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Hay2bale
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Originally posted by Sigmund:
https://www.nps.gov/anti/index.htm


The visitor's center is still closed for Covid.

A tribute to the bravery of the current National Park Service.


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When I think of Civil War bravery, I'm struck by what the consequences of being wounded back then were compared to now. No helicopter is coming to med-evac you. No modern surgery awaits. Not even decent field management of your wounds. Nope. Infection, amputation and terrible suffering if you survive at all.
 
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The spooky thing about Little Bighorn is that there are markers where each man fell. I like it because it definitely gives visitors an idea of the flow of the battle...but it also conveys a gravity of the fact that this exact spot is where a man died. Spooky, sobering, and inspiring all at the same time...


Slight thread drift:

This book is about where each 7th Cav soldier fell and talks about the body recoveries in July 1877, April 1879, July 1891, and May 1890. It also has great then and now photos of battlefield areas where soldiers died, not just the main site.

"Where Custer Fell: Photographs of the Little Bighorn Battlefield Then and Now"

https://www.amazon.com/Where-C...27378&s=books&sr=1-1
 
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There is a great book about the battle of Antietam:
Landscape Turned Red by Stephen Sears.

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There are six Mortuary Cannons at Antietam marking where a General was killed in battle. Three Union & three Confederate. Each one is a cannon tube muzzle down In a block of stone.
 
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