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4 days ago · Point Lookout Prisoner of War Camp. Search, View, Print Union & Confederate Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865. Union July 1863- June 1865. Point Lookout, Maryland. As the number of prisoners steadily increased after the battle at Gettysburg , it became evident that the number of current Union prisons was not enough to hold them all.
4 days ago · Old Clinton War Days. Gray, Georgia. May 04 to May 05, 2024. This list is far from an exhaustive list. To submit a show for consideration please feel free to contact us here . Caution: Milsurpia does not support or condone any extremist, or anti-American organizations or activities. Many reenactment groups, museums, and militaria collects ...
Oct 30, 2023 · 7. Many battles were fought during the Civil War. However, one state was the scene of the most battles including Petersburg, Fredricksburg, and the final surrender of the South at Appomattox Court House. Which state, with Richmond as its capital, is this?
5 days ago · Wofford, meanwhile, held Guard Hill, coming under attack from Brig. Gen. George A. Custer's brigade. Custer's 5th Michigan, armed with Spencer repeaters, shoved the Confederate infantry off the hill. Wofford's troops quickly streamed toward the river, where many of them drowned or were helplessly shot by the Union cavalry.
1 day ago · Northern Virginia: Showdown at the North Anna. General Robert E. Lee, commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, had anticipated that the Federal Army of the Potomac would move southeast again and shift to protect Hanover Junction. This was where the Virginia Central and the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac railroads intersected ...
5 days ago · The Battle of Plymouth began at 4 p.m. on the afternoon of Sunday, April 17th, 1864 with an attack by Confederate forces under the command of General Robert F. Hoke on the small Federally garrisoned town of Plymouth, resulting in the capture of Fort Wessells [85th (NY) Redoubt] on the 18th. With assistance on the morning of the 19th from the ...
1 day ago · The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang -led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with armed conflict continuing intermittently from 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949, resulting in a CCP victory and control of mainland China in the Chinese Communist Revolution .
