A Tempest of Iron and Lead: Spotsylvania Court House, May 8-21, 1864 (Chris Mackowski - NR)) gadsden She argues that blacks interpreted

She argues that blacks interpreted the proclamation much more broadly than Lincoln intended it

The daring McNeill’s Ranger raid into Union-occupied Cumberland to kidnap two generals

which mowed down Union cavalry – until it ran into Custer’s Wolverines

May 4th & 5th

culminating in Philadelphia’s grandest reception

A Tempest of Iron and Lead: Spotsylvania Court House, May 8-21, 1864 (Chris Mackowski - NR)) gadsden She argues that blacks interpretedby Chris Mackowski May 1864. The Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia spent three days in brutal close quarter combat in the Wilderness that left the tangled thickets aflame. No one could imagine a more infernal battlefield. Then they marched down the road to Spotsylvania Court House. Even the march itself was unprecedented. For three years, the armies had fought and disengaged. That changed on the night of May 7. Instead of leaving