From: Richard Lathrop (lathrrs@snip.net)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 00:24:32 PDT
Battle of Antietm saw more total casualties then most of the wars that the US fought it. It was the bloodiest single day in US military history with 26,000 men killed.
I want to thank the list member for his information on the mussel farming. Does not seem that big an issue.
Rick
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: DDoyle9570@aol.com
Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 00:08:02 EDT
>In a message dated 5/1/02 10:12:44 PM Central Daylight Time,
>rmgill@mindspring.com writes:
>
><< I think Omaha rates as being far more significant due to the sheer
> number of casualties that were lost on that small strip of beach.
> >>
>
>Hmm, depending on sources on June 6, 1944 Omaha was site of 2400 to 3000
>allied casualties......
>and Omaha Beach is generally considered to be 7000 yds wide....
>
>In contrast: Gettysburg
>.....Pickett's men reached but failed to break the Union line, and the
>magnificent effort ended in disaster. The tide of the Confederacy had "swept
>to its crest, paused, and receded." In 50 minutes, 10,000 in the assault had
>become casualties, and the attack - forever to be known as Pickett's Charge -
>was now history.
>
>
>The length of the attacking line as it prepared for the charge, (lines 1 + 2
>+ 3) was 8,126 feet, or 2,708 yards, well over one mile (1,760 yards). The
>length of the Federal Second Corps defensive position (line 19) was 3,000
>feet, or 1,000 yards. The length of the Federal line defended by Harrows and
>Hays divisions of the Second Corps, where the charge reached the wall (23 +
>30), was 1,615 feet, or 538 yards. Thus the Confederate line at the point of
>attack was reduced to just 20% of its original length.
>
>While not downplaying the sacrifices of any of the men on any of these
>battlefields, I thought it worthwhile to give some statistics on both tragic
>sites.
>
>MV content......what classic military vehicle was used at both Omaha Beach
>and Gettysburg (and I am not referring to Gettysburg's use during WWI as a
>tankers training area, or during WWII as a POW camp).
>
>My .02,
>David
>
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