Hostile Spirit
By Jeff Giambrone After the fall of Vicksburg on July 4, 1863, the victorious Union army assumed the difficult role of occupier to a city filled with pro-Confederate sympathizers. Over
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A Duel to the Death: The suspicious death of an Iowa colonel catapults a subordinate to command before Iuka
By Brian Boeve In the late summer of 1862, Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans moved his federals into Mississippi looking for Confederates. Brusque and argumentative, “Old Rosey” was under orders