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Became known as the river of blood. >> it didn't happen. >> local historians richard gillespie and jim morgan have made their careers researching what happened here. >> con fed root patrols walked along this same path, four man patrols. >> he said the only troops known to have died were two union soldiers who crossed from the mrd side and were killed by southern farmers in 1861. he says there was one significant skirmish at ball's bluff but that was upriver. >> there were some 223, i believe, men killed, federals killed and many of their bodies, perhaps 100 to 150 of their bodies washed down t...
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