US Marines, participating in maneuvers at the site of the Battle of the Wilderness, listen to Civil War veterans tell of their experiences, 1921 [1600 x 1251].
I forget which book it was — he’s written so many great ones — but the historian Bruce Catton wrote about their being so many brush fires all around that dozens of the wounded were burned alive.
This Hallowed Ground? Or maybe A Stillness at Appomattox? I forget which book…
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“This where I gutted 30 Redcoats.”
“That’s the Revolutionary War.”
“Don’t tell me how many Nazis I killed.”
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The Wilderness was a horrific battle.
I forget which book it was — he’s written so many great ones — but the historian Bruce Catton wrote about their being so many brush fires all around that dozens of the wounded were burned alive.
This Hallowed Ground? Or maybe A Stillness at Appomattox? I forget which book…