GDG- Lee - Harrisburg
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CWMHTours at aol.com
Sun Jan 29 02:44:20 CST 2012
I think Brownsville gets the prize for southern most land battle.
A Loyal Neo-Anti Unionist,
Peter
In a message dated 1/28/2012 5:53:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
georgeconnell at mac.com writes:
Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
AL,
Out of curiosity, do you know the southernmost? Chickamauga maybe?
Regards,
George
26ª11'56"N 81ª48'19W"
On Jan 28, 2012, at 4:29 PM, ATMackeyJr at aol.com wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
> It was also the northernmost engagement ever that involved elements of
the
> ANV.
>
> Best Regards,
> Al Mackey
>
>
> In a message dated 1/28/2012 4:26:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> wbaetz at mac.com writes:
>
> According to the authors of 'Civil War Harrisburg', there was a
> skirmish between advance elements of Jenkins cavalry and two regiments
> of NY militia at Sporting Hill, between Mechanicsburg and Camp Hill,
> on June 30th. After this action, confederate troopers evidently
> retreated towards Carlisle, suffering 16 killed and at least "20 or
> 30" wounded carried away.
>
> There may have been confederate scouts closer to Harrisburg, but this
> seems to be the closest engagement to the city.
>
>
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