Sunday, November 13, 2011

Major General Bryan Grimes' Plantation


Attempting the Impossible Again, Bryan Grimes at Appomattox


“On May 12, 1864, the enemy captured the Confederate breast works at the Horseshoe at Spotsylvania Court House, also many guns and two thousand of General Edward Johnson’s men. The gallant General [Stephen Dodson Ramseur] being wounded in attempting to retake the breastworks, Colonel [Bryan] Grimes on his own responsibility, ordered a second charge, himself leading it, and recovered the entire works and all the guns, capturing many prisoners and killing more of the enemy than the brigade numbered men. General Lee himself rode down and thank them, telling them they deserved the thanks of the country- they had saved the army.”


5 comments:

  1. Great stuff. Dont recall reading that in the history books.

    Mozart

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  2. Yes, read both of them.

    My heritage was born from the north, actually british infantry David Mowat. Course that was than and this is now, the plight of the South is the same plight suffered by our founders. Seems somewhere between the founders and Abe (surely before him) just like today we lost our way. I guess history repeats itself ya da ya da ya da. That's crap ignorance is the problem I'd put complacency in there as well.

    Your history at NamSouth as well as many others round these parts gives us no excuse to repeat history.

    Well in theory anyway.

    Mozart

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  3. Mowat

    Thanks. That's an interesting name that I don't recall. Do you have more information?

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  4. Cousin of Capt. Henry Mowat both I believe quartered on the H.M.S Assistance (1779) got in a squirmish up near Portland Maine formerly Penabscot. Mowat's settled in New Brunswick.

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