Episode 26: CPL John R. McBride and the 33rd Indiana at the Battle of Thompson’s Station

At the Battle Thompson’s Station, 5 March 1863, CPL McBride and the 33rd Indiana, alongside their reinforced brigade meet MG Earl Van Dorn’s Cavalry while conducting a reconnaissance from Brentwood TN toward Spring Hill. Sources used for this episode: McBride, John W. History of the Thirty-Third Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry During the Four Years of Civil War From Sept. 16, 1861 to July 21, 1865. Indianapolis: WM. B. Burford, 1900. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx2nfa&seq=9.  Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 23, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077699720&view=1up&seq=3.