![]() The relatively few casualties-most of whom have been identified through historical research-are people, not numbers, and they convey the true human tragedy of this battle and all Civil War battles. Rivers Bridge State Historic Site offers a glimpse of the Civil War on such a scale: Its small area allows one to comprehend the entire battlefield, its tactics, and to see how veteran troops near the end of the war sought to avoid high casualties. Encountering the Civil War on a smaller, human scale makes the conflict more approachable, vivid, and real. Lost in this approach is the human element, the effect of the war on the individuals who fought it. The Civil War is usually studied through major campaigns and battles presented as the maneuvers and clashes of large armies. Jackson, 63rd Ohio Infantry,Īfter the Battle of Rivers Bridge, February 2-3, 1865¹ Many have had their heads propped up out of the water where they lay to keep them from drowning. Many of our wounded will have to lie all night in that horrid swamp, it being impossible to find them and carry them out on the narrow foot bridge that has been made. Men mutilated in every shape conceivable, groaning, begging for assistance and gasping in death. ![]() ![]() ![]() This lesson is part of the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) program.Īgain at the hospital I see the horrid results of every battle. ![]()
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