Hello! I am new here to this site. I hope I learn about things from the Civil War that I haven't already known. I also hope I can make new friends too.
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"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other." - Abraham Lincoln
Welcome to the site. I am sure you can learn from the members here they are very knowledgable. nice quote here is one for you by General Rains. "On the day we left Williamsburg , after the battle, we worked hard to get our artillery, and some we had captured, over the sloughs about four miles distant. On account of the tortuous course of the road we could not bring a single gun to bear upon the enemy, who were pursuing us and shelling the road as they advanced. Fortunately we found in a mud-hole a broken-down ammunition wagon containing five loaded shells. Four of these, armed with a sensitive fuse primer were planted in the rear, near some trees cut down as obstructions on the road. A body of the enemys calvary came upone these subterra shells and they exploded with terrific effect" "The force behind halted for three days, and finally turned off from the road, doubtless under the apprehension that it was mined throughout. Thus our rear was relieved of the enemy".
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