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1962, and Northwest of Prairieville, Kentucky, Alexander McCook's corps of the Federal Army

of the Ohio was fighting for its very existence.

By half past four, McCook's entire line was breaking apart under the relentless Confederate

pressure.

The rebel commanders urged their men on to greater efforts, hoping to turn the Union retreat

into a route.

With the Confederate objective, the Dixville Crossroads only a mile away, the battle

teetered on a knife's edge.

While McCook's corps battled the Confederates, the Army of the Ohio's commander, Major General

Don Carlos Buehl, enjoyed a quiet afternoon not far away.

Buehl was still very sore from the fall from his horse the day before, and although initially

he had planned to strike the Confederates at Prairieville on October 8th, his Army had

been slow to move into position for the attack.

And so, as we mentioned previously, Buehl assumed that meant the battle would be delayed until

the next day.

The rebels, however, had other plans, and by 430 on the afternoon of the 8th, their

attack had pushed McCook's first corps to the breaking point.

Buehl was at his headquarters at the James Dorsey House, about two miles to the south,

from where McCook's corps was fighting for its life.

However, just the right combination of terrain and weather conditions created an effect known

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