"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 673 (Event)

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673
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And that happened: thirty years later, and General Wheeler,
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Era: 
Turn of the Century (1890-1913)
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Narrated
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Wednesday, June 1, 1898 to Sunday, December 31, 1899
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Looking far beyond the events of the story, to the next major war the U.S. fought, Bayard notes how General Wheeler's leadership of American forces in the Spanish-American War fulfills his Father's prophecy, and what another former Confederate General, Jubal Early, supposedly said to a Southern newspaper editor about Wheeler's service.

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