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civil war battle/couple of pics up
wlfmn323
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here is a battle field that was almost forgotten. thought it would be worth checking out with all of the confederate posts going on,
went there on vacation last year. tried to do pics, but they came out really big, may work on them later.
had a great great great(?) uncle at this battle with 4th kentucky inf. http://www.millsprings.net/
i will include a couple of pics, this is the one area that really give me the shivers, the first is "headstones" for 148 confederates buried in a mass grave to the left of the stones, the second is of the grave, looking over the area really give me the heebie jeebies.
went there on vacation last year. tried to do pics, but they came out really big, may work on them later.
had a great great great(?) uncle at this battle with 4th kentucky inf. http://www.millsprings.net/
i will include a couple of pics, this is the one area that really give me the shivers, the first is "headstones" for 148 confederates buried in a mass grave to the left of the stones, the second is of the grave, looking over the area really give me the heebie jeebies.
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i always feel sad when i see military graves...
its a harsh reality.
3 to go.
What battle was it?
3 to go.
congrats on milestone.
the battle was known as either the battle of mill springs, or mill creek.
There's .58 cal bullet holes in floors, walls, door frames, stairs, and the ceiling at the top of the stairs. Most of the bullet holes are at the top and bottom of the stairs to the second story. One side would be upstairs and the other downstairs trading shots, then later the other side would be upstairs shooting down.
There's not many places left where you can still see Minie balls embedded in something. The accessible bullet holes were covered over with clear plastic plates to keep people from digging the bullets out.
There's a small town courthouse near here that still has a cannon ball embedded in a column out front.