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Re: 1st MO Cavalry (Gates) Question

IN DEADLY EARNEST page 52 refers to Gate"s sharpshooters manning a roadblock and at the bottom of the page "A cavalry charge was repulsed by heavy fire from the double-barreled shotguns of Gate's 1st Missouri Cavalry but not before some bluecoats had closed to hand-to-hand combat and were captured or killed."

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