Soldiers Find Near the James River

[jeff of pa]

 

[robertk]

Moral of the story: Keep your mouth shut.

 

[UnderMiner]

Poor guy didn't learn anything about being discrete. Like when James Marshall cautiously whispered, in the faintest breath possible, to John Sutter that he found some gold, and Sutter foolishly shouted "Gold!?" Like the magic of Pandora's box, the word "gold" had barely left his lips when the entire world heard and showed up to make their claims. And neither poor old Marshall nor Sutter managed to get much more than a pittance out of it.

 

[Crow]

Some times its not the sharpest tool in the tool shed that finds the treasure.

Crow

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

I searched for James River Wisconsin.

 

[jeff of pa]

I guess they Felt Everyone Knew I didn't


In May 1864, the 10th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was assigned to the Army of the James and participated in the initial Union advance up the James River to capture the strategic points of City Point and Bermuda Hundred
The 10th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was one of Connecticut's most successful civil war regiments, compiling an exemplary record of service in the Union Army The 10th Regiment saw action in the coastal campaign during the early years of the war, which culminated with the siege of Charleston. The 10th went on to fight the trench battles of Richmond, earning praise from Union generals and Ulysses S. Grant. The 10th was active at the war's very end, when they blocked Robert E. Lee's attempt to escape from Virginia. And, the 10th was present at Appomattox Court House when Lee surrendered to Grant. All told, the 10th regiment fought in twenty three battles and at least as many skirmishe

Gotta Be Virginia or West Va

Moved to VIRGINIA