Kamis, 26 Januari 2017

Texas two-step at Palmito Ranch

Colonel John S. “Rip” Ford didn’t like what he saw.  A line of blue was spread before him over a rolling coastal plain studded with chaparral. The shrub-like plants provided an ideal cover for his skirmishers, who kept up a brisk fire to stall the Union advance. The force he faced was twice the size …

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