tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post5503870555618331538..comments2023-08-24T07:27:12.657-07:00Comments on Contra O'Reilly: How to Start a War and Not Get Blamed For It - Lincoln StyleWill "take no prisoners" Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-52442102141845807622014-04-01T16:24:24.875-07:002014-04-01T16:24:24.875-07:00Kind of interesting: 2/3s of Confederate artillery...Kind of interesting: 2/3s of Confederate artillery was stolen<br />from US arsenals and forts. The<br />other 1/3 has home made crap. That branch is often overlooked<br />during the conflict, but we note that among the hundreds of thousands of casualties, young<br />lieutenant Cushing=<br />"He graduated from the United States Military Academy in the class of June 1861, and received commissions as second and first lieutenant on the same day. He was brevetted major following the Battle of Chancellorsville.[4] Cushing commanded Battery A, 4th U.S. Artillery at Gettysburg, and was hailed by contemporaries as heroic in his actions on the third day of the battle. He was wounded three times. First, a shell fragment went straight through his shoulder. He was then grievously wounded by a shell fragment which tore into his abdomen and groin. This wound exposed Cushing's intestines, which he held in place with his hand as he continued to command his battery. After these injuries a higher-ranking officer said, "Cushing, go to the rear." Cushing, due to the limited number of men left, refused to fall back. The severity of his wounds left him unable to yell his orders above the sounds of battle. Thus, he was held aloft by his 1st Sergeant Frederick Füger, who faithfully passed on Cushing's commands. Cushing was killed when a bullet entered his mouth and exited through the back of his skull. He died on the field at the height of the assault" -he was fighting in<br />a northern state which had been<br />invaded by the confederacy...just to be fair and balanced.<br />BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.com