10/02/2008

Specialization on parade

A geologist plies his trade:
The question, says Whisonant, is whether a correlation exists between the geology of the battlefield and casualties taken there. For some battles in the Civil War, the story told by the shape of the land is clear: soldiers were at greater risk in some areas because the underlying geology created a more dangerous terrain.
The infantryman is himself quite the geologist. I speak from personal experience.