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154 years ago today.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:46 pm
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:46 pm
One of the greatest military charges took place at Gettysburg: Pickett's Charge. Carried out by the gallant men of the Army of Northern Virginia. Lest we forget their courage and sacrifice.
"For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it's still not yet two oclock on that July afternoon in 1863, the brigades are in position behind the rail fence, the guns are laid and ready in the woods and the furled flags are already loosened to break out and Pickett himself with his long oiled ringlets and his hat in one hand probably and his sword in the other looking up the hill waiting for Longstreet to give the word and it's all in the balance, it hasn't happened yet, it hasn't even begun yet, it not only hasn't begun yet but there is stll time for it not to begin against that position and those circumstances which made more men than Garnett and Kemper and Armstead and Wilcox look grave yet it's going to begin, we all know that, we have come too far with too much at stake and that moment doesn't need even a fourteen-year-old boy to think This time. Maybe this time with all this much to lose and all this much to gain: Pennsylvania, Maryland, the world, the golden dome of Washington itself to crown with desperate and unbelievable victory the desperate gamble, the cast made two years ago...."
William Faulkner, Intruder in the Dust
"For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it's still not yet two oclock on that July afternoon in 1863, the brigades are in position behind the rail fence, the guns are laid and ready in the woods and the furled flags are already loosened to break out and Pickett himself with his long oiled ringlets and his hat in one hand probably and his sword in the other looking up the hill waiting for Longstreet to give the word and it's all in the balance, it hasn't happened yet, it hasn't even begun yet, it not only hasn't begun yet but there is stll time for it not to begin against that position and those circumstances which made more men than Garnett and Kemper and Armstead and Wilcox look grave yet it's going to begin, we all know that, we have come too far with too much at stake and that moment doesn't need even a fourteen-year-old boy to think This time. Maybe this time with all this much to lose and all this much to gain: Pennsylvania, Maryland, the world, the golden dome of Washington itself to crown with desperate and unbelievable victory the desperate gamble, the cast made two years ago...."
William Faulkner, Intruder in the Dust
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:47 pm to AU86
Frick yes, God Bless our South!!
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:48 pm to AU86
A brave assault indeed. But I feel as though the Federal assault on Marye's Heights during the Battle of Fredericksburg should get as much air play.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:48 pm to AU86
From this day on I own my father's gun
We dug his shallow grave beneath the sun
I laid his broken body down below the southern land
It wouldn't do to bury him where any Yankee stands
I'll take my horse and I'll ride the Northern plain
To wear the color of the Grays and join the fight again
I'll not rest until I know the cause is fought and won
From this day on until I die I'll wear my father's gun
We dug his shallow grave beneath the sun
I laid his broken body down below the southern land
It wouldn't do to bury him where any Yankee stands
I'll take my horse and I'll ride the Northern plain
To wear the color of the Grays and join the fight again
I'll not rest until I know the cause is fought and won
From this day on until I die I'll wear my father's gun
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:50 pm to AU86
The University Greys, attached to the Army of Northern Virginia, were part of that fateful charge:
"The most famous engagement of the University Greys was at Pickett's Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg, when the Confederates made a desperate frontal assault on the Union entrenchments atop Cemetery Ridge. The Greys penetrated further into the Union position than any other unit, but at the terrible cost of sustaining 100% casualties—every soldier was either killed or wounded."
"The most famous engagement of the University Greys was at Pickett's Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg, when the Confederates made a desperate frontal assault on the Union entrenchments atop Cemetery Ridge. The Greys penetrated further into the Union position than any other unit, but at the terrible cost of sustaining 100% casualties—every soldier was either killed or wounded."
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:52 pm to DownSouthJukin
I have stood on the ground that the University Greys made their charge many times.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 10:57 pm to AU86
My father went last year. I hope to go one day.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 11:00 pm to AU86
A lot of the brave men and women who fought for the confederacy did so only to defend their homes and their land from people they felt were unjust invaders that sought to own and rule their property, their freedom and their labor.
No matter what anyone else says for the rest of time, they're heroes just for that and I salute them.
No matter what anyone else says for the rest of time, they're heroes just for that and I salute them.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 11:03 pm to DownSouthJukin
Posted on 7/3/17 at 11:06 pm to Sentrius
So we're celebrating one of the biggest military errors in history? Your losses are unfortunate but you need to pick up and move on it's been 154 years.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 11:07 pm to Minnesota Tiger
Can it Yank. I will celebrate whatever I want.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 11:09 pm to AU86
Celebrating traitors to the union on the 4th of July.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 11:11 pm to kilo
It's not the 4th of July right now.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 11:11 pm to kilo
quote:
Celebrating traitors to the union on the 4th of July.
So the founding Fathers were traitors? They seceded from Britain.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 11:11 pm to Sentrius
It actually is for over 1/3 of the US population.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 11:13 pm to kilo
Vicksburg didn't celebrate for 100 years.
Traitors in your misguided eyes but defenders of their homes in mine.
Traitors in your misguided eyes but defenders of their homes in mine.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 11:14 pm to AU86
And from The Lone Star State ... Hood's Texas Brigade
Inscribed on the Hood's Texas Brigade monument in Gettysburg:
C.S.A.
Hood’s Texas Brigade
Brig. – General
J. B. Robertson
commanding
1st, 4th, 5th Texas 3rd Arkansas
Infantry Regiments
July 2nd and 3rd, 1863
And from the nearby State of Texas monument:
From near this spot the Texas Brigade at about 4:30 p.m. on July 2 crossed Emmitsburg Road and advanced with Hood’s Division across Plum Run toward Little Round Top. The Texas Brigade after severe fighting on the slopes of Little Round Top retired to a position on the south side of Devil’s Den. The Brigade then fell back to a position near this memorial on the evening of July 3. On the field at Gettysburg the Texas Brigade suffered 597 casualties.
The 1st Texas Infantry was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel P. A. Work. It brought 426 men to Gettysburg in 12 instead of the usual 10 companies, and lost 29 killed, 46 wounded, and 22 missing or captured. See more on the 1st Texas in the Civil War.
The 4th Texas Infantry was commanded by Colonel J.C.G. Key. He was wounded on July 2nd, and Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin F. Carter briefly took over until he was also wounded, leaving Major J.P. BaneIt in command. The 4th Texas brought 415 men to Gettysburg and lost 28 killed, 53 wounded, and 31 missing or captured. See more on the 4th Texas in the Civil War.
The 5th Texas Infantry was commanded by Colonel R. M. Powell. He was wounded on July 2nd and later captured. Lieutenant Colonel King Bryan was also wounded immediately after, leaving Major S.C. Rogers in command. The 5th brought 409 men to Gettysburg and lost 54 killed, 112 wounded, and 45 missing or captured.
Inscribed on the Hood's Texas Brigade monument in Gettysburg:
C.S.A.
Hood’s Texas Brigade
Brig. – General
J. B. Robertson
commanding
1st, 4th, 5th Texas 3rd Arkansas
Infantry Regiments
July 2nd and 3rd, 1863
And from the nearby State of Texas monument:
From near this spot the Texas Brigade at about 4:30 p.m. on July 2 crossed Emmitsburg Road and advanced with Hood’s Division across Plum Run toward Little Round Top. The Texas Brigade after severe fighting on the slopes of Little Round Top retired to a position on the south side of Devil’s Den. The Brigade then fell back to a position near this memorial on the evening of July 3. On the field at Gettysburg the Texas Brigade suffered 597 casualties.
The 1st Texas Infantry was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel P. A. Work. It brought 426 men to Gettysburg in 12 instead of the usual 10 companies, and lost 29 killed, 46 wounded, and 22 missing or captured. See more on the 1st Texas in the Civil War.
The 4th Texas Infantry was commanded by Colonel J.C.G. Key. He was wounded on July 2nd, and Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin F. Carter briefly took over until he was also wounded, leaving Major J.P. BaneIt in command. The 4th Texas brought 415 men to Gettysburg and lost 28 killed, 53 wounded, and 31 missing or captured. See more on the 4th Texas in the Civil War.
The 5th Texas Infantry was commanded by Colonel R. M. Powell. He was wounded on July 2nd and later captured. Lieutenant Colonel King Bryan was also wounded immediately after, leaving Major S.C. Rogers in command. The 5th brought 409 men to Gettysburg and lost 54 killed, 112 wounded, and 45 missing or captured.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 11:14 pm to SouthernHog
The southern Confederate melt is the greatest losing melt in history.
I love the south but the clinging to a completely failed and moralely flawed loss is a little wierd.
I love the south but the clinging to a completely failed and moralely flawed loss is a little wierd.
Posted on 7/3/17 at 11:15 pm to Sentrius
quote:
It's not the 4th of July right now.
It is in the Florida Keys
This post was edited on 7/3/17 at 11:16 pm
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