Found in Wayland MA, no statue to the veterans of the Civil War, but a book of first hand accounts of their time in service. The book can be found on Archive.org. "The Town of Wayland in the Civil War of 1861-1865: As Represented in the Army and Navy of the American Union"
In this age of bombs carried and dropped by drones it is near impossible to imagine the absolute horror of battle 170 years ago. The thought of facing an opposing army "who had been crouching in underbrush, rose up as if “out of the earth” and fired a terrible volley is unimaginable.
I'm a late-comer to civil war history. Regular visits to Charleston, South Carolina and a major battlefield in Virginia (with no Andover connections) have started to change that.
Found in Wayland MA, no statue to the veterans of the Civil War, but a book of first hand accounts of their time in service. The book can be found on Archive.org. "The Town of Wayland in the Civil War of 1861-1865: As Represented in the Army and Navy of the American Union"
In this age of bombs carried and dropped by drones it is near impossible to imagine the absolute horror of battle 170 years ago. The thought of facing an opposing army "who had been crouching in underbrush, rose up as if “out of the earth” and fired a terrible volley is unimaginable.
Tom
I'm a late-comer to civil war history. Regular visits to Charleston, South Carolina and a major battlefield in Virginia (with no Andover connections) have started to change that.