1 Three hours earlier, in a gentle but steady afternoon rain that came straight down, the Union captain dropped a coil of rough sisal rope on a nearby railroad tie, issued an assignment, and curtly said, “See to it, gentlemen.” Then he turned and walked crisply off the railroad bridge to join the rest of the company in the wooden shack nestled next to the rails.
Won a small battle but about to lose the war.
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