Nice piece remembering Gettysburg.

Why she wrote it on tax day instead of just before Independence Day, when it was actually fought (July 1-3, 1863), well maybe there was symbolism with that.

https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/ins...2304160055

"GETTYSBURG — The Confederate soldier blinked back tears as he examined the features of the man the other side of the stone wall. This was the famous Bloody Angle where Confederate Gen. George Pickett lost over 3,000 men from a force of 6,000. The elderly Southerner told reporters that he had been shot there — and would have died were it not for a Union solider who came to his rescue.

That Union soldier was now standing directly across from him — looking back at the man he had saved 50 years earlier. For what seemed like an eternity, the Confederate soldier looked intently at the elderly Union soldier across from him: “But my God, look at you. You are that man.”

The men embraced and wept, moving all those around them to tears.

It was July 3, 1913, the last day of the Great Reunion, a grand commemoration that marked the Battle of Gettysburg’s 50th anniversary. Veterans of the Blue and Gray came by the thousands — 50,000 to be exact — from all corners of the country to be at the very spot where they had fought in the battle long accepted as the turning point of the Civil War. They came on foot, by rail, in horse buggies and in automobiles, all clogging the roads leading to this Adams County village...."

Uhhh...

Wasn't the "bloody angle" at Spotsylvania? And Pickett's charge was a lot more than 6000.

Oh well. I guess it's more of a human interest piece.

(04-17-2023 06:46 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  Uhhh...

Wasn't the "bloody angle" at Spotsylvania? And Pickett's charge was a lot more than 6000.

Oh well. I guess it's more of a human interest piece.

That kind of history simply isn’t taught below the post-graduate level anymore.

People who take advanced classes — it was called “A.P.” when I was going through the line — maybe (repeat: MAYBE) are still learning the basics, but for everyone else, American history is limited to current movies and tv shows (mostly about slavery/racism), Schoolhouse Rock-type videos, and the various themes for each month (“Black History Month”, “Gay Pride Month”, “Hispanic Heritage Month”, etc.)

(04-17-2023 06:46 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  Uhhh...

Wasn't the "bloody angle" at Spotsylvania? And Pickett's charge was a lot more than 6000.

Oh well. I guess it's more of a human interest piece.

Yes

(04-17-2023 06:46 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  Wasn't the "bloody angle" at Spotsylvania? And Pickett's charge was a lot more than 6000.

I've seen and heard the Gettysburg one referred to as simply, "the angle." The Spottsylvania one I've always seen and heard called, "the bloody angle."

Never heard of a Gettysburg angle. Spent two days there a couple of years ago.

Pickett's charge was straight at the center of the Union line in straight part of the fishhook.

I remember seeing the confederate high water mark. Where was the "angle"?

(04-17-2023 10:10 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  Never heard of a Gettysburg angle. Spent two days there a couple of years ago.
Pickett's charge was straight at the center of the Union line in straight part of the fishhook.
I remember seeing the confederate high water mark. Where was the "angle"?

From Wikipedia,

"The Angle (Bloody Angle colloq.) is a Gettysburg Battlefield area which includes the 1863 Copse of Trees used as the target landmark for Pickett's Charge, the 1892 monument that marks the high-water mark of the Confederacy, a rock wall, and several other Battle of Gettysburg monuments."

(04-17-2023 10:46 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(04-17-2023 10:10 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  Never heard of a Gettysburg angle. Spent two days there a couple of years ago.
Pickett's charge was straight at the center of the Union line in straight part of the fishhook.
I remember seeing the confederate high water mark. Where was the "angle"?

From Wikipedia,

"The Angle (Bloody Angle colloq.) is a Gettysburg Battlefield area which includes the 1863 Copse of Trees used as the target landmark for Pickett's Charge, the 1892 monument that marks the high-water mark of the Confederacy, a rock wall, and several other Battle of Gettysburg monuments."

Alrighty then.