Thanks again for the MD. CSA topics.. Towards the end of the war the Marylanders CSA. had no home to go to, so they kept fighting. The 2nd Maryland had the least amount of desertion , and per General Jackson his best drilled and disciplined. Thanks
moving story. A bit like my grandmother's brother who was wounded in WW1 late in the war and died a week or two later leaving a pregnant wife who had the child who lived until relatively recently.
Ron I cannot even image facing grapeshot and canister you would have to be bezerk? The Vikings had troops called Bezerkers that was uncontrollably that is we're I got it from? Is it true?
According to The Maryland Line by Goldsborough, it happened how many shots they got off before the U.S. troops overwhelmed them is not a detail I found. The accuracy of the shots is also an open question. I agree with you it is hard to imagine running into such a fire. The many frontal assaults that occurred during the war, including Malvern Hill and Gettysburg, are proof that solders from both sides ran into cannon fire.
Why did they fight, given it was beyond hope. Such devotion to duty is unbelievable. The question then is did they believe in the cause or devotion to duty? Right or wrong they stood, sad really. Given that the cause was beyond saving at that point. This happens a lot in military history. Commanders push right to the end, sacrificing personal for no gain.
A story of valient steadfast faithfulness and honor and very sad. I salute you young man . We need many millions of warriors like you in our country right now to save our republic especially in case the 2024 election is stolen again .
@@randallpickering9944 oh how easy it is for propagandists to convince simple thinking or guilty people to rationalize atrocities just so they will just fade away. And yes facts are facts . You just have not taken the time to explore them fully especially from the perspective of the ones who had very little to say about the ( re) writing of history. It is the same today and people actually believe CNN etc . If Germany had won WW2 people would have believed Goebles lies.
