Comments by "Colonel K" (@Paladin1873) on "Abraham Galloway, Spy for the Union" video.

  1. Another bit of buried history can be found at the Battle of Natural Bridge historic site near Tallahassee, FL. It was little more than a skirmish near the end of the Civil War between local militiamen and units of Colored Infantry. The marker that stands on the site states that federal troops numbered 893 (500 reportedly at Natural Bridge), with 21 killed, 89 wounded, and 148 missing. Local militia numbered 595, of whom three were killed, 23 wounded, and none missing. There is a rumor that the 148 missing union troops were in fact captured and executed by furious whites. A similar rumor, but on a grander scale, surrounds the much larger Battle of Olustee a year earlier. Is it history worth exploring and remembering, or is the truth lost to time? I do not know the answer.
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