150 years ago (June 27,1862) Gaines' Mill
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gafinfansubscriberOPWhile Pickett's charge of 12,000 or so might be more well known, numbers wise, it doesn't hold a candle to the charge spearheaded by Hood under Lee of 30,000/50,000 at Gaines' Mill.
It's history and a shameless plug!
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gainesmill/gaines-mill-history/greatest-charges.html
The Largest Assault of the Civil War: General Lee’s attack at Gaines’ Mill, June 27, 1862
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gainesmill/gaines-mill---longstreet-attack-2011/
"$3,050,000 Down, $150,000 to Go!"
And some great photos, both now and from 1862.
http://www.civilwar.org/photos/galleries/gaines-mill/gaines-mill.html
These folks need just a little more help to save this hallowed ground.
This is the only thing I’ve learned: There’s only us. There’s no them. Despots and authoritarians need to make a “them” to have a straw man whom you are against. If you need to make an enemy of “them,” you’ve lost the spirit of us. - Ken Burns of PBS
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