| 'There stands Jackson like a stone wall! Rally behind the Virginians!' --Brigadier General Barnard Bee, CSA |
Posted on 01/03/2003 5:35:29 AM PST by SAMWolf
Although the total number of Union troops at Bull Run was about 35,000 and the Confederates had about 32,500 only about 18,000 men on each side were actually engaged in combat.
| 'There stands Jackson like a stone wall! Rally behind the Virginians!' --Brigadier General Barnard Bee, CSA |
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Charlie Company 1st Battalion 504th Parachute Infantry
 U.S. soldiers from Charlie company of the 1st battalion 504th parachute infantry walk out on a routine patrol mission around the perimeter of Fort Operating Base Solerno in Khost, central Afghanistan on Friday Jan. 3, 2003. Thousands of U.S. troops are deployed around Afghanistan to ensure security as part of the on going operation in the war against terrorism. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)  An unidentified U.S. soldier from the Charlie company of the 1st battalion 504th parachute infantry regimen helps out his fellow soldier going out on a routine patrol mission around the perimeter of Fort Operating Base Solerno in Khost, central Afghanistan on Friday Jan. 3, 2003.  An army officer of the Charlie company from the 1st battalion, 504th parachute infantry regiment, briefs his men before going out on a routine patrol mission around the perimeter of Fort Operating Base Solerno in Khost, central Afghanistan  U.S. soldiers from the Charlie company of the 1st battalion 504th parachute infantry regiment listen to a briefing before going out on a routine patrol mission around the perimeter of Fort Operating Base Solerno in Khost, Afghanistan
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The soldiers were wearing woolen uniforms with cotton longjohns. The opinion was that the breeze in the air would naturally wick away the heat. I was there. The air did not move and the even though I am used to being out in such weather, I was wearing shorts and a tee-shirt and didn't want to imagine having to wear wool on a day like that. I was glad when the speechifying from the guide was over so I could get back to the air-conditioned museum.
Most people don't realize that they fought the battle in hip-high grass. They had to manuever everything on a battlefield where they could not move around easily. It must've been an absolute hell.
And don't forget the fundraiser J
(BTW, I don't seem to be on your ping list anymore)
Oooops! My bad. I added you back on right now. Good morning and thanks for the coffee and the music! (I'm skipping the donuts...)
Just Ping-Pong-ing through....
It's getting interesting at work, will try to stop back in later!
Manassas and Sudley Hill...brings back memories of TDY trips to Vint Hill Farms.
David B. Woodbury (U.S., d. 1866 ): "Mrs. Henry's House at Bull Run"
Albumen print, 5.75 x 9 inches, 1861
Mrs. Henry was a widowed invalid who had the misfortune of living in the house that became the center of battle at Bull Run. This haunting image of the ruins of her home is one of the most eloquent commentaries ever made on the destruction of war.
A contemporary account describes the dramatic events of July 21, 1861:
Utterly unconscious that their home was to be the Theater of Battle, the Henry Family made no effort to escape until it was too late to do so. Among them was an aged mother, whom the son and daughter carried to a gully, and for the first charge, kept her out of the way of bullets. But when the fight pressed on, they brought her in again; and when it returned, they could not move her again. The house was literally riddled with bullets, and when the old lady was looked for, she had been sent to her long reward. Many bullets passed through her, and she was perfectly at rest.
David B. Woodbury was one of the most talented photographers working under the direction of Mathew B. Brady during the Civil War. He died of tuberculosis a year after the War ended. This image is from a group of original prints Woodbury sent home to his relatives. His diaries and letters, now in private hands, are the only such record of any Civil War photographer known to have survived. They have never been published.
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