Re: On this date.....

Posted by Champ on July 03, 1999 at 20:52:43:

In Reply to: Re: On this date..... posted by Bill R on July 03, 1999 at 20:24:25:

>Naw, I hadnt forgot...
I just wanted to pay homage to a little known happening on this date, & to my Cherokee ancestors.

The 3 days of Gettysburg just as many lost American lives as the 10 yrs spent in Viet Nam, but Antietam (or Sharpsburg) was the bloodiest single day in American history.

"Champ"

:
: Let's not forget that the battle at Gettysburg was in full swing on this date also. That battle's outcome saw Lee move back south and ended his drive northward. I could be wrong, I am no CW historian or literate, but it may have been ONE of the bloodiest battles, if not the bloodiest battle in loss of Americans (and I call both sides Americans) of all.

: I can never imagine campaigning in the July heat and mugginess in woolen uniforms no matter the battle or the year. Give me cotton every time!

: Bill R

:
: : On this date in 1862 the battle of Locust Grove was in full swing. The
: : Federal Army moving from Fort Scott, KS was advancing across the Cherokee line in Indian Territory.
: :
: : The only available force to meet the 5,000 Federal troops was CSA
: : Colonel Stand Watie and his faithful force of the 1st Cherokee regiment, and Colonel Clarkson's Battalion of Missourians.

: : These brave men met the overwhelming odds on the 3rd of July 1862.
: :
: : Although Colonel Clarkson's group were surprised with 30 killed and over 110 captured, Colonel Watie with unsurpassed courage and honor continued to resist.
: :
: : Colonel Watie's regiment encountered six-fold their numbers in the 6th
: : Kansas. Finally, after a valiant struggle, Col. Watie and his men were
: : forced to fall back into Arkansas.

: :
: : "Champ"
: : NW District
: : Southern Cherokee Nation

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Comments:
: >Naw, I hadnt forgot...
: I just wanted to pay homage to a little known happening on this date, & to my Cherokee ancestors.

: The 3 days of Gettysburg just as many lost American lives as the 10 yrs spent in Viet Nam, but Antietam (or Sharpsburg) was the bloodiest single day in American history.

: "Champ"

: : 
: : Let's not forget that the battle at Gettysburg was in full swing on this date also.  That battle's outcome saw Lee move back south and ended his drive northward.  I could be wrong, I am no CW historian or literate, but it may have been ONE of the bloodiest battles, if not the bloodiest battle in loss of Americans (and I call both sides Americans) of all.

: : I can never imagine campaigning in the July heat and mugginess in woolen uniforms no matter the battle or the year.  Give me cotton every time!

: : Bill R

: : 
: : : On this date in 1862 the battle of Locust Grove was in full swing.  The 
: : : Federal Army moving from Fort Scott, KS was advancing across the Cherokee line in Indian Territory. 
: : :  
: : : The only available force to meet the 5,000 Federal troops was CSA 
: : : Colonel Stand Watie and his faithful force of the 1st Cherokee regiment, and Colonel Clarkson's Battalion of Missourians.

: : : These brave men met the overwhelming odds on the 3rd of July 1862.
: : :   
: : : Although Colonel Clarkson's group were surprised with 30 killed and over 110 captured, Colonel Watie with unsurpassed courage and honor continued to resist.
: : :  
: : : Colonel Watie's regiment encountered six-fold their numbers in the 6th 
: : : Kansas.  Finally, after a valiant struggle, Col. Watie and his men were 
: : : forced to fall back into Arkansas.

: : : 
: : : "Champ"
: : : NW District
: : : Southern Cherokee Nation


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