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mo·rass
/məˈras/
noun - an area of muddy or boggy ground. Synonyms: quagmire, swamp, bog, marsh, muskeg, mire, marshland, wetland,slough, moor
At 3:30 AM on July 2, 1863 the 11th US Infantry marched toward Gettysburg where they went into a reserve position behind the center of the Union line. The scale of the fighting grew in intensity until 5:00 when the brigade was ordered to move to the field north of Little Round Top where, “we were ordered to advance in a line of battle, passing from the shelter of a wood across an open field, through which ran a morass.” (Report of Major Lancey Floyd-Jones, 11th United Infantry)
/məˈras/
noun - an area of muddy or boggy ground. Synonyms: quagmire, swamp, bog, marsh, muskeg, mire, marshland, wetland,slough, moor
At 3:30 AM on July 2, 1863 the 11th US Infantry marched toward Gettysburg where they went into a reserve position behind the center of the Union line. The scale of the fighting grew in intensity until 5:00 when the brigade was ordered to move to the field north of Little Round Top where, “we were ordered to advance in a line of battle, passing from the shelter of a wood across an open field, through which ran a morass.” (Report of Major Lancey Floyd-Jones, 11th United Infantry)