First Blood at Raceland Station

By MI Digital November 21, 2025November 21, 2025

By Scott Valentine The officers and men of the 8th Vermont Infantry wondered if they’d ever face an armed enemy. For months after their 1862 assignment to Maj. Gen. Ben Butler’s army of occupatio

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