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To Spurn the Southern Scum? Union Soldier Motivation to Liberate Maryland in September 1862
Accounts abound of Union officers exhorting their men during the Battle of Gettysburg to fight ferociously as if the safety of their loved ones and their homes depended on it. On July 1, 1863, retreating Union cavalrymen passed through the … Continue reading
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Tagged 11th Pennsylvania Infantry, 56th Pennsylvania Infantry, 66th Ohio Infantry, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves, 8th Ohio Infantry, Abner Doubleday, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Second Bull Run, Battle of Second Manassas, Frederick Maryland, George B. McClellan, Maryland, Maryland Campaign 1862, Rockville Maryland, Thomas Rowley
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