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Looking Back to Cowpens: William J. Hardee and the Battle of Averasboro

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Daniel Davis

After abandoning Fayetteville, North Carolina to Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s army group, Lieutenant General William J. Hardee withdrew his corps north of the city. Hardee had ordered the Clarendon Bridge over the Cape Fear River destroyed, removing the possibility of … Continue reading →

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