JANUARY 28, 1863:
The
Great Snowball Battle of The Rappahannock River.
A blizzard blankets Maryland,
Washington D.C. and Virginia with two feet of snow. Snowed in along the banks
of the Rappahannock River, bored Confederates of the First and Fourth Texas
Infantry launch a major snowball offensive against their comrades in the Fifth
Texas Infantry, who join them in a snow assault on the Third Arkansas Infantry,
which joins forces with the victors. This combined expeditionary force attacks
the Georgia Brigade who join their conquerors and attack yet another division.
Eventually, 9,000 troops are engaged in the snowball battle. After some hours
of this playfulness, General James Longstreet reportedly banned any future
snowball fights.
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