Lt. Col. Meriweather Lewis, 9th Virginia, and his fight with the 1st Rhode Island
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of guiding three Licensed Battlefield Guides from Gettysburg and several of their friends over the June 1863 battlefields in the Loudoun Valley. While standing at the site where the men of the 1st Rhode Island Cavalry met their demise on June 18, we had a long discussion regarding…