Strike Them a Blow: Battle along the North Anna River, May21-25, 1864 (Chris Mackowski - CHC) legacy hats Adelbert Ames--the stern taskmaster who

Adelbert Ames--the stern taskmaster who had transformed the 20th Maine into a fighting regiment--commanded a brigade and then a division at Gettysburg

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Strike Them a Blow: Battle along the North Anna River, May21-25, 1864 (Chris Mackowski - CHC) legacy hats Adelbert Ames--the stern taskmaster whoby Chris Mackowski Battle along the North Anna River, May 21 25, 1864. For sixteen days the armies had grappled? a grueling horror show of nonstop battle, march, and maneuver that stretched through May of 1864. Federal commander Ulysses S. Grant had resolved to destroy his Confederate adversaries through attrition if by no other means. He would just keep at them until he used them up. Meanwhile, Grants Confederate counterpart, Robert E. Lee, looked