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74 Pages |
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America's
Civil War |
Volume
4, Number 5 |
January
1992 |
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74 Pages |
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8 Confederate cavalier Turner Ashby's cavalry career was short but legendary. Page
10 The hardy mule gave its flop-eared all for the Union and Confederacy. Page
16 The 1st Connecticut Cavalry served with Phil Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. Page
22 Robert E. Lee's gallant but exhausted troops struggled through marshy bottom land in their flight from Petersburg. The entire Union Army was slashing at their heels. Page
30 Lurid rumors of assassination filled the air as President-elect Abraham Lincoln made his way toward Washington for his inauguration. In pro-Southern Baltimore, security was especially tight. Page
38 In one hour of desperate fighting on the rocky ledges of Little Round Top, the Battle of Gettysburg-and perhaps the fate of the entire Union-reached its decisive climax. Page
46 While Union columns descended on him from all directions in western Virginia, an optimistic young Confederate colonel waited at Philippi for reinforcements that would never arrive. Page
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62 Fort Jackson was the gulfside getaway to New Orleans.
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