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Tag Archives: Terry’s Texas Rangers
The Swamp Lizard Turns the Flank: Joseph Mower’s Assault at Bentonville
Reveling in victory, Maj. Gen. Joseph Mower watched as the enemy to his immediate front collapsed, the Confederates scampering to the rear for safety. To his immediate front, Mower could make out the buildings that constituted the village of Bentonville. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Sesquicentennial, Western Theater
Tagged 150th Anniversary of Bentonville, 32nd Wisconsin Infantry, 4th Tennessee Cavalry, 64th Illinois, 8th Texas Cavalry, Battle of Bentonville, Battle of Corinth, Battle of Iuka, Battle of Tupelo, Baxter Smith, Frank Cheatham, Joseph Johnston, Joseph Mower, Oliver O. Howard, Pierce M.B. Young, Red River Campaign, Terry's Texas Rangers, Vicksburg Campaign, Wade Hampton, William T. Sherman, XVII Corps
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Kilpatrick’s Shirt-Tail Skedaddle: The Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads, March 10, 1865
Part one in a series. The stakes were high. Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee’s 5,500 man corps was in a race for its life. If it could reach the Clarendon Bridge across the Cape Fear River in Fayetteville, NC first, … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Sesquicentennial, Western Theater
Tagged 5th Kentucky Cavalry, 8th Texas Cavalry, Alexander Shannon, Cape Fear River, Ebenezer Stetson, Evander Law, Fayetteville North Carolina, Gilbert "Gib" Wright, Joseph Wheeler, Judson Kilpatrick, Matthew Butler, Monroe's Crossroads, Smithfield North Carolina, Terry's Texas Rangers, Wade Hampton, William J. Hardee, Wilmington North Carolina
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