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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 289350, member: 27"] So the perceived need for shoes brought down The Army of Northern Virginia and the Florida State football program. If only Bobby Bowden had been as good a historian as LeMoyneCuse or STO. The real question was what was the most northern battle of the Civil War? The wiki I read said [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Hill,_Pennsylvania']The Battle of Sporting Hill[/URL], which was fought in an area that appears to now be called Camp Hill. Lemoyne says it was the St Albans Raid. I found another reference that says it was the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Salineville']Battle of Salineville[/URL], which was fought in Ohio on July 26, 1863. Good story on that one in the link above. That reference says the St Albans Raid does not count because it was not an official command of the Confederate Army. [I]Another Confederate action, the [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/St._Albans_raid'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]St. Albans raid[/COLOR][/U][/URL], was farther north than the Battle of Salineville. On October 19, 1864, thirty Confederates slipped southward from [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Canada'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Canada[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and raided [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/St._Albans_(town),_Vermont'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]St. Albans, Vermont[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. However, they were not an official command of the Confederate army. General Morgan’s place of surrender at West Point is considered to be the northernmost point reached by an officially organized Confederate body during the Civil War.[/I] A quick Google shows additional claims for this honor for Gettysburg and [URL='http://www.iowacivilwarmonuments.com/cgi-bin/gaarddetails.pl?1210279629~1']The Battle of Croton[/URL], which was fought in Iowa. Great controversy! I guess it all depends on definitions. Interesting stuff though. I had never heard of any of these before except Gettysberg. [/QUOTE]

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