Appomattox Road: Cavalry fight at Dinwiddie – Part I: “The sharp, heavy volleys heard over the hill”

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Appomattox Road: Cavalry fight at Dinwiddie – Part I: “The sharp, heavy volleys heard over the hill”
February 25, 2015the Civil War during its sesquicentennial1st Maine Cavalry Regiment, 1st North Carolina Cavalry, 5th North Carolina Cavalry, Chamberlain's Run, Charles A. Stevens, Charles H. Smith, Dinwiddie Court House, edward P. Tobie, Fitzgerald Ford, Five Forks, George Crook, George Pickett, James McNeil, Jefferson L. Coburn, John Heald, John Myrick, Jonathan Prince Cilley, Joshua L. Chamberlain, Petersburg, Phil Sheridan, Rooney Lee, William Cheek
By Brian Swartz

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The 1st Maine Cavalry Regiment was a battle-hardened outfit reduced to 19 officers and 492 enlisted men when dispatched to Dinwiddie Court House, Va. on Wednesday, March 29, 1865. (Brian Swartz Photo)

Sent to capture an obscure Southside Virginia crossroads in late March 1865, Phil Sheridan botched the assignment — and the 1st Maine Cavalry Regiment saved him from an embarrassing defeat.

More: http://maineatwar.bangordailynews.c...-the-sharp-heavy-volleys-heard-over-the-hill/
 
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