Category Archives: Battles: Chancellorsville

Let us be thankful

May 9, 1863, Division commander Gen. Lafayette McLaws wrote his wife at home in Georgia. “The battles are now over for the present, and I write you with freer breath. Let us be thankful my dear wife for the mercies … Continue reading

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