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“…to remove as soon as possible to the valley of the Haw River…”

Posted on April 8, 2015 by WilliamH

By mid-April 1865, the eastern and western theaters of the American Civil War were now within 150 miles of each other. To the north in Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia had abandoned Richmond, Virginia and … Continue reading →