History of the Butterfly, Part 97: Wakefield’s Version of Stillman’s Run

As you might imagine, not everyone remembered the battle the same way.  Major John Wakefield participated in the same battle, and he remembers it a little bit differently (see Stevens, 1907):

And here is a portrait of Major John Wakefield from the same source:

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Nature photographer from central Iowa.
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