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Grant killed! Withdraw from Petersburg! Sherman defeated at Atlanta!: Deserters say the darnedest things!

The discipline of military intelligence requires a capable staff with the ability to analyze a wide body of information to determine an accurate situational picture.  All kidding about the oxymoron aside, military intelligence is vital to operations.  Armies that move without good intelligence end up on the History Channel for all the wrong reasons.

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The Defenses of James Island: May 1864 – Part 2, the West and North Lines

The Defenses of James Island: May 1864 – Part 2, the West and North Lines #CharlestonSiege150

Continuing from Part 1, looking at the May 1864 condition of the Confederate works on James Island, as reported by Major George Upshur Mayo, I turn now to the west side of the island:

While the works on the east side protected the harbor and fronted Federal batteries on Morris Island, those on the west side defended approaches through the marshes and the Stono River.  Armament of these works…

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