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Uptons Charge and Bloody Repulse Spotsylvania Court House May 10 1864
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This is from the diary of Clinton Beckworth, a teenager in the 121st New York Volunteer Infantry chronicling the bloody attack and repulse on the Mule Shoe, Spotsylvania Court House, May 10, 1864. Cannons were won and lost. Friends fell in brutal combat against entrenched Rebel lines. The men of New York, Pennsylvania and Maine paid the price of Grant's plan. The Union Army spent the lives of their men freely in 1864. They could afford to replace them. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia could not. • Grant seeing the charge promoted Upton to Brigadier General. Grant realized that Upton had almost cracked Lee with Upton's smaller force. This attack was a prelude to a much larger attack on the Mule Shoe. That attack was some of the most brutal fighting of the entire war - maybe the worst 15 minutes of hell the American Civil War witnessed. • From out of the Wilderness, the Overland Campaign would continue after Spotsylvania to North Anna River, Cold Harbor and finally Lee would be trapped in the lines of Petersburg. • Filmed on the ground of the carnage, the videos were taken Summer 2021. The gorgeous photos are used with the permission of @oldersolder2020 • The account and picture of Beckworth came from https://civilwartalk.com/threads/firs... • You are welcome to visit us at www.peachorchardpublishing.com. My instagram is @peach_orchard_publishing. Peach Orchard is just Phinn and I. We'd be happy to hear what you think. I'd be thrilled if you liked the video and subscribed.
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