(Continued from Part IV) Part V – Botching the Skeer The pursuit began a day later, led by General Curtis, and initially moved quickly enough thereafter that the federal supply trains could
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More(Continued from Part III) Part IV – Turning Point Because of its high and heavily-wooded western bank, the Big Blue was fordable in only three places along the six mile front taken
More(Continued from Part II) Part III – Retreat to the Big Blue Brigadier General James Gilpatrick Blunt wasn’t supposed to fight at the Little Blue. Concerned about breaking down his best regiments,
MoreEditor’s note: The following is extracted from Famous Discoverers and Explorers of America, by Charles L. Johnston (published 1917). All spelling in the original. Once there lived in the island of Porto
More(Continued from Part I) Part II – Retreat to the Little Blue By mid 1864, many in the Confederate States of America were searching for a political door out of the Civil
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