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John Bull@garius.bsky.social |
If you have reached the end of this thread then it has taken you 5mins to read. This is the same amount of time that it took for all of this to happen. 5mins for Hancock to redress his lines. 5mins for the First Minnesota to die. 5mins, to help win a battle. 5mins to save a nation. /12
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Frank Van Haste
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Thank you, sir, for commemorating the clear eyed competence of Hancock, the leadership of Colville (who survived!) and the heroism of the Minnesotans. That day also saw Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine achieve immortality. We can never forget what they did there.
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John Bull
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The exact figures are disputed. But at over 80% loses, it is likely the First Minnesota suffered the largest percentage of casualties suffered by any surviving unit in the history of American warfare. And yet they weren't done. On 3rd July they would have to fight again. /13
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