"For Heaven's sake, at least face us in the right direction, so we shall not march away from the enemy and have to go around the world and come up in their rear!"
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Gen Francis C. Barlow, frustrated, May 1864:
notes on the American Civil War
"For Heaven's sake, at least face us in the right direction, so we shall not march away from the enemy and have to go around the world and come up in their rear!"
labels: 1864, Bloody Angle, Francis Barlow, Spotsylvania