A Christmas Picket, December 25, 1861 (1 Viewer)

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This is a little late but it's a story worth reading. On December 25, 1861, a nineteen-year-old Confederate soldier named Valerius Cincinnatus Giles (right, 1842-1915) went out on picket duty along the Potomac. What follows is his story of that day.

https://deadconfederates.com/2016/12/25/christmas-picket-4/