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    Earl Van Dorn (September 17, 1820 – May 7, 1863) was an American Major General who started his military career as a United States Army officer and became...
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  • The Camp Van Dorn Slaughter was a racial hoax popularized in the self-published book The Slaughter: An American Atrocity by Carroll Case in 1998. Case...
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    General Earl Van Dorn was a cottonclad warship used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. General Earl Van Dorn was purchased...
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  • Van Dorn or Van Dorne may refer to: Earl Van Dorn (1820–1863), Confederate major general Frans van Dorne (1776–1848), Flemish portrait painter Martin van...
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  • 1942 during World War II, the base was named for Confederate General Earl Van Dorn from Mississippi. Holding up to 30,000 troops for training, it operated...
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    Missouri, driving Confederate forces into northwestern Arkansas. Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn had launched a Confederate counteroffensive, hoping to recapture northern...
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    the home for years for his large family in Port Gibson, including son Earl Van Dorn. The latter was a career U.S. Army officer who joined the Confederate...
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  • Peter Aaron Van Dorn (1773–1837) was an American lawyer, judge and cotton planter in Mississippi. Born and raised in New Jersey, with a law degree from...
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    and trimmed with gold cord. In February, 1862, Confederate general Earl Van Dorn ordered that all units under his command use this flag as their regimental...
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    time one under Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn. After the Battle of Iuka, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price marched his army to meet with Van Dorn's. The combined force, known...
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