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The Mississippi Marine Brigade – Introduction Guerilla and partisan warfare played a significant role in the Civil War. While much of this type of conflict was between the Union and Confederate sympathizers of the Border States there was also a concentrated effort made against standard Union military operations in areas controlled by Federal forces as […]
Mississippi Marine Brigade-Intro
February 28th, 2014 · No Comments
Categories: Mississippi Marine Brigade (Campaign Series)
Tags: · 13th Indiana, 1st DC Cavalry, 36th ohio, counter-guerrilla operations, george crook, George Kirk, gillems cossacks, mississippi marine brigade
Some Old Guns
August 24th, 2011 · No Comments
Rock Island Auctions has some Civil War guns up for their September auction. As usual I can’t afford any of them but it’s nice to look. Of particular interest are: A contract Henry rifle for the 1st D.C. Cavalry. This rifle is one of approximately 1000 Henry rifles purchased by the Ordnance Department in late […]
Categories: Arms & Armament · Military History
Tags: · 1st DC Cavalry, Henry rifle, James Kerr, London Armoury Company, sharpshooters
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