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Meade’s Account of Mine Run

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Chris Mackowski

One of my favorite pieces of correspondence from the war is a Dec. 2, 2863, letter that George Gordon Meade wrote to his wife in the wake of the Mine Run campaign. The commander of the Army of the Potomac, … Continue reading →

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