Tuesday, June 24, 2014

June 26, 1864---General Jo Shelby in Arkansas



JUNE 26, 1864:    
      
Far away from the front lines in Virginia and Georgia the Civil War is still going on. Today, General Jo Shelby C.S.A. and his cavalry raiders capture the U.S.S. QUEEN CITY near Clarendon, Arkansas. They strip the ship of anything usable and then scuttle her. Emboldened by a tepid Union reaction they then attack the Union garrison at Clarendon. Although driven off, Shelby and his force become guerrillas, raiding, burning and pillaging Union installations throughout Union-held eastern Arkansas for months to come. 

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