Quote Originally Posted by Riverkilt View Post
That's it, you've got it. Best way to increase awareness is to kilt up and sally forth.

I've fond memories of Fredericksburg - Martha Washington's garden...and sobering memories of that wall...

Great pic...

Ron
The wall, Ron refers to is on Sunken Road below Maury Heights in the Battle of Fredericksburg in the War between the States. Nearly 8,000 Federal lose their lives attempting to take the Heights. Fifty per cent of the Irish Brigade was lost, which came the closes. A grievous tradegy as every battle fought was.

Within a 5 mile circle of my home in Spotsylvania, there were the Battle of Chancellorsville, the Battle of the Wilderness and the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. My subdivision was a skirmish site in the Battle of Spotsylvania, Court House. The church that I attended has a trench from the Battle of Chancellorsville on it's property.

My great great Grandfather Samuel Taylor was a spy for Gen. Robert E. Lee. Caught by the Federals on Grant's last drive on Richmond was to be hung as a soldier out of uniform. He was release on his hanging day. His hair had turned snow white overnight and the Union officer in charge claimed it wasn't the same man!