Jamie Malanowski

William Cushing

SOUTHERN SOJOURN: CRUMPLER’S BLUFF, VA, JULY 14

The first engagement in which William Cushing distinguished himself was at the battle of Crumpler’s Bluff, which was in Franklin, Virginia. Federal officers designed a combined army-navy operation against elements of Longstreet’s army camped near Franklin on the Blackwater River in October 1862. While Navy gunboats under the command of Charles Flusser made their difficult …

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