Senin, 10 April 2017

Battle of Cedar Creek: From Triumph to Catastrophe

By the 17th of October 1864, the strategic noose had tightened on the South. The Mississippi Valley had been in Union hands for 15 months. Sherman had taken Atlanta and soon would turn to Savannah and the sea. Grant and Meade had pinned Lee against Petersburg. In a daring attempt to loosen Grant’s grip, Lee …

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