Category Archives: Reese’s Battery

The route back to camp

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Russ

    We do not know exactly the route that the artillery took as it marched back to its camps. However, as we know the starting, midpoint and destinations we can make a very good hypothesis as to the route … Continue reading →

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See We Really Have Started

Posted on September 30, 2017 by Russ

A little tease to show we really have begun. But this is just the introduction. The rest is much larger. Not Gordon or Bill but pretty inclusive. A deafening quiet settled over the little salient. Of course quiet was a … Continue reading →

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They May Just Look Like Leaves Now – Part Two

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Russ
taken from inside a position. Standing in the interior ditching.

This gallery contains 10 photos.

Still more of the photos I have taken of various positions along and inside and the Mule Shoe Salient. All were taken during the winter of 2011/12.

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Google Earth of Artillery Positions

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Russ

This should have been included in the last post, but unfortunately was not. Obviously it shows the surviving detached artillery positions within the Salient. Isn’t technology wonderful?

Posted in Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Battle of the Muleshoe, Bloody Angle, Carrington's Battery, Hancock's assault on the Muleshoe, Reese's Battery, Tanner's Battery, Uncategorized, West Angle | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Reese’s Salient

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Russ

What you may ask is “Reese’s Salient”, and what does it have to do with the “Muleshoe”? The short answer is that “Reese’s Salient” is the name that the late William (Bill) Matter and I gave to the section of … Continue reading →

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