The FReeper Foxhole Remembers S.B.Cummins & Battle of the Wilderness (May 5-7, 1864)- Aug 13th, 2003

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[Darksheare]

Afternoon.
Ended up being conned into being the driver on an errand.
*UGh!*
I'm back now.

[SAMWolf]

I've been reading a news story about those whiners. They're getting more Press than they deserve IMHO.

[snippy_about_it]

...the General said: "boys don't dodge. They could not hit an elephant." And in less than 5 minutes he was hit and soon died on the field.

Wow.

Good read SAM, thanks.

I've seen some of the battlefields in Virginia and the thickness of the woods. Add the Southern heat and humidity to that and the fighting conditions for both sides must have been horrible.

It's good we have some of these diaries to learn from.

[SAMWolf]

You're welcome Snippy. If you ever go to a Civil Re-enactment, check out the uniforms they had to wear and imagine wearing one in the summer heat.

[snippy_about_it]

Thank you SAM. Here's one from the States Rights side.

America's Irish community - like so many other Americans - was divided by the War Between the States. Irish volunteers in the North achieved fame through the battlefield exploits of units like "Meagher's Irish Brigade." Less known, but no less fervent in their patriotism, were Southern Irishmen - who promptly took up arms in defense of the South and Southern Independence. Most prominent among Irish Confederate commanders was General Patrick R. Cleburne, and among the best-known Irish Confederates were the troops of the 10th Tennessee, C.S.A.

[snippy_about_it]

oops. I forgot to include the title of the above picture.

"The Rebel Sons of Erin"

[SAMWolf]

Thanks Snippy. Seems the Northern Irish got all the press.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Howdy everybody.

click on the graphic

[SAMWolf]

Afternoon, Victoria. Country and Western?

[snippy_about_it]

Good evening Victoria.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Did you like it?

[Victoria Delsoul]

Evening Snippy!

[SAMWolf]

Yeah, not bad.

[snippy_about_it]

Good Night SAM.

[SAMWolf]

Good Night Snippy.

[SAMWolf]

The Wilderness Campaign -
Virginia - May 6th 1864
Confederate Infantry stand their ground

[Jen]

Hello FRiends! Hope you're doing well. Nothing new going on here.

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[SAMWolf]

HI Jen. Nice graphic!! Love the song.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hiya Jen!!! Good to see you.

How are ya?

[PhilDragoo]

Union Order of Battle

Confederate Order of Battle

SIXTH CORPS CROSSING THE RAPIDAN TO GO INTO THE BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS

Portrait of Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet, Officer of the Confederate Army,
Brady National Photographic Art Gallery,
between 1860 and 1865.

I never on any occasion during the four years of the war saw a group of officers and gentlemen more deeply distressed. They were literally bowed down with grief . . . It was not alone the general they admired who had been shot down--it was, rather, the man they loved.

Robert Stiles, an artillery officer, on the wounding of General James Longstreet.

Robert Stiles, Four Years Under Marse Robert (Dayton, Ohio: Morningside Bookshop, 1977 reprint of the 1903 edition published by Neale Publishing Co.), page 247.

General Winfield S. Hancock
Union Second Corps

General Gouverneur K. Warren
Union Fifth Corps

General John Sedgwick
Union Sixth Corps

Wilderness Tavern - 1884

General James Longstreet
Confederate First Corps

General Richard S. Ewell
Confederate Second Corps

General Ambrose P. Hill
Confederate Third Corps

General George W. Getty

General Cadmus M. Wilcox

General Henry Heth

General Alexander Hays

General Ambrose E. Burnside

General John Gregg

General James S. Wadsworth

General David B. Birney

General John B. Gordon

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Two nights ago on The History Channel the fellow was showing five young men how to load and fire the muzzle-loader.

He drilled them by the numbers and they had their chance to get off three shots in one minute, which they did, just.

I wondered at the time what effect having the large lead slugs flying at and through you and your mates would have.

I have one of these Minie Balls here to turn over in my hand.

I would enjoy sending three of these a minute at the current crop of mediots critical of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

It would have a tonic effect which would command an immediate national market.

An entirely new definition of imbedding journalists.