Episode 28: 1LT James Dinkins and the 18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion at the First Battle of Collierville

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At the First Battle of Collierville, 11 October 1863, 1LT Dinkins and the 18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion form in the center of an attacking Confederate force that possessed five times the men against a fort and ammunition depot held by approximately 500 men at Collierville Tennessee along the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. The Confederates send a flag of truce and asked for surrender. Under orders from his superior, COL Anthony, commander of the 66th Indiana which garrisoned the fort, rejected their terms.
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Sources used for this episode:

Dinkins, James. 1861 to 1865, by An Old Johnnie. Personal Recollections and Experiences in the Confederate Army. Cincinnati, The Robert Clarke Company, 1897. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t15m62x4z&seq=11.

Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 30, pt. II, Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077699878&view=1up&seq=3.

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