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re: Today is the 160th anniversary of the bloodiest day in American history...
Posted on 9/17/22 at 11:31 am to Rambler
Posted on 9/17/22 at 11:31 am to Rambler
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My great-great-grandfather was a sergeant in the 38th Georgia. They went into the cornfield and he was one of many who didn't come out again after receiving heavy artillery fire. After taking severe losses, the 38th was pulled back and replaced by Hays' Tigers, IIRC.
Are you sure he wasn't in the 18th Georgia? The primary fighting in Miller's cornfield was by Hood's Texas Brigade, to which the 18th was the only attached Georgia unit. My great-great-grandfather was in the Texans, which on that day suffered the highest casualty rate of any American unit ever, with 83 percent of the engaged soldiers either killed or wounded. My GGGF was wounded and survived to be wounded again at Gettysburg.
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Posted on 9/17/22 at 12:12 pm to PhantomMenace
Yes, 38th under Lawton/Douglas. I'm not an expert on Sharpsburg and deduced the Cornfield part based on the Brigade movements on the first day since he was recorded as killed on the 17th.
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