The Army’s Achilles’ Heel in the Civil War Plains Campaigns of 1864-65
On August 18, 1864, after hastily re-mustering at Omaha from their veteran furloughs, the men of the First Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry left for Fort Kearny. ...
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