A column of a thousand men were dispatched down the Mississippi to find a way out of the impasse. The Tullahoma Campaign is usually regarded as something of a masterpiece. Sherman had little faith in his cavalry. The results of the Great Cavalry Raid confirmed his worst fears. Tradition would have you believe that Confederate Colonel James Duff massacred large numbers of loyal Germans.
New research suggests otherwise.
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