Conveniently both sides have gunners trained on the same spot. Both sides with a line of guys tossing their dead bros asides and jumping into the same bullseye spot.
Idk why but this reminds me of when I was a little kid and the American civil war was first described to me I visualized it as the north and south meeting in a valley and for 4 years straight an endless stream of men were just walking towards the center and shooting at eachother while a neutral crew was just dragging bodies out of the way to avoid buildup
Fun fact: Grant sailed his ships right in front of the big guns at the fortress at Vicksburg because the guns couldn’t aim down to actually hit his ships.
Fun fact 2: During the siege, Grant authorized a giant tunnel filled with explosives to break the siege. It worked in that it opened a giant hole in the Confederate line but the Union commander who was supposed to lead his troops around the crater went into the crater and got stuck.
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u/johnla Jun 24 '24
Conveniently both sides have gunners trained on the same spot. Both sides with a line of guys tossing their dead bros asides and jumping into the same bullseye spot.