Precisely. And slow moving.
But think of the volume of fire that it took for that to happen not once, but several times. And that’s just the bullets they found…
The hornets nest was named for a reason.
Sirhr
But think of the volume of fire that it took for that to happen not once, but several times. And that’s just the bullets they found…
The hornets nest was named for a reason.
Sirhr
Ever see a giraffe chomping on buffalo vertebrae? Its called osteophagia - pretty interesting for a herbivore (and yes, I know its grass in IR in the hippos mouth).
Just to throw some figures out there…
Gettysburg took place over 3 days. But really was about 16 hours of fighting. Half the day of July 1. All day July 2. And the morning of July 3 — Picketts Charge and minimal withdrawal skirmishes.
In those roughly 16 hours, 51000 soldiers were killed or wounded. 10k killed. That is 10 per minute killed. That is 40 per minute wounded. Or a casualty per second for 16 hours.
About 170,000 soldiers fought.
10,000 bodies were left in a town of 900
Residents. There was no organized Army Graves Registration or follow-up until 1864.
120 tons of rifled musket ammunition were fired. That is roughly 53 Million rounds. 3.3
Million shots per hour — an average of 20 shots per soldier per hour. (Keeping in mind not all were front line troops… it was much higher for most of the front line combatants.)
Another 309 tons of ammunition were fired by artillery.
No wonder they are still digging up minie’s!
I cannot imagine being on that battlefield.
Sirhr
Gettysburg took place over 3 days. But really was about 16 hours of fighting. Half the day of July 1. All day July 2. And the morning of July 3 — Picketts Charge and minimal withdrawal skirmishes.
In those roughly 16 hours, 51000 soldiers were killed or wounded. 10k killed. That is 10 per minute killed. That is 40 per minute wounded. Or a casualty per second for 16 hours.
About 170,000 soldiers fought.
10,000 bodies were left in a town of 900
Residents. There was no organized Army Graves Registration or follow-up until 1864.
120 tons of rifled musket ammunition were fired. That is roughly 53 Million rounds. 3.3
Million shots per hour — an average of 20 shots per soldier per hour. (Keeping in mind not all were front line troops… it was much higher for most of the front line combatants.)
Another 309 tons of ammunition were fired by artillery.
No wonder they are still digging up minie’s!
I cannot imagine being on that battlefield.
Sirhr
Tree cut down by minie balls at the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse.
Attachments
At a battle in a cornfield near Frederick, md, every stalk of corn was cut off at the ground like it had been harvested.
The volume of fire in those battles was mind blowing. Armies only a few hundred yards apart… lines hundreds of yards long…
Can’t imagine the terror…
“You herd them Yankees is tryina take are slaves. We’re gonna hafta harvest this here field are own selves…”
Not sure about the bottom one, but the top is definitely union labor…
It was intentional. “Our” is pronounced differently than “are.” So, you broke the joke. Way to go.
And, you missed the second one. So, you didn’t even do a good job of breaking the joke.
Must be a union proofreader.
Having visited that battlefield and museum, I cannot imagine being left for the surgeons. Those tools (instruments) were like medieval.
The Devil's Den, aptly named. Pickett's Charge just reinforces the bravery and insanity. It's amazing and sobering when one thinks about what happened there.
I have been there a few times on the July 4 anniversary and it is absolutely haunting. People who seem to be chomping at the bit to “get this party started” have no idea what it could be like. Read Selco and his writing on Bosnia.
People might think he's a male human, but with an attitude like that, I doubt anyone is going to think he's a man.
Kristian
…and those little mushrooms that help you travel the universe
Local grocery store had Bison ribeyes this past week. Came out medium well. Cup has tomato soup in it.
"out there steppin' and fetchin' like their heads were on fire and there asses were ketchin'..."
I was trying to figure out WTF was going on with the chick my Wyndham Rewards Room Key.
Then I saw the lamp and it all makes sense!
Sirhr
Then I saw the lamp and it all makes sense!
Sirhr
You didn't know what a giraffe was?
