"Wilson's Raid: The Final Blow to the Confederacy" Topic

"In the closing months of the Civil War, General James Wilson led a Union cavalry raid through Alabama and parts of Georgia. Wilson, the young, brash "boy general" of the Union, matched wits against Nathan Bedford Forrest, the South's legendary "wizard of the saddle." Wilson's Raiders swept through cities like Selma, Tuscaloosa and Montgomery, destroying the last remaining industrial production centers of the Confederacy along with any hopes of its survival. Forrest and his desperately outnumbered cavalry had no option but to try to stop the Union's advance. Join Russell Blount as he examines the eyewitness accounts and diaries chronicling this defining moment in America's bloodiest war."
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Nothing unusualseveral raids occurred in Alabama by regular Union forces. Other raids were conducted by pro-Union irregulars out of Pensacola Florida and Tenn. My grand parents said that their parents said that it became common to be mustered for a raid into a nearby town. A couple would going out hunting in an attempt to bag a yellow belly or two.

The naval works in Columbus GA was one of the main targets of raids. Near my home is a large cavern used to produce gunpowder during the war.

Interesting… thanks!.

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