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re: On this day 160 years ago, the most savage battle of the Civil War was waged in Virginia

Posted on 5/12/24 at 4:10 pm to
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 5/12/24 at 4:10 pm to
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Bloody Angle" in the present day


My direct ancestor proudly served the state of New Jersey at the Bloody Angle, doing his part to defeat the rebellion.
This post was edited on 5/12/24 at 4:11 pm
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
59475 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 4:13 pm to
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If I can time travel I want to go back to that day armed with an M60.

Posted by TigerSooner
Member since Nov 2023
1583 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 4:38 pm to
Shame demoncraps haven't learned from history and are doing all they can to get us into another civil war.
Posted by JawjaTigah
On the Bandwagon
Member since Sep 2003
22597 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 5:14 pm to
Read this some years ago. A great book.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
7535 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 5:28 pm to
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want to go back to that day armed with an M60.


Why not a MK19? lol.

Posted by rooster108bm
Member since Nov 2010
2933 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 5:31 pm to
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the most savage battle of the Civil War


Antietam or Shiloh


One can claim Hiroshima or Nagasaki as the bloodiest day of ww2 but that does a disservice to peliliu, Guadalcanal, the solomans, Burma, Normandy etc
This post was edited on 5/12/24 at 5:37 pm
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
67631 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 5:32 pm to
The only time I’ve ever had the heebie-jeebies at a US Civil War site was at the Bloody Angle.

Terrible battle.

War truly is all hell.
Posted by tilthatday
New Orleans
Member since Mar 2009
916 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 5:42 pm to
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Truly disgusting all of the death and horror caused by the traitorous confederates


Or could it have been caused by the Northern invaders?
When asked why he was fighting, one rebel replied “because you’re here”.
This post was edited on 5/12/24 at 6:00 pm
Posted by rooster108bm
Member since Nov 2010
2933 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 5:51 pm to
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When asked what he was fighting, one rebel replied “because you’re here”.


You will never make them understand that because they don't understand the concept of freedom.
Posted by Woolfpack
Member since Jun 2021
537 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 6:05 pm to
Uhhh
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Posted by tilthatday
New Orleans
Member since Mar 2009
916 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 6:29 pm to
I’m sure you can do an adequate job of explaining the obvious. An industrial society of roughly 22 million people with a standing army in place was able to successfully wear out an agrarian society of 5.5 million that had to raise, train, cloth and provision an army during wartime.
Better prepared, better armed, better supplied, and it took them 4 long years and disproportionate casualties to prevail. Congratulations.
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
66513 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 6:57 pm to
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Antietam or Shiloh



The fighting at the Mule Shoe on May 12, 1864 far surpasses the intensity at Antietam or Shiloh. You are comparing the fighting across two whole battlefields versus the fighting centered in one small area.
Posted by Woolfpack
Member since Jun 2021
537 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 6:58 pm to
Uhhh
This post was edited on 5/15/24 at 5:55 am
Posted by rooster108bm
Member since Nov 2010
2933 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 7:05 pm to
More Americans died at Antietam than in any battle we have EVER FOUGHT IN.


Now you may pick a one day total here or there but it's a fricking FACT that more AMERICANS DIED AT THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM than any other battle weve fought in.
Posted by Hawgnsincebirth55
Gods country
Member since Sep 2016
16662 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 7:06 pm to
The reason many southern states seceded was due to the fact the rich land owners there who made up the governing as well as the plantation class were afraid they were going to lose their slaves. The north would not allow secession for any reason, and thus the war was fought. Your average southerner who did the fighting could care less about the human property at the time of rich land owners, but make no mistake that is exactly what caused the war. Well that and the fact the north refused to allow the Union to be split.
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
101750 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 7:06 pm to
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I apologize. I typed too fast without going back to check my grammar. What I meant to convey were that bodies were stacked four and five deep in places in groups up to as many as 400.


Well, that’s not so bad then.
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
101750 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 7:10 pm to
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My direct ancestor proudly served the state of New Jersey at the Bloody Angle, doing his part to defeat the rebellion.


And you call yourself a South Carolina fan.
Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
Member since Sep 2020
38029 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 7:11 pm to


Great book
Posted by Mushroom1968
Member since Jun 2023
2404 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 7:12 pm to
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you were scared of the black man


Only ones who should be scared of black men are other black men
Posted by Frac the world
The Centennial State
Member since Oct 2014
17929 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 7:29 pm to
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My great-great-great-great uncle, serving in Perrin's brigade as part of the 14th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment, was killed in action while fighting to repel the Yankee invaders from the Mule Shoe.


You disgrace him everytime you deep throat Grant
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