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TOUR STOP 4
Ransom's Gun Path
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| The hilly terrain made it difficult for the Union commanders to establish adequate
artillery emplacements. In this part of the line, the Federal infantry, commanded by
Brig.
Gen. Thomas E.G. Ransom, required additional support. To provide it, artillerymen
belonging to the 2nd Illinois Light Artillery dismantled two of their cannon (12 pounders)
and, with the assistance of some of Ransom's infantrymen, dragged the guns over the hills
to an earthwork about 100 yards from the Confederate trenches. Once reassembled, the
cannon resumed bombarding the Southern lines. |
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Private Albert D.J. Cashier was stationed in
this vicinity with the 95th Illinois Infantry. Cashier served in the army for three years
and participated in several major engagements. Almost fifty years after the war, Albert
was injured in an accident and rushed to a hospital where doctors discovered that he was a
she. Albert Cashier, whose real name was Jennie Hodges, disguised herself as a man in 1862
and went off to fight in Mr. Lincoln's Army. |
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Last update: Monday, January 22, 2001
http://www.nps.gov/vick/ts_4/ts_4.htm
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