Tennessee in the Hornets' Nest at Shiloh

I love Bjorn, he's the man who got me interested in my now favorite regiment, the 154th Tennessee (Senior) Infantry regiment. When I think about the hornet's nest, I think about the bloody 19th charging the yankees with their 1812 flintlock muskets. They fought the yankees hand to hand, disarming them and replacing their flintlocks with 1853 enfields they picked up from the yankee regiment they defeated. Lt. Colonel Walker of the 19th accepted the sword of Benjamin Prentiss. The next hornet's nest charge, the 19th was ordered to take back the Washington Artillery battery, doing so in hand to hand combat. They would add the 2 cannons to their regimental colors after the battle.
 
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