The War of Northern Aggresion

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I do believe that the southern states seceded and South Carolina militia fired the first shots at Sumter.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
I went on the tour there as a kid.
It’s hard to imagine the hell that the men in that fort went through.
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That whole area is a must for everyone. Ft Sumter, Patriots Point. Checking out the Laffey is something else.
 
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Not long ago I went to point park on lookout mountain.
I’m standing there reading the memorial plaque about the battle to take the mountain and the massive loses that both sides took. The union army took the summit at 2 pm. I looked at my phone. It was 2 pm……150 years to the minute from that point in history.


That was a creepy feeling.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
Not long ago I went to point park on lookout mountain.
I’m standing there reading the memorial plaque about the battle to take the mountain and the massive loses that both sides took. The union army took the summit at 2 pm. I looked at my phone. It was 2 pm……150 years to the minute from that point in history.


That was a creepy feeling.
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As you look around imagining the carnage. It's humbling visiting these sites.

When you visit the Battle of Little Bighorn it's so peaceful. Real quiet, little wind blowing. Crazy imagining what happened.
 
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When the southern states seceded, the remaining United States did not accept their secession, remove military personnel and equipment, and turn over or sell forts, ports, and fixtures. Damned yankees took umbrage at Sumter being fired upon and militarily tried to force the errant states to remain in the union. Thus the term, “war of northern aggression.”
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
Not long ago I went to point park on lookout mountain.
I’m standing there reading the memorial plaque about the battle to take the mountain and the massive loses that both sides took. The union army took the summit at 2 pm. I looked at my phone. It was 2 pm……150 years to the minute from that point in history.


That was a creepy feeling.
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I have hiked the Blue Beaver trail up to there several times...

Several times a week... my pup takes me on a trail where this happened.
Gen. John C. Breckinridge, a former U.S. vice president, was ordered by Gen. Braxton Bragg to strike on Gen. Horatio Van Cleve on a hill by McFadden’s Ford on the east side of Stones River. Bragg was actually surprised to see the Union still intact and ready to fight. In reality, Samuel Beatty’s Union soldiers on the ridge held the leveraged position. Thus, in a hard rain, Breckinridge pursued this command with his five brigades of 4,500 men to push the enemy across the river; but he was uncomfortable with the directive. Breckenridge had postponed the attack as late as possible with impending dread on this winter day.

Initially, Confederates captured the hill and assertively pursued the ford. The Confederates assailed the Federals down the ridge’s rear slope into an open area opposite McFadden’s Ford. However, in the heat of the attack, Rebel soldiers were positioned upon 57 Federal cannons lined up for 700 yards and mounted on a rise on the west side of Stones River. Capt. John Mendenhall, left wing chief of artillery, deployed the Union guns in rapid fire with devastating results as Confederates pursued the Federals across the river. Not one Confederate reached the river. In less than one hour, 1,800 Confederates were killed or wounded, as the ground was shaking. A counterattack at 4:45 p.m. under James Negley of the Pioneer Brigade then shoved the remainder of Breckinridge’s forces back to Wayne’s Hill into quick retreat. In the end, Breckinridge lost one-third of Hanson’s Brigade (Kentucky troops).

 
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StarRaider said:
I have hiked the Blue Beaver trail up to there several times...

Several times a week... my pup takes me on a trail where this happened.
Gen. John C. Breckinridge, a former U.S. vice president, was ordered by Gen. Braxton Bragg to strike on Gen. Horatio Van Cleve on a hill by McFadden’s Ford on the east side of Stones River. Bragg was actually surprised to see the Union still intact and ready to fight. In reality, Samuel Beatty’s Union soldiers on the ridge held the leveraged position. Thus, in a hard rain, Breckinridge pursued this command with his five brigades of 4,500 men to push the enemy across the river; but he was uncomfortable with the directive. Breckenridge had postponed the attack as late as possible with impending dread on this winter day.

Initially, Confederates captured the hill and assertively pursued the ford. The Confederates assailed the Federals down the ridge’s rear slope into an open area opposite McFadden’s Ford. However, in the heat of the attack, Rebel soldiers were positioned upon 57 Federal cannons lined up for 700 yards and mounted on a rise on the west side of Stones River. Capt. John Mendenhall, left wing chief of artillery, deployed the Union guns in rapid fire with devastating results as Confederates pursued the Federals across the river. Not one Confederate reached the river. In less than one hour, 1,800 Confederates were killed or wounded, as the ground was shaking. A counterattack at 4:45 p.m. under James Negley of the Pioneer Brigade then shoved the remainder of Breckinridge’s forces back to Wayne’s Hill into quick retreat. In the end, Breckinridge lost one-third of Hanson’s Brigade (Kentucky troops).

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I've hiked missionary ridge countless times to the top of Lookout Mtn, past the Cravens house. A lot of history there. Used to start at Confedarama. I bet that place is gone?
 
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