The January 2022 article “Mc-Arthur’s Gamble,” by Bob Gordon, was excellent, as was the entire selection of articles in that issue.
A better example of a similar type of raid to McArthur’s is the highly successful Grierson’s Raid (April 17–May 2, 1863), a 600-mile strike through southern Tennessee and Mississippi on into Union-occupied Baton Rouge, La.
This 1,700-troop cavalry raid tied the central Southern forces in knots, distracting from
