[ryan71]

I remember Shelby Foote (God rest his soul) describing how he would visit battlefields on their anniversaries. He would even get there at the times the battles were to have taken place.

Shelby was the best.

[mainepatsfan]

You can read all the books you want but you cannot grasp what it’s like until you actually are standing on the same ground the soldiers were.

[EternalVigilance]

[vetvetdoug]

I had the honor of sitting with my six horse artillery hitch at Gibbon's Batteries' position the exact minute 125 years after Longstreet's final assault (Pickett's). Chilling...Brice's Crossroads 125 years to the minute sitting on a horse at the creek...Shiloh on horseback 125 years to the minute sitting where Forrest charged a position....Corinth...125 years to the minute sitting on a horse at Battery F...Middleburg 125 years to the minute...Grierson's Raid...125 years to the minute....Chickamauga 125 years to the minute...Kennesaw Mountain....125 years to the minute...

It really gives one a time to reflect and ponder...