Morgan's Christmas Raid
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title:
Morgan's Christmas Raid
text:
Morgan's Christmas Raid was carried out by Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan between December 22, 1862, and January 5, 1863. Morgan intended to cut the supply lines to the Union Army of the Cumberland in Tennessee. The Union used the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and Morgan had identified two 500-foot (150 m) long trestle bridges at Muldraugh Hill that could be burnt. Morgan's 4,000-strong cavalry force left Alexandria, Tennessee, on December 22 and passed into Kentucky on Chri
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1862/63 U.S. Civil War action in Tennessee
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan%27s_Christmas_Raid
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2023-12-04T17:12:08Z
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