Senin, 09 April 2018

Unfriendly Fire for James Longstreet

A Confederate bullet strikes James Longstreet and derails a Wilderness victory. The Confederate flank attack had worked to perfection May 6, 1864, the second day of the Battle of the Wilderness. Just before noon, the men in Lieutenant General James Longstreet’s First Corps had hurtled down the Orange Plank Road, and an unfinished railroad cut, …

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