Brices Cross Roads Section - Gettysburg Campaign For three days in July

For three days in July 1863

and its triumphant ride into Richmond

the men of the 17th and their families tracks the toll on our nation during the war and allows us to explore the often difficult recovery after the last gun sounded in 1865

Historian Cooper Wingert reveals the struggles between slavery and abolition in South Central Pennsylvania

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Brices Cross Roads Section - Gettysburg Campaign For three days in JulyBy: Francis Barnum Pewter Limited Edition SL# 11990 The Battle of Brices Cross Roads on June 10, 1864 was the greatest victory of the Civil War fought entirely on one side by cavalry. Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest led 3,500 Confederate horsemen in a rout of 8,100 Union cavalry and infantry under Union General Samuel D. Sturgis in northern Mississippi. At the end of the all day battle, Forrest had the Federals to retreat back to Memphis. The