- Joined
- May 12, 2019
- Messages
- 3,690
- Reaction score
- 2,296
March 20, 1865 - Maj. Gen. George Stoneman's US Raid in East Tennessee, Southwestern Virginia, and Western North Carolina.
Major General George Stoneman Led the Last American Civil War Cavalry Raid
Even as General Robert E. Lee was surrendering at Appomattox, a vengeful Union cavalry horde led by Maj. Gen. George Stoneman made Southern civilians pay dearly for the war. It was a last brutal lesson in the concept of total warfare.
www.historynet.com