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Thinking of all the deaths of the battle, I thought I would offer the old Irish poem I Am Stretched on Your Grave to recall the lovers left behind:
Well, let us know and we'll get you some great BBQ.Great photos Pat! It was a very special few days around the area for the 150th. We never did get to take Timmy's advice on the bbq so a good excuse to travel to that part of the world again soon!
Yes you do. It is no larger than it was, but there is a nice artistry to the space. Great information and a moving commemoration of the lives that were changed on those fields.Looks like I need to get back over to the visitor center there.
I have created a directory to my three articles on immigrants in the Overland Campaign:
http://www.longislandwins.com/columns/detail/immigrants_in_the_overland_campaign
Pat,
I have just went through this magnificent thread of yours and I must say, BRAVO!
Thank you for taking the time and effort to put this altogether for us here at the forum.
OMG!! This the regiment was gggrandfather was in!! He was Joseph Penner, Co H, a private. He was wounded, supposedly sent to Locust Grove Hospital, imprisoned at Andersonville and died there Sep 12, 1864.The 146th NY at Spotsylvania this morning
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Hi Patrick. The particular horror of the Wilderness was the outbreak of fires that consumed the dead and killed the wounded. While some of the missing may have been captured or run off, it is likely many disappeared in the flames.I don't know the story here, and I have not read the whole thread. But, with regard to the second photo--the one with the monument and numbers of soldiers on it, how do we get 114 missing out of 529 troops engaged? Did they get blown up into tiny parts? Were they captured and taken as undocumented prisoners? Did they run away and desert? How do we account for them?
From Oneida?OMG!! This the regiment was gggrandfather was in!! He was Joseph Penner, Co H, a private. He was wounded, supposedly sent to Locust Grove Hospital, imprisoned at Andersonville and died there Sep 12, 1864.
Okay, Pat. I've got the possible explanation now, and I'll tell you and everyone else that the thought of wounded boys watching the fire advance on their location and waiting for it to consume them is just horrific to me. I'm sure it's horrific to all of those who weren't so slow on the uptake as I was. Dang! That's awful!Hi Patrick. The particular horror of the Wilderness was the outbreak of fires that consumed the dead and killed the wounded. While some of the missing may have been captured or run off, it is likely many disappeared in the flames.
John Hennessy, NPS Historian at the Wilderness, wrote this on the fires:
https://npsfrsp.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/capturing-the-wildernesss-signature-horror-fire/
Here is an illustration from Waud who witnessed the fires:
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Spttysylvania also saw bad fires.
From Oneida?
No, just an area I used to pass through quite a bit.Yes, he was from Sangerfield in Oneida county. Do you have ancestors from there?