Kamis, 09 November 2017

Diary of a Morgan Raider

Sometimes a war story can be reduced to one seemingly endless fight. Probably no aspect of Confederate cavalry raider John Hunt Morgan’s operations are more obscure than those from early 1863. Without a doubt, those operations represent some of Morgan’s most notable military achievements. John M. Porter remembered them, although they appear in his memoirs …

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