Yep, here is another from the 1982 issue Raiders of the Lost Art...
HE HE HE HAW
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Posted on 06/12/2005 9:02:35 AM PDT by snippy_about_it
Afternoon Snippy
Mad Magazine?
At 10 p.m. Sheridan broke off the fight and returned to the Army of the Potomac, having failed to unite with Hunter or to inflict any permanent damage to the railroad. Sheridan lost 735 men in the two-day battle; Confederate losses, though not precisely known, probably numbered near 1,000.
The question is at this point in the war who could best afford the losses?
Yep, here is another from the 1982 issue Raiders of the Lost Art...
HE HE HE HAW
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Follow the directions and map carefully for a tour of Trevilian Station Battlefield. The ground is privately owned; please respect landowners' rights. To reach the battlefield from Fredericksburg, proceed west on Route 3, 17 miles to Route 20. Turn left and drive 14 miles to the intersection of Route 522. Turn left on Route 522, then make an immediate right onto Route 671. Follow this route for 0.8 mile to Unionville. At Unionville turn left onto Route 669. Drive 9.5 miles to the North Anna River bridge and enter Louisa County. Continue on Route 669 for another 3.8 miles until you reach the fork the left with Route 613. Stop at the right fork and face the trash dumpster.
Stop 1 - Clayton's Store. Prior to the battle, Sheridan's cavalry camped around Clayton's Store, which stood at the road junction a few hundred yards behind you. The roads you are presently facing are those used by Hampton and Fitz Lee to attack Sheridan. Hampton's forces approached on the road to your right, and Lee on the road to your left.
Continue southward on Route 669 and drive 1.7 miles to a convenience store on the right side of the road. Stop there and face south, the direction you were driving.
Stop 2 - Fitz Lee's Route. Custer was leading his Michigan brigade south along this road when he encountered Fit Lee's division. After a brief skirmish, Fitz Lee broke off the fight and fell back, creating a dangerous gap between himself and Hampton, whose division was fighting portions of Torbert's division two and a half miles to your right. Custer left the road near this point and led his brigade along a woods road to your right that conveniently led to Hampton's rear.
Retrace your route to the road junction at Stop 1. There, turn left on Route 613 and travel 3.0 miles to Ebenezer United Methodist Church, located on the left side of the road just beyond the junction with Route 692.
Stop 3 - Hampton's Route. While Lee sparred with Custer on the Louisa Court House Road, Hampton engaged Torbert in this vicinity. Hampton held the upper hand until he was compelled to turn his attention to Custer's brigade in his read, at which point Torbert moved forward to Trevilian Station.
Continue on this road for another 3.1 miles when you will cross the tracks of what was then the Virginia Central Railroad. Having successfully driven the Confederates from Trevilian Station, Union troopers spent several hours on the morning of June 12th destroying five miles of track. After crossing the railroad, turn right on Route 33 and drive 0.7 miles, stopping at the historic markers located on the left side of the road. Step out of your car and look down the road in the direction from which you just came.
Stop 4 - Custer Captures Hampton's Wagons. Hampton had his wagon train quietly parked in a field located just a few hundred yards ahead of you on June 11th when George Custer's brigade broke out of the woods, from your left, and captured the vehicles. Thomas Rosser, approaching from the west (behind you), furiously attacked Custer's lost all the Confederate wagons he had captured plus hi sown headquarters wagon. Gleeful Southerners, sifting through the contents of Custer's wagon, reputedly found several silver spoons (presumably pilfered from a Southern household) and a collection of "racy" female correspondence.
The marker at this stop was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1926. The Virginia state historic marker at this stop incorrectly places the angle of Hampton's June 12th line at this spot. To reach the actual location of the angle, continue west on Route 33 for 0.1 mile to a fork in the road. Turn right at the fork and continue along Route 33 for 1.0 mile, when you will reach a pullout on the right side of the road. Stop there and stand so that the railroad tracks are in front of you.
Stop 5 - Hampton's "Angle." You are now standing near the angle in Hampton's June 12th defensive line. From this point to your left the Confederate line followed the railroad and was protected by its embankment. The right half of Hampton's line departed the railroad at this point and angled across the driveway that now runs along the slight ridge crest. Sheridan's troopers repeatedly charged across the fields in front of you in an effort to break Hampton's line here.
Continue straight ahead for 1.4 mile and park at the tennis courts, located on the left side of the road beyond Trevilian's Elementary School. Stand so that you are facing the road with the tennis courts to your back.
Stop 6 - Lee's Flanking Movement. Late in the day, Fitz Lee's troopers advanced from this area to attack Sheridan's right flank. After dark, Sheridan broke off the fighting and withdrew across the North Anna River.
Turn right onto Route 33 and drive 6.4 miles to Louisa Court House. Turn left onto Route 666, travel 0.1 mile, and park on the right.
Stop 7 - Oakland Cemetery. The cemetery ahead of you contains the bodies of nearly 100 men who fought at Trevilian Station. Ninety-four of them are unknown; the identities of the others are clearly marked on the stones. This ends your tour of Trevilian Station. To return to Fredericksburg, continue on Route 666 for 0.4 mile to Route 669. Turn left and follow this road 17 miles back to Unionville and then turn right onto 671. Drive 0.8 mile to Route 522, turn left, proceed a few yards to Route 20. Turn right on Route 20, drive 14 miles to the traffic light at Route 3, and turn right. Fredericksburg is 17 miles away; Chancellorsville Visitor Center is five miles distant.
To reach Fredericksburg by a shorter route, turn right on Route 669, then left on Route 33. Approximately one mile down the road, Route 33 will unite with Route 208. Follow 208 north to the Fredericksburg area.
Good evening to everyone. Great post as usual, Civil War stories are always fun to read.
We had pasta with meat sauce for dinner yesterday. BittyGirl thoroughly enjoyed hers!
BG has learned to climb up onto the loveseat. She and Spiderboy share a bit of levity.
Oh my! She reaaaaaallllllllly enjoys her food.
Thanks for the book recommendations PzLdr.
Afternoon Gail. Is work getting any easier on your feet yet?
The North?
Sure is a beautiful ship. Thanks PE.
Good evening Phil.
Couple of cuties.
What, you live in Texas and there's no meat in that spaghetti? Just meat sauce?
Oh my goodness!! ROTLOL!!
Soooo funny. I love it.
Spiderboy is looking mighty healthy, too.
Plenty of turkey in that there sauce.
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