To: WeWaWes
Daniel Sickles, later as a Union Major General in the Army of the Potomac,
got his come-uppance when a cannon-ball from either a Texan or Arkansas battery
came a-smashin into his leg during the 2nd-day at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
To: ExcursionGuy84
"came a-smashin into his leg during"
Which one? ;-)
7 posted on
01/14/2018 1:40:43 PM PST by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: ExcursionGuy84
And he used to visit his leg at the old Army Medical Museum in D.C.
10 posted on
01/14/2018 1:44:03 PM PST by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: ExcursionGuy84
My great grandfather’s oldest brother was in the Confederate charge that smashed Sickles’ exposed position in the peach orchard at Gettysburg.
Sickles’ folly caused the Union army’s left flank to collapse. He was lucky that he didn’t set off an even bigger disaster.
29 posted on
01/14/2018 6:16:11 PM PST by
Pelham
(all warfare is based on deception)
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