Battle of Devil's Backbone Backbone Mountain |
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Trans-Mississippi Theater
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Operations to Control Indian Territory
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2nd Kansas Cavalry 6th Missouri Cavalry Rabb’s 2nd Indiana Battery (2 detachments)
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Union Maj. Gen. James G. Blunt ordered Col. William Cloud to continue in pursuit of the Confederate forces that had withdrawn from Fort Smith and were chased to Old Jenny Lind. The Rebels turned on Cloud and skirmished with him at the base of Devil’s Backbone. Cabell’s forces ambushed approaching Union troops and momentarily halted their advance. Regrouping, the Union forces, with the help of artillery, advanced again and forced the Confederates to retire in disorder to Waldron.[1]
References
- ↑ NPS.gov: NPS Battle Summaries
Operations to Control Indian Territory, June-September 1863 |
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Battles of the American Civil War: 1863 |
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