BATTLEFIELD BACKSTORY: In July 2014, I visited Malvern Hill, the best-preserved battlefield in Virginia, for the third time. I left there with the same feeling I have after I walk in the footsteps of the 16th Connecticut at John Otto's cornfield at Antietam or stand where the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery charged at Cold Harbor: How could they do this? The Rebels advanced from right to left up the slope and were rocked by expertly placed Union artillery. "It wasn't war; it was murder," Confederate general D.H. Hill famously lamented after the battle on July 1, 1862.(Click at upper right to enlarge and click here for all posts on this blog.)
Thursday, November 19, 2015
MALVERN HILL: 'It wasn't war; it was murder'
BATTLEFIELD BACKSTORY: In July 2014, I visited Malvern Hill, the best-preserved battlefield in Virginia, for the third time. I left there with the same feeling I have after I walk in the footsteps of the 16th Connecticut at John Otto's cornfield at Antietam or stand where the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery charged at Cold Harbor: How could they do this? The Rebels advanced from right to left up the slope and were rocked by expertly placed Union artillery. "It wasn't war; it was murder," Confederate general D.H. Hill famously lamented after the battle on July 1, 1862.(Click at upper right to enlarge and click here for all posts on this blog.)
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