@guywith3 Yes he was....well he was the first one of them.
By some accounts there were several of them, but Kirkland was the first one to brave bullets to do so. The other volunteers might of come after he refilled the canteens.
His bravery is depicted in two statues, one at Fredricksburg and the other in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania outside the National Civil War Museum.
@EmeraldTriangle80 yeah, if i was in one of those brigades, i would've gotten desperite and just would've pretended to take a hit someone in marry's heights and then work my way back to union lines under cover of darkness.
@815Sox indeed, napoleonic tactics in the early 1800' woul've worked of course cuz of the muskets were incredibly inaccurate. Now, they could easily hit something at 300 yards. Lots of new technology used with outdated tactics let to a giant slaughterhouse
@EmeraldTriangle80 It was the same situation in WWI (tactics far behind weaponry). In fact, a few Civil War battles featured trench warfare, especially towards the end.
To be a soldier of either side during this war would have been incredibly freightening given the continued use of Napoleonic tactics, the new technology of the Minet ball and the use of rifled muskets by most soldiers, Confederate or Union. I tend not to believe in a God that directly intervenes in people's lives, but if I had been a soldier in the Civil War and lived until its completion I would have believed that God had saved me.
How come it says Trial Version? And don't tell me you don't know what I'm talking about
901MovieMaker 4 weeks ago
So sad, i actually cried when the confederates started shouting :/ Such a waste of life.
JohnWorkerFortis 4 weeks ago
@guywith3 Yes he was....well he was the first one of them.
By some accounts there were several of them, but Kirkland was the first one to brave bullets to do so. The other volunteers might of come after he refilled the canteens.
His bravery is depicted in two statues, one at Fredricksburg and the other in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania outside the National Civil War Museum.
darthroden 1 month ago
@darthroden was william kirkland the angel of mercy or the confederate soldier who gave water to all the wounded union soldiers
guywith3 1 month ago
@EmeraldTriangle80 yeah, if i was in one of those brigades, i would've gotten desperite and just would've pretended to take a hit someone in marry's heights and then work my way back to union lines under cover of darkness.
guywith3 1 month ago
@815Sox indeed, napoleonic tactics in the early 1800' woul've worked of course cuz of the muskets were incredibly inaccurate. Now, they could easily hit something at 300 yards. Lots of new technology used with outdated tactics let to a giant slaughterhouse
guywith3 1 month ago
@EmeraldTriangle80 It was the same situation in WWI (tactics far behind weaponry). In fact, a few Civil War battles featured trench warfare, especially towards the end.
815Sox 2 months ago
To be a soldier of either side during this war would have been incredibly freightening given the continued use of Napoleonic tactics, the new technology of the Minet ball and the use of rifled muskets by most soldiers, Confederate or Union. I tend not to believe in a God that directly intervenes in people's lives, but if I had been a soldier in the Civil War and lived until its completion I would have believed that God had saved me.
EmeraldTriangle80 2 months ago 2
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Coulterr 3 months ago
It's amazing to me that after this battle, Lee used this tactic at Gettysburg
longof99 3 months ago