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Tag Archives: 47th Ohio
The Forlorn Hope at Vicksburg
Google “Forlorn Hope” + “Civil War” and several desperate actions show up. “A forlorn hope,” says the Wikipedia entry, which shows up first, “is a band of soldiers or other combatants chosen to take the vanguard in a military operation, … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged 30th Ohio, 36th Mississippi, 37th Ohio, 47th Ohio, 4th West Virginia, Assaults on Vicksburg, Forlorn Hope, Francis Cockrell, Frank Blair, Graveyard Road, James Tuttle, John Pemberton, Joseph E. Johnston, Louis Hebert, Siege of Vicksburg, Stockade Redan, Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg, Vicksburg National Military Park, William T. Sherman
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