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 Posted: Sat Apr 19th, 2008 08:19 am
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 Rebel Yell wrote:  there are several Confederate sharpshooters who claimed credit for hitting Sedgwick at Spotsylvania
Heh - reminds me of this from Wiley's 'Life of Billy Yank' (p80):

Lieutenant Henry Clune wrote after Shiloh that he had 'been searching diligently during the past five days for the man who didnt kill Gen'l Johnston,' adding: 'He is the same individual who winged Genl Beauregard.

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