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Old 11-07-2006, 07:12 PM
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Neat Confederate Army Map from the Army of Northern Virginia (Robert E Lee's Boys),BTW more Soldiers died here them 3 days (Casualties: 51,112; 23,049 Union and 28,063 Confederate) then during the Whole Iraq War and Afghanistan war put together. If you would have asked General John Bell Hood after the battle if he could accept losses of 3000 men for 3 days of fighting the battle he would have thought you crazy "only losing 3000 troops in 3 days of war?". Today's Soldiers have better odds of surviving the war then any time in the past. The Miracle of the Modern Army. Our Ancestors who served in Americas most bloody war all deserve our respect for the duty they did for their Families, and Country whether North or South they both believed with all their Heart that God was on their side. God bless them that didn't make it and are still on the battlefield in an unmarked grave forever lost to history. And Blessed are those that Made it home to family and hearth.
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