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2 unusual facts about Jacob Eugene Duryée


Jacob Eugene Duryée

At the Battle of Antietam, Duryée stalwartly led his regiment from the front as the men tried to take the infamous Burnside's Bridge over Antietam Creek in the face of withering fire from Georgia regiments on the hills on the opposite bank.

Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001.



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