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Stonewall wasn't too surprised. He'd been deceased for a couple of months.
We simply must get into the same book, Larry. Stonewall was very much alive and kicking at Brawner's Farm -- the opening action of Manassas II.
Ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
Larry, hope you are not excusing Ewell can be excused because if Jackson was there he might have fallen asleep?
Sam...funny you should mention Ewell. He took a minnie ball in the leg at Brawner's Fram, compliments of those d**n black hats. He was never the same after that.
Calicoboy
__________________ 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
Wasn't just the leg wound either, it was that domineering wife of his too, you know "Mrs. Brown" to quote her dear husband. According to aide, Sandy Pendleton, her influence was overbearing in camp as well.
__________________ Great-Great Grand Nephew of George H. Pfau, 4th NJ Vol Infantry
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How important was Culps Hill and what significance was there for spanglers spring or oak ridge or the "railroad cut"?
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As the Iron Brigade slugged it out with Confederate troops on McPherson's Ridge on the first day of Gettysburg, The 6th Wisconsin, along with an honor guard of 20 men from each regiment (100 men), were being held in reserve. Cutler's Brigade, on the Union right, started to give way to overwhelming pressure from ever increasing numbers. Rufus Dawes was ordered to take his men and try to stop the flanking movement. The Confedrates were moving up an unfinished railroad cut and had excellent cover. As dozens of "Calicoboys" were being cut down, Dawes did the only thing he deemed possible. He ordered a charge. The 96th New York and the 14th Brooklyn (of Cutler's Brigade) joined the fight. The charge to the cut was brutal. Flag bearers fell like flies. However, once the 6th got to the edge of the cut, things changed. Now the cut became a slaughter pen. The 2nd Mississippi was trapped at the bottom and the 6th poured a terrific fire down on them. Sergeant Frank (or Francis) Waller captured the 2nd Mississippi's battle flag (the story of how that flag got to Gettysburg is a great yarn in itself). Hundred's of Mississippians had to surrender. At one time, Dawes was carrying so many surrendered swords, he had to hand them over to one of his men. Howard's Corp collapsed leaving the 6th and the rest of the Iron Brigade exposed on three sides. The regiments of the Iron Brigade did a fighting withdrawal through Gettysburg and onto Culp's Hill. Those D*mn black hats started out with about 1800 men that day. Only about 600 reassembled on Culp's. An excellent recount of this action can be found in Lance Herdegen's book "In the Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg"
Calicoboy
__________________ 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
Wasn't just the leg wound either, it was that domineering wife of his too, you know "Mrs. Brown" to quote her dear husband. According to aide, Sandy Pendleton, her influence was overbearing in camp as well.
Wouldn't it be funny to write a "revisionist" history as to why the South lost the war - because of a henpecked general who was too browbeatened and distracted to perform his duties.
If timelines were ignored, I'd cast Don Knotts and Marjorie Main as General and Mrs. Ewell.
Ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
Interesting article in February 2007 American Rifleman, concerning a rifle left at Culps Hill by a member of the 23rd Virginia Infantry. Hope this was the right place to post this.
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