A Tempest of Iron and Lead: Spotsylvania Court House, May 8-21, 1864 (Chris Mackowski - NR)) medical Ink bottle

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Modern mechanically fused high explosive and victim-activated landmines were used for the first time in the world’s history on a widespread basis in the American Civil War

These Tar Heels fought in nearly every major battle in the Eastern Theater

It would be another two days before Stuart’s exhausted cavalry found and rejoined the main army

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A Tempest of Iron and Lead: Spotsylvania Court House, May 8-21, 1864 (Chris Mackowski - NR)) medical Ink bottleby Chris Mackowski May 1864. The Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia spent three days in brutal close quarter combat in the Wilderness that left the tangled thickets aflame. No one could imagine a more infernal battlefield. Then they marched down the road to Spotsylvania Court House. Even the march itself was unprecedented. For three years, the armies had fought and disengaged. That changed on the night of May 7. Instead of leaving