Philip Speegle Courtesy Aileen Dobson Speegle
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Pvt Philip Speegle was sick when the Battle of Carencro Bayou was fought and lost a brother in that battle, only a year before he had lost another brother fighting in Kentucky
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Battle of Bayou Bourbaux: Also Called the Battle of Bayou Carencro
The Battle of Bayou Bourbeux.
The Civil War was entering its third year, Vicksburg had fallen, and the Union had control of the Mississippi. Gettysburg would produce the most significant loss of life…