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Contents: War’s Last Cavalry Raid (Even as news of Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox reached their camp, vengeful Union cavalry rode out to teach Southern civilians a final lesson in the brutality of “total war”.), Battle For Missouri (The fate of Missouri hung in the balance when Union and Confederate troops clashed in the late-winter snow and mud at the Pea Ridge, just across the Arkansas border.), Heedless Frontal Assault (William T. Sherman was tired of flanking maneuvers. At summer-scorched Kennesay Mountain, near Atlanta, he decided to vary his tactics. Battle-wise Confederates waited in their trenches for the audacious frontal attack.), The Union’s Bear Flag Defenders (Despite their great distance from the major battlefields of the Civil War, eager California volunteers flocked to defend the Union against pro-Southern elements within their state.)
Issue: January 1990
Condition: Very Good