July 2024 CVBT History Wire: “Close Calls, Near Misses, and Spent Bullets on Central Virginia’s Battlefields – Part I”
CVBT History Wire – “Close Calls, Near Misses, and Spent Bullets on Central Virginia’s Battlefields – Part I”
The July 2024 “CVBT History Wire” focuses on accounts from soldiers who met with close calls, near misses, and spent bullet experiences on the Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville Campaign battlefields.
Read here: “Close Calls, Near Misses, and Spent Bullets on Central Virginia’s Battlefields – Part I”
Great account. Close calls and near misses were indeed common in combatants’ memoirs. I can think of around 10 from my research on one battle in Feb 1865 not in the CVBT area.