This is a CBSI in the world. I'm John Bachelor. I'm talking to Patrick K O'Donnell,

the author of a new book, highly recommended, especially for those who know the civil war but if you don't you will learn it from the saddle level

the unvanquished the unstore untold story of Lincoln Special Forces,

the Manhunt for Mosby's Rangers,

and the Shadow War that forged America's special operations.

It is now the summer of 60,

let me see, get the date right now it's February

to March of 1863

64 64 thank you this is a race 64. made by the Confederacy for the balance of the war. A young man named Dahlgren and a general

named Kilpatrick put together a plan approved by Stanton, the Secretary of War. It's a raid on Richmond. And the raid,

while at first not successful, becomes an argument throughout the Confederacy and

throughout the Union for the balance of the war.

Patrick, who is Dahlgren that he's chosen and who has killed Patrick and

what is the plan?

Plan is to use Kilpatrick as sort of a decoy force that distracts the south.

Well, Dahlgren, who's a son of a union general who's missing

a leg from his his war service he has a false leg is to ride to ride along the backside of Richmond and then attack and strike the city and burn it to the ground and kill its leaders.

And this is considered controversial for obvious reasons it's a you know that this is this is this is a

this is a rate this is ungentlemanly warfare and the rate kicks off and they they make it into the suburbs of Richmond.

They try to cross one area that becomes challenging.

There's a Ford that's at a higher level.

And the raid starts to basically disintegrate as the home forces in

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