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3 unusual facts about Daniel Showalter


Daniel Showalter

In March 1864, Lt. Col. Daniel Showalter joined the force under John Salmon Ford and led his regiment in fighting around Brownsville, Texas, to drive the Union troops out of South Texas.

On May 12, 1865, General Day attacked Showalter at Palmito Hill, Showalter was drunk again and unable to command his unit and the enemy artillery caused the 4th Arizona to panic without leadership.

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At about the same time Dan Showalter's party of secessionists were attempting to avoid the post and make their way across the desert to join the Confederate Army in Texas.



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