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      • National Climate in 1860
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        • Secret Enlistment Across the Ohio River
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    • Battle of Gauley Bridge
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      • Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky
      • Leo in the Hospital – Louisville
      • Leo on the Run
      • Benjamin 2nd KY INF Louisville – Perryville
        • Pursuit Skirmishes with Bragg
      • Battle of Perryville
      • Duty at Wildcat Creek
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      • Tullahoma Campaign
    • Battle of Stones River
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      • Battle of Chickamauga (GA)
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    • Leo Becomes an Outlaw
      • Captured and Tried
      • Leo Re-deployed 39th Kentucky Infantry
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    • Lincoln, Douglass and Rosecrans
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      • American Slavery
        • Slave Trade in the 1800’s
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          • Emancipation – Stones River, TN
    • Life After the War
      • The Façade of Reconstruction
        • The Rise of Domestic Terror
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          • The Fear of Law Enforcement
    • Where Do We Go from Here?
      • 2021 Still A House Divided
        • Modern Slavery
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    • So What Can We Do?

Elusive Freedom

The Epic Journey of Benjamin and Leo. Two Young German Immigrants Who Fought for the Union and Survived the Bloodiest Battles of the American Civil War.

Author: davidHENDERMAN

The Journey Begins

Posted on March 4, 2019April 9, 2019 by davidHENDERMAN

Thanks for joining me! This has been a great journey over the last thirteen years and it's not finished yet! A saga unfolds around the lives of two young German boys who were growing up in a hostile country - yet, they chose to fight for Freedom and for what they believed. I'm honored to … Continue reading The Journey Begins →

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