The Battle of Monroe's Crossroads: and the Civil War’s Final Campaign (Eric J. Wittenberg - CWC) Loperfido this "pyrrhic" victory prevented Forrest

this "pyrrhic" victory prevented Forrest form being in Tennessee to cut the supply lines of Union General Sherman's army that captured and burned Atlanta on their "March to the Sea

the oldest and one of the most controversial Confederate generals on the field at Gettysburg

retired Chief Historian

First-person accounts from individuals in and around Gettysburg who witnessed the battle and its aftermath

The Battle of Monroe's Crossroads: and the Civil War’s Final Campaign (Eric J. Wittenberg - CWC) Loperfido this "pyrrhic" victory prevented ForrestBattle of Monroe's Crossroads: and the Civil War's Final Campaign by Eric J. Wittenberg The Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, March 10, 1865, was one of most important but least known engagements of William T. Sherman's Carolinas Campaign. Now in paperback, here is the only book length account of this combat. As Sherman's infantry crossed into North Carolina, Maj. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick's veteran Federal cavalry division fanned out in front, screening