Battle of Rappahannock Station (Harpers Weekly)
Harry Hays' 1st Louisiana Brigade was given a bloody nose at Rappahannock Station on November 7, 1863. Two Yank brigades were sent against the exposed position and after the attack the Louisianians lost an estimated 700 of the 1,600 Confederates captured. Following the battle, a veteran of the 10th Maine came across a group of the Louisiana soldiers and said the following:
"Some of the prisoners were the famous Louisiana Tigers, a fine lot of men physically, and as they marched by, in the best of humor, some of them remarked, 'We're going to see Father Abraham and get some soft bread.' "
Source: Alfred Roe, The Tenth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865 (1909), 231.
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