Silent cavalry : how Union soldiers from Alabama helped Sherman burn Atlanta--and then got written out of history / Howell Raines.

"A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist reveals the little-known story of the Union soldiers from Alabama who played a decisive role in the Civil War, and how they were scrubbed from the history books. We all know how the Civil War was won: by courageous Yankees who triumphed over the South. But as vet...

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