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With Bonham’s Brigade

Rebel = Traitor = Death by Hanging I first became aware of D. Augustus Rickert and his book in A Rising Thunder by Joseph Wheeler. Rickert describes his work as a 16 year old volunteer with blistered and bloodied hands … Continue reading

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