat he represented, Sherman replied that the Union high command had “official information” that Forrest had gone to Mobile. The information had come from Grant, who had reported to Sherman on September 10 that he had seen a dispatch from a Mobile newspaper reporting Forrest was in Mobile. Sherman found the information repeated in the Macon newspapers of September 10 & 11 and telegraphed Gen. George Thomas at Chattanooga that “General Granger need apprehend no trouble from any but Roddey, Wheeler, and the parties that have already been in Tennessee.” 24 As a result of these false reports, the Union high command did not perceive Forrest as a potential threat. Smith’s division would not have been redeployed to Missouri if either Sherman or Grant thought that Granger’s fears were well-founded. However, both generals were operating off of inaccurate information found in newspapers. Although the use of newspapers for intelligence was common practice during the Civil War, in this case reliance on newspapers rather than official intelligence reports created an opening for Forrest that would not have otherwise existed. Why Granger did not order more cavalry patrols towards Florence is unknown. What is known is that Forrest totally surprised Granger when his forces captured Col. Wallace Campbell and his entire command at Athens on September 24, 1864.
Figure 10. Gneral Phillip Dale Roddey. Courtesy wikipedia.org.
After Taylor had approved Forrest’s middle Tennessee raid, Forrest began to make his characteristically detailed decisions concerning the specific cavalry units he would use. “General Buford’s division was quartered at Verona (Mississippi), which included General Bell’s, Lyon’s, and Rucker’s Brigades. General Chalmers was ordered to take command at Grenada of all troops not selected for the expedition. General Forrest made personal inspection of each regiment in order to ascertain exactly its material and component parts.” 25 Preparations were also made for transportation of the Confederate force from central Mississippi to northwest Alabama. Orders were given at the same time to repair the Mobile & Ohio Railroad north to Corinth as speedily as possible. Gen. Phillip Roddey, (Figure 10) near Tuscumbia, Alabama, was instructed to repair the bridges east to Corinth and prepare boats for the ferriage of the Tennessee River near Cherokee Station. 26 On September 16, Forrest left Verona, Mississippi, on a series of trains with all of the artillery guns belonging to Morton’s and Hudson’s batteries, along with various other types of supplies. The cavalry brigades along with the artillery horses used an overland route. By the evening of September 19, Forrest and his entire command along with four supply trains loaded with subsistence, ordnance, and quartermasters’ stores had reached Cherokee Station in northwest Alabama. 27 The next day the men re-shod their horses and made general preparations for the attack. On September 21 the entire command began to cross the Tennessee River a few miles from Cherokee Station. Both Forrest and Roddey’s commands affected a junction at Shoal Creek, near Florence, on September 22, which brought the raiding forces strength up to 4,500. 28 Roddey did not participate in the raid due to illness and remained in Tuscumbia. Col. William A. Johnson was given temporary command of Roddey’s troops, who also added Ferrell’s horse artillery to those of Cap. John Morton’s and Hudson’s, which brought Forrest’s highly mobile artillery strength up to 12 cannons.
By the evening of September 23, Forrest and his command were at Athens, Alabama, and had completely surrounded the town and blocked the roads and railroad lines leading out of the area. They acted with such swiftness that Granger, at Decatur, was apparently unaware that Forrest had moved such a large force into his area. “Colonel Campbell, the Union garrison commander at Athens, had tried unsuccessfully to send dispatches to Pulaski, warning Starkweather that Forrest was at Athens in force, apparently intent on destroying the railroad, but one of the messengers had been wounded as he tried to ride through Confederate cavalry now picketing the northern end of town. A second man, attempting to break through the rebel pickets was shot dead.” 29 The reason Campbell had to rely on dispatch riders was that Forrest’s troops cut all telegraph lines around Athens leading north to Pulaski and south to Decatur. However, Starkweather did dispatch two cavalry units from Pulaski to the fort at Sulphur Creek Trestle, 11 miles north of Athens, on the day Athens fell. Starkweather, the area commander at Pulaski, received intelligence that this vital installation was threatened and dispatched 300 men of the 9th Indiana Cavalry, and 400 men of the 3rd Tennessee (Union) Cavalry to augment the 300 men of the 111th U.S.C.T. already stationed at the fort. 30 By the time Granger became aware of Forrest’s raid, probably early in the morning of September 24, Forrest was convincing Campbell to surrender his strong garrison and the fort located in Athens using a ruse that has been covered by many scholars. While Granger did send a relief force of a few regiments that pressed forward with an attack to rescue Campbell’s garrison, they too were captured by Forrest’s men.
By the afternoon and early evening of September 24, Forrest quickly moved to mount the troops he brought with him that did not have horses and distributed other supplies among his command. Gen. John Buford of Forrest’s command and Col. William Johnson of Roddey’s command began supplying their respective troops from the Federal depot with such articles that their men most needed, including 200 men who had marched to Athens dismounted. 31 While this was taking place, a portion of Wheeler’s command approached Athens after learning Forrest was there. The 1st Tennessee Cavalry and approximately 200 men belonging to Wheeler’s Cavalry were also supplied. 32 Provisions were then made for the destruction of anything of military value and the conveyance of prisoners back to the railhead at Cherokee Station. By 5 p.m. on September 24, the blockhouse buildings, bridges, and trestlework was being burned to the ground and, the prisoners, captured artillery, and wagon train, all properly guarded, were dispatched rearward in the direction of Florence. 33 While the Union chain of command in the area realized that an attack was taking place, with Granger probably realizing that it was Forrest, none expected the speed with which it was carried out. Both Wheeler and Roddey had been active in the area just prior to Forrest’s September raid but neither had been as swift or destructive.
At the same time that the prisoners and captured supplies began making their way toward Florence, Forrest moved his approximately 3,500-man cavalry force out of Athens northward along the Nashville & Decatur rail line toward Sulphur Creek Trestle. The soldiers covered eight miles before bivouacking for the night. 34 Forrest had ordered that the area be reconnoitered by a detachment of his troops, who soon ran into garrison troops on patrol from the Sulphur Creek Trestle fort. There was a brief skirmish before the Union forces withdrew into the fort’s perimeters. 35 Early the next morning, Forrest and his troops closed the three-mile gap between their bivouac and the fort. 36 Forrest and Morton immediately began a reconnaissance of the area, including the fort, to determine the best avenue of attack. At first, the fort likely seemed to be in a secure position.
Figure 11. Sulphur Creek Trestle Fort, constructed August 1864, in Limestone County, Alabama. Drawings by David Meagher.
Figure 12. Sketch of view overlooking the Sulphur Creek Trestle and Fort, Limestone County, Alabama. Drawings by David Meagher.
Forrest realized that a direct assault upon the fort (Figure 12) would devastate his command, so he implemented a tactical strategy that utilized both speed and firepower. During the initial phase of the battle, the majority of Union troops were deployed inside the fort while a smaller unit manned the rifle pits some 200 yards south of the fort on the plateau (Figure 13). It is significant to note that the fort was not meant to defend against a force the size of Forrest’s. It must be remembered that the Union strategy as laid out by Sherman was to ascertain where a potential Confederate attack was coming from and that a fortification, such as the fort at Sulphur Creek Trestle, should hold out until reinforcements arrived. Knowing this, Forrest was dependent upon bringing as much firepower as quickly as possible on a fortified position using his artillery (or dependent on bluffing his opponents as he did in Athens) in order to bring a rapid conclusion to engagements.
Figure 13. View of Sulphur Creek from fort site, camera facing north.
The first decision Forrest made (Figure 14) was to push the Union troops located in the rifle pits 200 yards on the pFigurelateau northward back into the fort after dismounting Kelly’s and Johnson’s commands. “Colonel Kelly supported by Colonel Johnson (Roddey’s command), was ordered to drive the Federal pickets and skirmishers within the redoubt. Kelly’s men charged the rifle pits, and made the enemy seek shelter after a short skirmish inside the fort.” 38 Unlike the units that fought in linear formations in the Civil War’s large battles, Kelly and Johnson’s men moved in a large extended formation toward the fort, constantly firing and moving. Kelly lost a number of soldiers in this advance; however, despite the furious resistance of the defenders, this maneuvering helped Confederate troops gain an advantage, and Kelly was able to place most of his men within 100 yards of the fort. 39 After pushing the Union troops back into the fort, Kelly began maneuvering his troops into positions that provided better cover from the infantry, cavalry, and artillery fire coming from the fort. Buford’s command was moved onto the higher elevations a few hundred yards to the west of the fort, giving them a tactical advantage.
Figure 15. 1863 Springfield rifle. Courtesy wikipedia.org.
Figure 16. Union Horse Artillery. Source: Libray of Congress.
Figure 17. American Civil War era 12 lb Howitzer cannon. Courtesy wikipedia.org.
Figure 19. View of fort site, showing hillside, camera facing east.
Figure 20. 3" Ordinance Rifle. Courtesy Historical Society of the Phoenixville Area.
As the barrage began, Union troops quickly realized that Forrest had the upper hand. Corp. William Brown of the 9th Indiana Cavalry had been stationed with a small detail on the north side of the fort down the hill in the ravine where Sulphur Creek flows, performing guard duty for the horse corral located there. “Brown’s detail remained with the horses until a Confederate shell landed about 15 feet from them, and as he said, “tore a hole in the ground large enough to bury a small cow, and threw dirt all over us.” 47 The horses were abandoned and the detail scrambled up the steep hill and into the fort. Brown had to cross the center of the fort to get to the east wall in what he called “the most dangerous trip I ever experienced in my life.” 48 With Union troops in the fort enduring the Confederate bombardment, Buford ordered his dismounted troops forward across the valley floor, coming from the western elevation where Walton’s guns were firing from. The objective was to reach the western side of the railroad embankment under the guns of the fort. Under cover of Walton’s artillery fire, Buford’s command moved forward with part of Kelly’s brigade and crossed the exposed position to a more protected spot along the railroad embankment and began firing at the fort. 49 The artillery inside the fort was not idle and fought with determination, but the two 12-pound Howitzers were outmatched by Morton’s rifled guns, which were firing from multiple directions. Though they responded vigorously, a shell from Morton’s Battery struck one of the cannons, overturning it and killing five men. The other cannon was soon disabled by a shot planted squarely in its mouth. 50 The plight of the U.S.C.T and both cavalry units inside the fort were no better than their counterparts servicing the Union artillery.
As soon as Sherman received confirmation that Forrest was actively engaged in attacking his line of supply, he began sending reinforcements to both Granger and Starkweather at Decatur and Pulaski. Knowing that Sherman was planning his march to the sea, Grant wired Sherman and stated that “It will be better to drive Forrest from Middle Tennessee as a first step, and do anything else you feel your force sufficient for.” 58 Sherman had already determined to make for the Atlantic coast. Sherman responded to Grant: “Have already sent one division [Gen. John Newton’s] to Chattanooga, and another [Gen. John Corse’s] to Rome. Our armies are much reduced, and if I send back more I will not be able to threaten much.” 59 Sherman also communicated with Halleck in Washington concerning Forrest’s activities, and this communication is indicative of how serious a threat the Union high command felt he was: “His [Forrest’s] cavalry will travel one hundred miles in less time than ours will ten. Thomas has started to clear out Tennessee, but our road should be watched from the rear, I am glad General Grant has ordered reserves for me to Nashville. I can whip his infantry, but his cavalry is to be feared.” 60 Sherman was probably still chafing from the loss of a great deal of his cavalry during the battles around Atlanta when Wheeler captured an entire Union cavalry brigade. While Sherman and Grant were telegraphing back and forth about what to do with Forrest, the Confederate general was quickly sending the captured Union troops and other supplies back to Florence.
Forrest moved his troopers north along the railroad and reunited with the other part of his force, which had been sent to block any Union reinforcements sent to relieve the Sulphur Creek Trestle garrison. The rendezvous was made at Richland Creek and the march towards Pulaski continued with his command now numbering about 3,300 men who were well supplied and mounted. 61 Pulaski was the headquarters for Starkweather’s brigade and he had been gathering reinforcements to attack Forrest south of the town. While Forrest and his command spent September 27 on the destruction of deserted Federal strongpoints along the railroad, as well as the destruction of two more trestle bridges, he kept moving his force north. Early on September 27 Forrest ran into the 6,000 Union troops belonging to Starkweather and Spalding. Again breaking with the official rulebook concerning tactics, Forrest chose to charge a Union force almost twice his size, which was holding the high ground in front of him. Forrest dismounted Buford’s and Johnson’s small brigades across the road parallel to the larger Federal force and sent Kelly’s brigade, still mounted, to the eastward to gain the Federal rear while deploying Morton’s artillery in a forward position in the battle line. 62 The larger Union force was attacked from different directions simultaneously and began to fall back towards Pulaski, although turning to fight along the way. “The Union force fell back gradually, and retired within the heavy fortifications at Pulaski. Forrest soon realized that these were too heavy to be carried by storm; so that night he had his men built a long line of campfires; then about ten o’clock withdrew quietly in the direction of Fayetteville and the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Sherman’s main supply line.” 63 From this line of march towards the east it is apparent that Forrest intended to knock both railroads out of commission. However, time was not on Forrest’s side as he began moving his force towards Fayetteville on September 28. The battle south of Pulaski was to be the last large scale engagement between Union and Confederate forces during the raid.
Reaching Fayetteville that same day and destroying the telegraph equipment located there, Forrest then ordered his command toward Tullahoma. However, 15 miles outside of town, scouts brought him information that the Pulaski garrison was moving to confront him. 64 These were not the only troops trying to locate Forrest’s command. Scouts also soon reported that heavy columns of Union forces were converging on him from every direction. 65 It was during this time that Forrest quickly decided to split his smaller force in half, sending Morton’s remaining artillery back with one column going south back into Alabama. Forrest traveled north with the other column towards Columbia. Morton’s artillery, travelling toward Huntsville in the southern column, was completely out of ammunition after the battle south of Pulaski. “As this place [Huntsville] was approached scouts and citizens brought word that it was strongly garrisoned, and that General Steedman was moving in that direction with 8,000 infantry to prevent the Confederates, 1,500 in number, from crossing the river. The attempt was abandoned, therefore, and the route of march changed toward Newport, where it was known that there were small ferryboats.” 66 After crossing the river at Newport, this portion of Forrest’s command made their way back to Florence. Meanwhile, Forrest moved toward Columbia, reaching Spring Hill on October 1, where the telegraph office was captured by surprise. Forrest was able to learn the whereabouts of all the Union forces surrounding him and then used the telegraph office to send false information about his movement in every direction. 67 With this activity concluded, Forrest then moved his command south through Lawrenceburg, arriving at Florence on October 5. In Florence, he found that Buford’s command, with Morton’s battery, had already crossed the Tennessee River 36 hours ahead of him. 68 With this accomplished, and as Union forces were closing in from behind, Forrest’s command was reunited and began moving back toward the railhead at Cherokee.
From a tactical perspective, the north Alabama and middle Tennessee raid was probably one of the most successful of the entire war. Forrest and his men traveled more than 500 miles, captured 3,500 prisoners, eight pieces of artillery, 900 head of beef cattle, 100 wagons, 3000 small arms along with unusually large stores of commissary, ordnance, and medical supplies. 69 Only the Johnsonville raid that Forrest commanded in later October and November 1864 can match the raid into north Alabama and middle Tennessee. Forrest’s loss during the raid, lasting for 15 days, was 47 killed and 293 wounded. Despite these losses, his force had destroyed six large truss bridges, nearly 100 miles of track, two locomotives and 50 freight cars. 70 This raid effectively knocked the Nashville & Decatur railroad out of the war as a means for Sherman to supply his army in Georgia, making the victory at Sulphur Creek Trestle an important part of the decision Sherman made to live off the land as his army marched towards Savannah in November.
While it would be speculation to say what would have happened with regards to Atlanta had the Confederacy applied more pressure to Sherman’s railroad supply lines in the summer of 1864, Forrest proved during this raid and another one the following month how vulnerable the Union really was. “It was one of the strangest anomalies of the entire war that Sherman won in Georgia by losing five battles in north Mississippi and north Alabama. But those failures, added together, made one grand Union success, because they neutralized the powers of the most dangerous cavalry leader in the entire Confederacy.” 73 Sherman’s decision to march through Georgia was based in part by the fact that he thought the war could be brought to an end quicker by doing so instead of chasing Hood around the interior of the western Confederacy. While the Forrest raid was significant, it happened too late to affect the nature of Sherman’s decision-making during the Atlanta Campaign, though it did impact his actions as he continued on his way to Savannah.
Archeology examination of the Sulphur Creek Trestle Battle Site has the potential to reveal more information about the events of the evening prior to the battle and the day of the battle itself. While reports about the battle provide historians with a great deal of information, there are points in the narrative of the events of the battle that could be understood more completely as a result of archeological examination. For example, archeological examination could reveal the exact location of Forrest’s campsite on the night of September 24, 1864. Examination could reveal more information about the movement of Forrest’s men as they closed in on the fort site as accounts differ as to the exact route Forrest’s men took. Some accounts place an additional group of Forrest’s men to the north of the fort on another hillside, though official reports do not. Examination could reveal whether men were in fact placed there. As is typical with battlefield archeology, an examination can also reveal much about the men who fought and died in the battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle. Personal effects, including buttons and medals, the remains of camp sites and pieces of equipment all have the potential to be discovered through a close examination of the site.
1 Norman R. Denny, “The Devil’s Navy,” Civil War Times Illustrated Vol. 35 No. 4 (August 1996): 25.
2 Thomas Lawerence Connelly, Autumn of Glory: the Army of Tennessee, 1862-1865. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ. Pres 1971), 436.
4 Robert Dunnavant, The Railroad War: N.B. Forrest's 1864 Raid through Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee (Athens, Ala.: Pea Ridge Press), 199441.
6 Thomas V. Ress, “Five Hours at Sulphur Trestle Fort,” Alabama Heritage No. 88 (Spring 2008): 18.
18 Cornelia and Jack Weller, “Bedford Forrest’s Infantry,” Confederate Veteran (September-October 1991): 32.
19 Thomas Jordan & J.P. Pryor, The Campaigns of Lieutenant General N. B. Forrest, and of Forrest's Cavalry, 2nd ed. (Dayton:American Society for Training & Development, 1995), 556.
25 John Watson Morton, The Artillery of Nathan Bedford Forrest's Cavalry (San Bernardino: Create Space Independent Publishing Platform,2012), 222.
26 Jordan & Pryor, 556-557.
30 Donald H. Steenburn, “A Tale of Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Attack at Sulphur Branch Trestle Alabama,” Blue & Gray Magazine No. 9 (June 1992): 32.
31 Jordan & Pryor, 565.
36 Jordan & Pryor, 567.
40 Jordan & Pryor, 568.
42 Jordon & Pryor, 568.
45 Both of these steel cast 3” Ordnance rifles manufactured by the Singer-Nimick foundry, are now at Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Battlefield Park where they were placed by John W. Morton in 1890.
46 Jordan & Pryor, 568.
50 Jordan & Pryor, 569.
53 Jordan & Pryor, 569.
57 Jordan & Pryor, 570.
62 Jordan & Pryor, 572.
73 Andrew Nelson Lytle, Bedford Forrest and His Critter Company (Lanham, MD: J.S. Sanders Books, 1993), 342.

Der Blitz wirkt hier auch stark farbverfälschend. Der linke obere Würfel ist eigentlich grün.
Der Blitz wirkt hier auch stark farbverfälschend. Der linke obere Würfel ist eigentlich grün.
Gut das du das sagst. Auf dem Bild kommt der Würfel sehr türkis rüber.
Gibt´s denn jetzt schon einen Termin, ab wann das Spiel in Deutschland zu haben ist?
Evtl. schon auf der SPIEL in Essen?
Spätestens Dezember, aber kann auch früher sein. Randall gibt da lieber den spätmöglichsten Termin dafür an.
Bedanken dürft ihr euch da teilweise bei den Chinesen, die die taiwanesische Flagge von 1907 rum nicht akzeptieren wollten.
Ist China denn so ein wichtiger Markt, das die so großen Einfluss haben?
Und wie oft kommt denn die taiwanesische Flagge vor? Einmal?
China ist Herstellungsland und wenn die nicht durchwinken, verlässt kein Container China. Flagge käme etwa 8 x vor.
Nachfolgend seht ihr die erste deutsche Karte und das Playtesting dieser gegen die Engländer.
In der deutschen Flottenbox sollen 6 Schiffe enthalten sein.
In der deutschen Flottenbox sollen 6 Schiffe enthalten sein.
> Tiefzieher wurden umdesignt, damit die Ständer da bleiben wo sie sollen und man die Schiffe nicht mit einem Stemmeisen rausrücken muss.
> Erweiterungssets sind in Produktion.
> Endgültiges Lieferdatum noch nicht ganz sicher, aber sicher erstes Quartal. Grundbox und Erweiterungen sopllen kurz nacheinander erscheinen, daher die Verschiebung.
> Alle Schiffe haben endgültige Bemalung bekommen.
Amazing how the weeks at the end of a year fly by, especially as you’re hard at work trying to unstick several production projects.
Much to my shock a sample of the “final production” miniatures, exactly as they’ll appear in the Core Box Set fell out of the mail yesterday. As I always promise, as soon as I had a moment to catch my breath, I’m sharing these.
Now the miniatures we received at Gen Con, while the decks were painted different for the British and French, the hulls were the same color, when the French were suppose to be lighter. Now we wanted the British to actually get a darker hull, but ultimately the French were considerably lightened. Considering we learned that the British were almost lightened after we explicitly told them to darker the British, we’ll take it.
Additionally, the tray as been completely revamped. The previous vacuum tray the ships sat in did not have a lid (just a plastic bag), so the pieces for the stands just cascaded everywhere. Additionally, the miniatures were held in place so tight it was the labors of Hercules to extract a ship without bending a turret or shearing off masts. However, the new vacuum tray is almost perfect in every way. It’s got a lid that holds everything in place and the ships simply slide in and out of their positions with ease.
So what does this mean for a Street Date? We don’t know. Supposedly this means that all the Core Box Set miniatures are done and they’re working on the Fleet Sets. We’re waiting on visual confirmation of that so we can make the hard call of trying to wait for the fleet sets, or simply pull the trigger to get the Core Box Set moving immediately so we can have it out first quarter next year.
As always, as soon as I have news, you will!