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#4104325 - 04/10/15 03:43 PM Photos of US Civil War vets  
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Some really fascinating and poignant pics in this collection,


http://mashable.com/2015/04/10/civil-war-oldest-veterans/


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#4104328 - 04/10/15 03:46 PM Re: Photos of US Civil War vets [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Despite all the handshakes I'm sure there was more bitterness than not. Hell of a war to have to survive. Like WWI it's simply incredibly depressing to imagine.


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#4104405 - 04/10/15 07:03 PM Re: Photos of US Civil War vets [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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#4104416 - 04/10/15 07:23 PM Re: Photos of US Civil War vets [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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They still looked pissed that they lost...


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#4104420 - 04/10/15 07:32 PM Re: Photos of US Civil War vets [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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50 thousand dead at Gettysburg alone over a couple days. I'd be pissed too.


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#4104424 - 04/10/15 07:38 PM Re: Photos of US Civil War vets [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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It so happens that I was just reading about the Gettysburg campaign today; more specifically the major schism between Lee and Longstreet over how to conduct the battle which of course ultimately led to the disasterous Picket's Charge.


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#4104426 - 04/10/15 07:42 PM Re: Photos of US Civil War vets [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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It's all history now, but to some poor #%&*$# stuck on the line that lucked out and survived I'd be the most bitter thing alive right up to my bitter death.


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#4104508 - 04/11/15 12:01 AM Re: Photos of US Civil War vets [Re: Peally]  
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Originally Posted By: Peally
50 thousand dead at Gettysburg alone over a couple days. I'd be pissed too.


Total was ~46,300 with ~8,000 dead. (Wiki)

Other sources say ~51,000.
such as https://www.phil.muni.cz/~vndrzl/amstudies/civilwar_stats.htm


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#4104598 - 04/11/15 03:59 AM Re: Photos of US Civil War vets [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted By: PanzerMeyer
It so happens that I was just reading about the Gettysburg campaign today; more specifically the major schism between Lee and Longstreet over how to conduct the battle which of course ultimately led to the disasterous Picket's Charge.


Had Stuart's flanking move worked, Pickett's Charge would have been looked at historically as one of the most brilliant moves in the history of warfare.

http://history.rutgers.edu/honors-papers-2011/287-j-e-b-stuart-and-the-battle-of-gettysburg/file

That said, Longstreet should have pushed on July 2nd much earlier.

I wonder how it would have played out with Jackson, if he wasn't killed by friendly fire.


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#4104698 - 04/11/15 12:30 PM Re: Photos of US Civil War vets [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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My Great Great Grandfather (on the left) Fought at Gettysburg. He was in the PA Buck Tails. His, his brother and cousins names are on the PA Monument. They were kicked out of their church for going off to war (Quakers).



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