I saw this on the BBC's website today. It was very moving. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18417009 Belgian archaeologists discovered recently the intact remains of a young British soldier in Waterloo, with the musket ball still lodged within the bones. It just makes you think of all the poor kids who lost their lives in these titanic battles. I now live in Hradec Kralove over in the Czech Republic, about 7 km from where the Battle of Sadova occurred. The Prussians annihilated the Austrians here back in 1866, making it one step closer to uniting Germany. I wonder how many unmarked remains are still scattered beneath the soil today. I wonder if any of you forum members out there live near any battlefields? It'd be interesting to know!
1/3 of all men in those battles were not expected to see their families again, it's quite sad, really.
Not really, I live in Suffolk county and the closest battle that ever happened near me would be the battle of Brooklyn Heights that happened back in 1776. Also RIP to the soldier.
I actually live relatively close to Naseby, which was one of the most decisive battles of the English civil war. Not much to see there now though. I also visited Agincourt once, which was pretty fascinating, and Ypres in Belgium where one of my grandfathers fought in the cavalry during the first world war. One day I'd quite like to visit Bosworth Field, from the War of the Roses, and Falkirk in Scotland since both are apparently quite spooky and atmospheric places.
My closest battle site would by St. Peter's Field. Though it wasn't actually a battle, it was the closest thing I could think of.
I've went to the Gettysburg battlefield when I was younger. I can still remember how eerie that place was during sunset on a hot summer day. I've also been to Antietam, Fredericksburg, Bull Run, Bunker Hill, Yorktown, Chancellorsville, Plains of Abraham, Stirling Bridge, Warsaw, Regensburg, and Sadova. I seem to end up visiting places where lots of people were killed fighting. Sadova's really interesting. It's down the road from me, about 20 minutes by bicycle. A completely peaceful and sedate place today.
I don't really live close to any sites of battles outside of Győr which was where Napoleon fought a battle against the Austrians. Also one of my classmates has found something in his back yard.It was a coin from the 18th century.At that time there was a freedomfight here,and the coin had the freedomfight's motto(Pro Libertate) on it.Cool stuff.
I live fairly close to Worcester, which was the site of one of the first and the final battle in the English Civil War, it being a staunch Royalist city. I'm not certain where the actual battle sight is, though. None apart from that I know of, there haven't been huge numbers of battles on British soil in quite a while.
I think my homeplace has been a sea for most of history, although I do live near Den Briel. Then again, that wasn't really a battle... I've also been to Ieper/Ypres, which had been flattened in WWI. It was pretty interesting to walk around there.
Don't know if it counts as a "major" battle, but the city I was born in, had a very old church. And somewhere in the walls of that church is a cannon ball from the 30 year war still in there. It can't be pulled out, since the building would collapse. I think it is a swedish cannon ball, from when they besieged the city....
I live near that Hill where the Dutch kept the Germans at bay for 5 days, after wich the Germans got bored and decided it would be a fun past time to bomb major cities, luckily the Dutch capitulated after that, but it was a fake capitulation, because a major part of the army just became part of the French Army Hierarchy and kept fighting the fuckers. Also, related to current Events: 'Voetbal is oorlog' or Fuszball ist Krieg or of course Football is War.
Well the city is called Vechta. I double checked quick (i moved from there when I was 7, so just wanted to make sure I didn't tell you shit xD). It was occupied by Swedes till 1658. There are 2 canon balls in the north wall of the church. EDIT: The city is known for the "Stoppelmarkt". Kind of like the Oktoberfest in much smaller
That's an amazing story, but I live in Canada, so I'm probably not going to hear of many sites where people fought.
The war of 1812 if you live on the east coast, there are loads of battle sites. Not many battle sites in California, I haven't visited any ever.
