Warfare History Network
History, Americas
It must have been a stunning sight.
Key point: These battles were some of the last of the war. The Union showed how it could move fast and use a large amount of firepower to disrupt and ruin Southern supplies and logistics.
As reveille sounded through the Union encampments on the south bank of the Tennessee River between Eastport, Mississippi, and Chickasaw, Alabama, on March 22, 1865, sleepy Federal troopers roused themselves, built fires, and cooked breakfast. Читать дальше...