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Wadesboro, Anson County, N.C.
March 4, 1865
*This date is as noted by Turner; however, there is little likelihood the Ninth Michigan Calvary traveled from Phillip's Crossroads to Wadesboro in one day.
Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform, on horse, with cavalry saber, in front of encampment with winter chimneys. [Between 1861 and 1865] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress.
On March 4, 1865, the 9th Michigan Cavalry Regiment was noted as being in Wadesboro, North Carolina (Turner 3-4). Depending on the route taken, the distance between Wadesboro and the regiment’s last noted movement in Phillip’s Crossroads is 166+ miles (Google Maps).
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Google Maps, Google, www.google.com/maps/.
“North Carolina Civil War Battles.” National Park Service, U.S. Department of the
Interior, https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/northcarolina.htm.
Turner, Assistant Adjutant General, Col.George H., editor. “Ninth Cavalry.” Record of
Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War (1861-1865), vol. 39, Senate and
House of Representatives of the Michigan Legislature,
https://michiganology.org/uncategorized/IO_e7cddf59-87fb-4fd7-bf14-
aa02dcb254e7.