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skeeter,
About 10 years ago I took the horseback tour of the battlefield. I recall, I had a big black horse named Congo. I wore my Bucktail uniform for the ride. I had a pistol belt and holster for my M1858 Remington on my person for pictures. Near Devil's Den, one of the horse stable girls asked me if I had a pistol in the holster. I opened the flap and showed her it was an empty "prop" for my photo ops.
As an MA historian, I say the Civil War was our FIRST Modern War with ANTIQUE Generals! All the CW generals studied Joumanie's tactics at West Point based on Napoleon's smoothbore musket tactics. I am amazed that the Rebs did Picket's Charge over open ground on July 3, 1863 KNOWING how they slew many Federals at Fredricksburg the prior December!
Adam
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Adam Helmer
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