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Nelson Miles and the Bayonet in 1865

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Edward S. Alexander

Prevailing opinion today suggests that a war that began in 1861 as one of bayonets and bravado on open battlefields transformed into trenches, firepower, and raids on supply by 1865. Frontal attacks had become a thing of the past and … Continue reading →

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