Union troops miss a rare opportunity to destroy a Rebel force near Corinth. Earl Van Dorn cut a dashing figure, no doubt about it. Handsome, always well-dressed and an expert in the saddle, Van Dorn was also a rake who would be shot down in 1863 by a cuckolded husband. He loved com- bat, which …
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