America's Civil War

A Steep Price

both the Texans and the Union troops moved slowly through the plains of Valverde, following the sounds of groans to the bodies of men. They carried the wounded to their respective field hospitals and heaved the dead into wagons, “as many as could lay side by side.” Bill Davidson heard a faint call and followed it, finding a friend of his who had

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