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Ball's Bluff Battlefield

"The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

His son was future ...
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"The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

His son was future supreme court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr,
who survived a nearly fatal wound at Ball’s Bluff.
Which took place on this day, October 21st 1861.
North of Leesburg Virginia.

This image taken near the area where the Bloody 8th Virginia reformed
after one of the earlier attacks.
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