Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Lee” in chapter 1.5, section c.1.5.23, page 54 of Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19.:
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General Wilson led six thousand veterans, thoroughly armed and equipped, and was one of the ablest and most daring of the Federal commanders.
His object in this movement was to cut off Lee 's supplies and compel him to retreat.
It was Wilson who next year led the last invasion up Alabama and broke up the effective resistance of the field forces in that State. Dabney H. Maury.
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