- Joined
- Mar 20, 2010
- Location
- Ohio
"Still the battle continues ... the grape and canister fill the air as they go screaming on their fearful errand; the sight of that field is perfectly appalling; men tossing their arms wildly calling for help; there they lie bleeding, torn and mangled; legs, arms and bodies are crushed and broken as if smitten by thunderbolts; the ground is crimson with blood; it is terrible to witness..." Emma Edmonds, Union field nurse, Battle of First Manassas, Va., July 21, 1861