This is a civil war story in the world. I'm John Batchew with Patrick K O'Donnell.

The best-selling author of The Unvanquished. This is a Civil War story in the saddle.

These are the irregular forces of the Union and the Confederacy.

The untold story of Lincoln Special Forces.

It is now early 1865 and a man named Young comes forward.

Blazer's captured. He's going to have a rough time in prison, but Harry Harrison Young, a man who blossoms in warfare.

How so, Patrick, what did Young think about warfare?

Young was absolutely fearless in battle and in reckless daring.

What Sheridan had done is after Blazer Scouts kind of there's a there's some elements that

remain but the Jesse Scouts are still there he needed a commander for the scouts and the perfect match happens to be young who

takes command of the group and the elements of Blazer Scouts. Some of them actually filter into the Jesse Scouts.

They are then used as a strategic asset

for Philip Sheridan to lead his armies primarily.

These are men that are in Confederate uniform

that are sent out in front of the army

to find weak points to provide tactical and strategic intelligence but also deliver messages

between the armies and to manhunt for partisans as well. And Young takes command, he's only 5-5, but absolutely fearless in battle.

And one of their first, one of his first training missions

is he takes the Jesse Scouts and assembles them for a battle. They

ambush an entire southern regiment only 50 men are so strong. And it's sort of a suicide mission, but he

wants to demonstrate to sort of their metal and how tough they are and they attack it and it's a hit-and-run

operation and nearly everybody survives but it's an operation to sort of test

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