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Raid at Devils Neck captures Confederate deserters
During the Civil War, Indiana troops under Col. Richard W. Thompson raided Devil's Neck in Crawford County to arrest Confederate deserters and copperheads. A night operation from Sullivan including 22 Veteran Reserve Corps soldiers crossed the Wabash and seized a hideout near Palestine, wounding Dillman and Lacore, capturing nine deserters and several harboring suspects.
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Crawford County
Olney
John
Palestine
Wabash River
Devil's Neck
Caeser
Jeff Davis
Confederacy
Devil’s Neck
Richard W. Thompson
Terre Haute
Indiana
Thompson
Veteran Reserve Corps
Sullivan
Ind
W. W. Jones
Merom
Captain Jones
Wallace
Dillman
Charles Lacore
Pennsylvania
Lacore
Guerrilas
John Phelps
Harvey Beshears
Wabash
Beshears
Robinson Argus