The U.S. Civil War: Was it one nation divided, remaking itself, or two nations at war? There is no one answer. But every day was a day of great change.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
December 22, 1861---Missouri partisans face the chopping block
DECEMBER 22, 1861:
United States General Henry Halleck, in
charge of Federal forces in Missouri, published a decree today threatening
execution to any citizen caught burning bridges, damaging railroad tracks or
molesting telegraph wire.
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