Strange Battles of the Civil War
by Webb Garrison

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• December 20, 1861: Hungry horses trigger a clash at Dranesville, Virginia, among hay-hunting parties who fight over fodder for their animals, resulting in 250 casualties.
• May 15, 1862: At Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, the Confederate capital at Richmond is saved because Federal naval guns could not be elevated sufficiently to fire on the Southerners' position on the bluff.
• June 6, 1862: Two fragile, unarmed wooden Rebel vessels engage eight Yankee ironclads near Memphis - and capture three of them.
• September 30, 1862: At a Confederate victory of Newtonia, Missouri, most of the soldiers on both sides are Native Americans.
• September 8, 1863: Southerners at Sabine Pass, Texas, are outnumbered by approximately 225 to 1, but manage to thwart the Federal advance.
• October 29, 1863: Union mules stampede Confederate troops at Wauhatchie, Tennessee, and the Federal quartermaster recommends they be breveted to the rank of "horse."

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