 another one
The "Hornets' Nest" at Shiloh. While Union units are collapsing around them, regiments of Iowa farmboys form a line behind a sunken road. They repel 11 determined Confederate infantry attacks. Sixty-two cannons were lined up at point blank. They blasted the Union line into submission. Must have been a hellish couple of hours....eh?
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My dear mother:- I have come safely through two more terrible engagements with the enemy, that at South Mountain and the great battle of yesterday (Antietam). Our splendid regiment is almost destroyed. We have had nearly 400 men killed and wounded in the battles. Seven of our officers were shot and three killed in yesterday's battle and nearly 150 men killed and wounded. All from less than 300 engaged. The men have stood like iron....Maj. Rufus Dawes, 6th Wisconsin Volunteers | 
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