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THE BATTLE OF ISLAND NUMBER TEN OR THE BATTLE FOR THREE MILE ISLAND photo by fine art photographer Robert Turney
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THE BATTLE OF ISLAND NUMBER TEN
OR
THE BATTLE FOR THREE MILE ISLAND”

MISSOURI – FEBRUARY 28- APRIL 8, 1862

On the fifth day, sensing the momentum of the battle was going against him, General Robert E. Lee contacted a southern spy in the form of a talking dolphin and passed on a request for reinforcements. Sadly, for General Lee and his army of Northern Virginia, the dolphin was caught by northern fisherman and sold at market in Lake County, Tennessee.

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