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3 days ago · Civil War Battles for the Year 1862. In 1862 the armed forces of the United States undertook the first massive campaigns to defeat the southern Confederacy. Better organization, training, and leadership would be displayed on both sides as the combat became more intense. Young American citizen soldiers would find that war was not a romantic ...
- 1865 Raids & Skirmishes
During Patapsco's mission, it accidently struck a torpedo....
- 1864 Military Occupations
March 16, 1864 - Occupation of Alexandria, Louisiana by...
- 6th-7Th, Shiloh, Tennessee
On April 7, 1862, the combined Union armies numbered 45,000...
- Order of Succession
Georgia Secedes from Union. January 19, 1861 in Atlanta,...
- Second
During late June and early July 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee's...
- 18Th, Lexington, Tennessee
Civil War Battle of Lexington, December 18, 1862 in...
- 27Th, Hanover Court House, Virginia
The Battle of Hanover Court House, also known as the Battle...
- 1St, Port Royal Ferry, South Carolina
The battle of was a brisk fight at Port Royal Ferry, about...
- 1865 Raids & Skirmishes
4 days ago · Battle of Palmito Ranch (May 12 - 13, 1865), the last battle of the US Civil War. On May 12, 1865, weeks after other major Confederate armies surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia and Bennett Place, North Carolina, forces of the United States of America and the Confederate States of America clashed on the coastal plains east of ...
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- 2017
4 days ago · Jefferson Davis: inauguration. Inauguration of Jefferson Davis as president of the Confederate States of America, in front of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, on February 18, 1861. (more) His first act was to send a peace commission to Washington, D.C., to prevent an armed conflict.
- Hudson Strode
3 days ago · July 26-27, 1861 in Mesilla, New Mexico Territory - On July 26, during the night through the early morning on July 27, Maj. Isaac Lynde, 7th U.S. Infantry, abandoned Fort Fillmore near Mesilla, new Mexoco Territory, in the face of Confederates under the command of Capt. John R. Baylor. Although Lynde's troops outnumbered the Confederates by a 2 ...
5 days ago · At the beginning of the American Civil War, Longstreet was paymaster for the United States Army and stationed in Albuquerque. After news of the Battle of Fort Sumter , he joined his fellow Southerners in leaving the post.
2 days ago · The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"). The Confederacy had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to the war was the dispute over whether slavery ...
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4 days ago · When, during the Civil War, slaves began to flee to Union lines in growing numbers and after the Emancipation Proclamation, it became clear that “facts on the ground” would overtake the Dred Scott decision. However, any resolution of the status of former slaves had to be resolved within the context of American federalism, because until that ...
