Chancellorsville - Jrigdon
Subject: Chancellorsville
From: Jrigdon
Date: June 04, 2000

Our Featured Article this week from our "Best of Confederate 
Veteran Magazine" is regarding a first hand account of the battle of 
Chancellorsville.

Chancellorsville is best known because Stonewall Jackson died 
there, but it was also a significant battle in its own right.  This 
article by F. M. Colston of Baltimore, MD focuses on the actions of 
the artillery in the battle:

"Of course the live Yankees gave me many a scare in this battle, 
but the worst came from a dead one. I went out to look for an India 
rubber blanket. They were plentiful on the ground, but wet and 
muddy, as we had had heavy rains; but finally I saw one which was 
tied to some muskets stuck in the ground by their bayonets, 
making a shelter for a dead soldier lying beneath; and this one, of 
course, was dry and clean. So I dismounted, and was untying it, 
when ..."

Visit our website for the rest of the story (grin).

http://www.researchonline.net/cvm

Click on Featured Article.

Mentioned in this article are the following people and units:

Alexander, E. Porter
Billings, Josh
Hamlin, Col. (U.S.)
Hooker, Gen.
Huger, Col. Frank
Jackson, Gen. Stonewall
Jordan's Battery
Lee, Col. Stephen D.
Lee, Gen. Fitz.
Paxton, Gen.
Pegram. Maj. Willie
Washington Artillery of New Orleans
South Carolina Artillery Battalion (Can anyone identify this 
battalion?)
Virginia Artillery Battalion





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