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Interesting post - thanks!! Another one of those otherwise obscure units that sometimes come to light decades later! Like the 1st U.S. Alabama Cavalry.
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And a bit further South, the CSA's Lt. Richard Dowling & the Davis Guards ----> 47 v. 4000+
https://easttexashistory.org/items/show/164
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/dowling-richard-william
https://easttexashistory.org/items/show/164
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/dowling-richard-william
Dick Dowling and the Davis Guards | East Texas History
On September 8, 1863, four Union gunboats and 4,000 troops attacked Fort Griffin, a Confederate position controlling the Sabine River Pass, which divides Texas from Louisiana on the Gulf Coast. The Union was intent upon the conquest of Texas, which allowed the Confederacy to keep trade open with Mexico. The Union forces were opposed by forty-five men, one engineer, and one doctor, under the command of Lieutenant Richard William (Dick)...
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