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The “Skirmish at Arlington Mills” was mistakenly added to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies due to misidentification in contemporaneous newspaper articles. The incident did not occur at Arlington Mills on June 1, 1861, but at Cloud’s Mill on May 31, 1861. Read this article for a full explanation: Which Mills? Decoding an Early Civil War Skirmish
Updated: 3 February 2025
Created: 12 February 2021
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