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The Forty‑eighth Massachusetts Pressed Past the Junction - Did They Make It?
A Union regiment pushes past a Louisiana crossroads toward Port Hudson, separated and exposed - did the Forty-eighth Massachusetts make it in time?
The Forty‑eighth Massachusetts Pressed Past the Junction - Did They Make It?
In this episode, we follow a Union division’s march from Baton Rouge toward the Plains Store crossroads and the sequence of tactical choices that turned a routine advance into a dangerous gamble. What happened when the Forty-eighth Massachusetts pushed beyond the junction, isolated from its main force, and why did those decisions matter?
Person: Major General Christopher…
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