and put them in -- used to be improvised dogtags and pinned them in their coats. the next morning summit they got -- the next morning, they got up and made another one of those disastrous rental assaults that s- disastrous frontal assault that had become so common by the war at that point. elbow to elbow, shoulder to shoulder, one of the most lopsided assaults since the battle of fredericksburg. some historians estimate more than 7000 union troops felt in -- fell in the first 10 minutes or 20 minutes. you have men the night before so theirng dogtags bodies can be identified the next day. talking about death on a scale that is amazing. you had men the night before improvising dogtags, putting them inside their coats so that when the families can identify their bodies. there was a diary entry visit cold harbor, i was killed today. what i find fascinating about this is that men who were improvising dogtags and writing their diaries nonetheless went and made the charge the next day. why did they do that? i think that is a fascinating question for us to explore. we hav

improvising dogtags. lmes knew many men killed or wounded would not be identified. this is his attempt to make it easier for people to identify him if he was incapacitated or unable to speak. early summer of 1864, union troops on the eve of the battle of cold harbor, virginia, used a revised dogtags and put them in their coats. the next morning summit they got up and made another one of those disastrous rental assaults that so common by the war .t that point to elbow to elbow, shoulder shoulder, one of the most lopsided assaults since the battle of fredericksburg. some victorians estimate more than 7000 union troops felt in the first 10 minutes or 20 minutes. talking about death on a scale that is amazing. you had man the night before improvising dogtags, putting them inside their coats so that when the families identify their bodies -- can identify their bodies. visitwas a diary entry cold harbor, i was killed today. fascinating about this is that men who were improvising dogtags and writing their diaries nonetheless went and made the charge the next day. why did t