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Bailey’s Red River Rescue or “Commissary” Banks’ Hero

Bailey’s Red River Rescue, saved a Union Army and he became “Commissary” Banks’ hero. General Nathaniel P. Banks or just “Commissary” Banks, was one of the most inept Generals of the Civil War. A Lincoln appointee, with no military training, his failures in … Continue reading

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