Capt Carey F Grimes, Portsmouth Light Artillery CSA. Defender of Gosport veteran of the seven days campaign and Malvern Hill..unlimbered his battalion of three companies, four guns each above Pipers Farm on the Hagerstown Turnpike posted to drive the enemy back. While directing his batteries fire he was shot from his horse; to die on the field of honor 17 Sep 1862 Sharpsburg, MD.
Grimes is my ancestor in this War of Nothern Aggression ; a heritage never forgotten..
Actually, most of the battles during the Seven Days were Union victories. McClellan wanted Lincoln to give him more troops because McClellan knew, as Grant learned later in the war, that a successful offensive required overwhelmingly superior numbers. Being a military idiot, Lincoln disagreed and refused to give McClellan the troops he asked for, so McClellan refused to reignite the Peninsula offensive because he knew it would end in needless death.
@KayBeeEee1983 McClellan wanted men because he thought he was outnumbered. McClellan was always afraid of using his soldiers. He had 20,000 fresh reinforcments at Antietam but never used them, Lincoln had nothing to do with that.
@TigerRifle1 McClellan thought he was outnumbered on the peninsula because he was receiving bad intelligence. I agree with you about Antietam. McClellan was way too cautious. Lincoln never should've put him back in charge.
At this point there's just hell to pay. Goddamn the asshole who lost the orders. We of the world, as bloodthirsty as it seems, would like to find a true winner here. Probably would not have been Mac. Without this battle I think Lee makes it to Harrisbug and maybe, symbolically, Philly.
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chrisjason38 2 months ago
Capt Carey F Grimes, Portsmouth Light Artillery CSA. Defender of Gosport veteran of the seven days campaign and Malvern Hill..unlimbered his battalion of three companies, four guns each above Pipers Farm on the Hagerstown Turnpike posted to drive the enemy back. While directing his batteries fire he was shot from his horse; to die on the field of honor 17 Sep 1862 Sharpsburg, MD.
Grimes is my ancestor in this War of Nothern Aggression ; a heritage never forgotten..
Deo Vindice
s6u6r6f6 4 months ago
The Battle of Sharpsburg began over the close proxiematy of the armies..
ke4bss 7 months ago
George McClellan was the best officer for the Confederate Army.
astranine 7 months ago
Actually, most of the battles during the Seven Days were Union victories. McClellan wanted Lincoln to give him more troops because McClellan knew, as Grant learned later in the war, that a successful offensive required overwhelmingly superior numbers. Being a military idiot, Lincoln disagreed and refused to give McClellan the troops he asked for, so McClellan refused to reignite the Peninsula offensive because he knew it would end in needless death.
KayBeeEee1983 8 months ago in playlist Civil War
@KayBeeEee1983 McClellan wanted men because he thought he was outnumbered. McClellan was always afraid of using his soldiers. He had 20,000 fresh reinforcments at Antietam but never used them, Lincoln had nothing to do with that.
TigerRifle1 7 months ago
@TigerRifle1 McClellan thought he was outnumbered on the peninsula because he was receiving bad intelligence. I agree with you about Antietam. McClellan was way too cautious. Lincoln never should've put him back in charge.
KayBeeEee1983 7 months ago
You don't know how helpful these videos are to people
GreatVgnc 9 months ago
At this point there's just hell to pay. Goddamn the asshole who lost the orders. We of the world, as bloodthirsty as it seems, would like to find a true winner here. Probably would not have been Mac. Without this battle I think Lee makes it to Harrisbug and maybe, symbolically, Philly.
jggrow 10 months ago
@jggrow "Without this battle I think Lee makes it to Harrisbug and maybe, symbolically, Philly."
And that would make a difference? Lee made it to PA a year later, had twice as many men, and look how that turned out.
KayBeeEee1983 8 months ago in playlist Civil War
ty for uploading
Butternut731863 1 year ago