Stiles/Akin
Sergeant Major
- Joined
- Apr 1, 2016
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia
As the Confederates evacuated Yorktown in May 1862, Brig. Gen. Gabriel J. Rains, buried munitions in the road to " have a moral effect in checking the advance of the enemy...."
Major Gen. Longstreet, Rains' corps commander, sent instructions to Rains: "It is the desire of the major general commanding [Longstreet] that you put no shells or torpedoes behind you, as he does not recognize it as a proper or effective method of war."
-From CONFEDERATE USE OF SUBTERRANEAN SHELLS ON THE PENINSULA in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. 2,
Major Gen. Longstreet, Rains' corps commander, sent instructions to Rains: "It is the desire of the major general commanding [Longstreet] that you put no shells or torpedoes behind you, as he does not recognize it as a proper or effective method of war."
-From CONFEDERATE USE OF SUBTERRANEAN SHELLS ON THE PENINSULA in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. 2,