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Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in to episode 422 of our Civil War podcast.

I'm Rich.

And I'm Tracy.

Hello y'all.

Welcome to the podcast.

As y'all will recall, we used the last episode to look at Wheeler's October raid.

The Confederate commander, Braxton Bragg, ordered that cavalry raid as an attempt to

interdict the federal supply line and generally make life more difficult for the Yankees

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