these eligible division commanders and it will include orlando wilcox, james letley and robert potter on the right. despite burnside's later realization he probably should have selected wilcox or potter, he felt like and they felt like their division had been used up. he selected james. as you know, he had a fondness for alcohol. it had been exhibited most notably in 1864 and in the initial attacks on petersburg on june 17. during the night and day of july 29, final preparations were made to include a moving 110 cannons and 54 mortars across a two-mile front to be used right of the explosion takes place and pin down confederates as the attack moves forward. white troops move into their position and now in front, ferrero's troops will be in the back of the attacking column. colonel pleasant will go in and light the fuse. did not go off. two people volunteer to go back inside to see what had gone wrong. most of the time on my tours, i do not have many people say that would be me. [laughter] occassionally, i get it. and i say, you brave person. they relit the fuse. the gunpowder explodes

burnside and it will be some blame for james lately and ferrara who were drinking together during the battle. ferrara is going to more or less be slapped on the wrist. letley goes home on a furlough and never returns and ferrara. federal casualties will be around 3800. the u.s. colored troops will suffer 957 wounded and 410 either captured or go missing. seen here represents the flag of truths that will happen on august 1. burnside, who everybody likes to beat up as the idiot in general, calls for a flag of truce after the battle ends. meade wants him to arrange a localized truce. he does not want to admit defeat. get the wounded off of the field even though it is 100 bus degrees. july 30 and all day on july 31 and finally that are picked up on the morning of august 1 and by that point, one of meade's staff members admits he cannot tell who is naturally african or european except for the quality of their hair. in the in between, henry bird wrote his fiancÉe that the man cried out for water. the response from the confederates was -- if you are not a french student drink your , blood, and you will have no more thirst. he said black troops were [indiscernible