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Jun. 24th, 2001 03:25 amNifty cool... I found a detailed description of the Battle of Jonesboro (where I live). It ended with this:
"On the 2nd of September, Sherman marched into Jonesborough with his victorious troops, as bands played "Hail Columbia". All around Jonesborough, the scenes of carnage and destruction were apparent in every direction. Most homes were either destroyed, burned, or severely damaged by the fighting. The few homes remaining intact were being used as hospitals, still full of wounded and dying soldiers. Piles of dead soldiers lay thick around the city's perimeter, as their bodies bloated and "filled the air with the stench of death for weeks" as one local stated it. Mass burial trenches were dug in a nearby pine grove, where over 4,000 dead soldiers were piled like cordwood into their earthen tombs. The second day's fight had cost the Federal's over 4,000 men killed and wounded, while the Confederates suffered about 1,400."
I wish I could see old maps that you can lay over modern ones so I can see exactly where everything happened here. Wouldn't it be interesting to know if there were once piles of dead soldiers where your house is now? I think so. I need to get involved with the historical society here or something.
"On the 2nd of September, Sherman marched into Jonesborough with his victorious troops, as bands played "Hail Columbia". All around Jonesborough, the scenes of carnage and destruction were apparent in every direction. Most homes were either destroyed, burned, or severely damaged by the fighting. The few homes remaining intact were being used as hospitals, still full of wounded and dying soldiers. Piles of dead soldiers lay thick around the city's perimeter, as their bodies bloated and "filled the air with the stench of death for weeks" as one local stated it. Mass burial trenches were dug in a nearby pine grove, where over 4,000 dead soldiers were piled like cordwood into their earthen tombs. The second day's fight had cost the Federal's over 4,000 men killed and wounded, while the Confederates suffered about 1,400."
I wish I could see old maps that you can lay over modern ones so I can see exactly where everything happened here. Wouldn't it be interesting to know if there were once piles of dead soldiers where your house is now? I think so. I need to get involved with the historical society here or something.
