GDG- Re: troops from the West

[Biggsk at aol.com]

hello,

>>>>Then there was the always dangerous Robert Milroy, who  could have been 
reported as regrouping his troops in another attempt to  embarass the boys in 
blue.>>>>



Milroy ended up in Middle Tennessee in 1864 commanding rear area troops  
detailed with anti-guerilla operations and holding supply lines.  His  notoriety 
in the state came from his running of Union hit-squads who took out  after CS 
sympathizers on the civilian side whacking them in the finest Sopranos  style - 
and worse.  A recent book on this topic, "With Blood And  Fire,"  using Union 
Provost Marshall records as its basis, covers  this.
 
Greg Biggs