The ostensible goal of the controversial Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on Richmond (February 28–March 3, 1864) was to free some 13,000 Union prisoners of war held

The story of the Dahlgren raid of 1864, in which Union General Kilpatrick attempts to force his way into Richmond and capture or kill Jefferson Davis.

Examines the events of March 5, 1864 when young Union commander Ulric Dahlgren, killed during a raid on a Confederate prison camp, was discovered to have been c

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