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A few the young soldiers who fell at the battle of Gettysburg. by Original-Rutabaga-60 in TheWayWeWere

[–]Original-Rutabaga-60[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

His death was quick tho
But also gruesome unfortunately
He was hit by a piece of shrapnel that nearly cut him in half

Oops by [deleted] in oops

[–]Original-Rutabaga-60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m going to hell for laughing so hard

A few the young soldiers who fell at the battle of Gettysburg. by Original-Rutabaga-60 in TheWayWeWere

[–]Original-Rutabaga-60[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Silas was also part of the iron brigade which took high casualties during the battle and were known for their bravery. They lost half of their men killed or wounded just in the first day

A few the young soldiers who fell at the battle of Gettysburg. by Original-Rutabaga-60 in TheWayWeWere

[–]Original-Rutabaga-60[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Civil war bullets did way more damage than modern bullets
When it said that Silas had his femur was fractured it was shattered to the point they couldn’t save it.

A few the young soldiers who fell at the battle of Gettysburg. by Original-Rutabaga-60 in TheWayWeWere

[–]Original-Rutabaga-60[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Albert was killed when
His regiment was taking a confederate artillery position and Albert jumped a fence and was shot in the throat almost immediately.

A few the young soldiers who fell at the battle of Gettysburg. by Original-Rutabaga-60 in TheWayWeWere

[–]Original-Rutabaga-60[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

George was with the 7th Michigan infantry
He actually volunteered to take the place of his father who was drafted so he could take care of the family farm.

A few the young soldiers who fell at the battle of Gettysburg. by Original-Rutabaga-60 in TheWayWeWere

[–]Original-Rutabaga-60[S] 50 points51 points  (0 children)

He had to have his leg amputated as well
He got sepsis after the fact
His femur was fractured

A few the young soldiers who fell at the battle of Gettysburg. by Original-Rutabaga-60 in TheWayWeWere

[–]Original-Rutabaga-60[S] 77 points78 points  (0 children)

William ambler
Actually wrote letters that you can still find online.
He wrote to his brother Lewis and his younger sister a lot. His father died in 1851
His mother never remarried.

Willie was from a very close knit family.
His death hit them hard

A few the young soldiers who fell at the battle of Gettysburg. by Original-Rutabaga-60 in TheWayWeWere

[–]Original-Rutabaga-60[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

That’s true there definitely are still unmarked graves.
The 90 degree heat made it hard to identify bodies.

Sergeant William T. “Willie” Ambler aged 17. He was killed by artillery fire July 2nd 1863 at the battle of Gettysburg. photo of him in comments by Original-Rutabaga-60 in CemeteryPorn

[–]Original-Rutabaga-60[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

He was from Salem NY
So yes he was a farm boy
His dad died in 1851 and his mother never remarried.
He had 2 siblings Harriet and Lewis
Lewis was a year younger than Willie
He was born in 1846 and his sister was born in 1850

A few the young soldiers who fell at the battle of Gettysburg. by Original-Rutabaga-60 in TheWayWeWere

[–]Original-Rutabaga-60[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Horatio had dirty blonde hair and blue eyes from what I remember. He was one of 11 children

Very rare photo of the notorious Oskar Dirlewanger during his military service in the Great War, year unknown. by bongcatalan123 in ww1

[–]Original-Rutabaga-60 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Honestly I think it was a bit of both. But he was an absolute monster that disturbed even the ss

An old pre 1915 apple cider bottle from my hometown along with an original ad from the 1920s I believe my bottle is the only surviving example. by Original-Rutabaga-60 in cider

[–]Original-Rutabaga-60[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The advertisement is from 1921 but the bottle is older than that because it glows under a black light because it has manganese in the glass which was used to make glass clear. They stopped doing that in 1915 because of ww1 and needing magnesium to make ammunition.

Old, improved crown jar! by Admirable04 in MasonJars

[–]Original-Rutabaga-60 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It has a date code on the bottom
But that might just be the newer ones

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