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History Matters: On the rationale behind crossing the Delaware on Christmas

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.

Published December 29, 2015 at 7:45 AM CST

Commentator Gary Joiner reflects on the military strategy of George Washing ton and why he decided to cross the icy Delaware River on Christmas in order to move closer to America’s independence.

History Matters is made possible in part by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine.

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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.

Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”

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