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re: Today is the 159th anniversary of the bloodiest day in American history
Posted on 9/17/21 at 10:55 am to Toroballistic
Posted on 9/17/21 at 10:55 am to Toroballistic
"Never understood the Yankee way of naming battles. Antietam is a creek that runs over 40 miles. The battlefield didn't stretch over 40 miles. It was around the town of Sharpsburg, which is the proper name for the battle.
Same with both battles of "Bull Run", properly called 1st and 2nd Manassas."
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The victors write the history.
Same with both battles of "Bull Run", properly called 1st and 2nd Manassas."
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The victors write the history.
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Posted on 9/17/21 at 11:32 am to Toroballistic
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Never understood the Yankee way of naming battles.
It's kind of a worldwide phenomenon and not just limited to "yankees." There are many battles throughout history named after large bodies of water. World War I had a metric shite ton of them.
Posted on 9/17/21 at 11:34 am to RollTide1987
Yep in WW I nearly all the major battles in France were named after rivers. A few in the east as well.
Posted on 9/17/21 at 11:36 am to F1y0n7h3W4LL
If only Stonewall Jackson wouldn't have died before Gettysburg.
Posted on 9/17/21 at 11:36 am to RollTide1987
Nowhere near the emotional terror and PTSD of 1/6/21
Imagine those soldiers having to be escorted out of a building while people were let in for an unplanned tour that got a little rowdy. They might have been able to handle battlefield amputations with no meds, but that's nothing compared to not being in any danger at all, but feeling like you were.
Imagine those soldiers having to be escorted out of a building while people were let in for an unplanned tour that got a little rowdy. They might have been able to handle battlefield amputations with no meds, but that's nothing compared to not being in any danger at all, but feeling like you were.
Posted on 9/17/21 at 1:39 pm to LSUDAN1
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If only Stonewall Jackson wouldn't have died before Gettysburg.
Gettysburg as we know it likely never happens had Jackson lived.
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