I learned a couple of weeks ago that the young men who fought there averaged between 16-18 years old.
I think of getting hit by grape shot there and pause. I have ancestors from both sides who were there.
I will never forget being there as a kid. My folks drove us through the whole battlefield at night. There was only the sound of the whippoorwill. It was eerie.
I remember looking out of the car window to the left across the Wheatfield.