The Union Raid on Richmond, 1864
by
Bruce M. Venter, Ph.D
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2016
The ostensible goal of the controversial Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on Richmond (February 28–March 3, 1864) was to free some 13,000 Union prisoners of war held in the Confederate capital. But orders found on the dead body of the raid’s subordinate commander, Colonel Ulric Dahlgren, point...