Скачать или смотреть Pinned at Priest Cap: A Wounded Captain Trapped Between Mercy and Enemy Fire

In the brutal, failed assault against the formidable Confederate defenses of Port Hudson on June 14, 1863, Capt. Edward R. Washburn of the 53rd Massachusetts Infantry suffered a serious gunshot wound in his right leg and was left trapped on a knoll. Here's what happened.

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