The confrontation at Cloud’s Mill, just a few miles west of Alexandria, Virginia, has long been considered one of the first skirmishes of the Civil War. But was it? Join me for my latest article at Emerging Civil War!
ECW welcomes back guest author M.A. Kleen. Shortly before midnight on May 31, 1861, two companies of raw recruits, barely trained to hold their muskets in formation, attempted a routine shift change under the cover of moonlight at an outpost several miles from camp. They had been in enemy territory for just a week and […]
Skirmish at Cloud’s Mill: Unraveling an Early Civil War Mystery
M.A. Kleen 
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