“ The battle of life has scattered the survivors more than did the charge of the “great flanker” at Chancellorsville, and those who attended the reunion last night came from widely divergent points. Ohio sent the largest contingent, and Maine, Connecticut, New-York, and other States were represented. ”
Summary
“Old Soldiers Dine and Talk”, is a work by . It explores elements such as the Eleventh Corps, Chancellorsville and Jackson.
Quotes from Old Soldiers Dine and Talk ()
“ All the resistance Jackson's corps met with worthy of the name of resistance was by the men of the Eleventh Corps, who were attacked in the rear by vastly superior numbers, and who resisted Jackson's advance without receiving aid from the reserves, two miles in the rear. Analysis shows that no other body of troops of equal number could have held the flanked positions much longer and have escaped destruction. ”
