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Union sailors on the deck of the gunboat USS Miami. Notice the two crewmen playing checkers in the forefront.
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"Old Ben Butler is dead!. . . so wrote an obituary in the 'Nashville Daily American'. The obituary continues to state he must be so deep down in the pit of everlasting doom that "he couldn't get the most powerful ear trumpet conceivable to scientists and hear the echoes of old Gabriel's trumpet, or fly 1,000,000 kites and get a message to St. Peter, who stands guard at heaven's gate" {1}.

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As an attorney, Benjamin Butler was in Washington, D.C., in January of 1893 arguing a case before the United States Supreme Court. It seems fitting that the last days of his life would be associated...
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Strategic Hex Game The Warwick line in On To Richmond
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This is a look at the Warwick line in On To Richmond, and how the portrayal compares with the actual historical layout of the line.

For the purposes of this analysis I have removed from the visual aid everything that doesn't in-game start under a FORT marker - that is, already fully fortified.

Going from south to north:

The lower reaches of the Warwick are impassable. This is, I think, correct - south of Lee's Mill the Warwick is permanently of an unfordable depth, and was patrolled by the CS gunboat Teaser. Any attempt to bridge this river would be shelled to bits by the Teaser.

Lee's Mill is correctly represented as a bridge, and the pre-existing fortifications there are...
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John Buford Jr.​
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Born: March 4, 1826
Birthplace: Woodford County, Kentucky
Father: Colonel John Buford Sr. 1778 – 1847
Mother: Ann B. Watson
Wife: Martha McDowell "Pattie" Duke 1830 – 1903

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Pattie McDowell Duke Buford 1857 – 1863​
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