Kennesaw Mountain: “If You Are Not Prepared to Die Don’t Stop There.”
Life on the Civil War Reserach Trail
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Private Columbus R. Warfield’s firsthand account of the Union charge at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain captures the chaos, fear, and confusion of the fighting, offering a ground-level view less commonly found in official reports from generals and senior officers. Here's Warfield's recollection.
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