Greatgrandfathers on both sides there.
I remember the family trip there as a child
The drive through the battlefield at night was eerie
Blood had run knee deep, and the ground knew still
Average/common age of the boys fighting was, iirc, 19. Some were 12
Ghosts
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lve—SqfsQQ
“Blood had run knee deep, and the ground knew still”
Hyperbole much?
I’ve never heard of any CW stories where soldiers waded through”knee deep blood”
Maybe if all the blood spilled were calculated it might equal such if put into a container which allowed such measurements but no battlefield accounts exist.