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Nov 13, 2009 · Now, on the morning of April 3, blue-coated troops entered the capital. Richmond was the holy grail of the Union war effort, the object of four years of campaigning. Tens of thousands of Yankee ...
Nov 9, 2009 · The Petersburg Campaign (June 1864-March 1865), also known as the Siege of Petersburg, was a climactic series of battles in southern Virginia during the American Civil War (1861-65), in which ...
Feb 3, 2010 · August 6 - CSS Arkansas scuttled near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. August 9 - Battle of Cedar Mountain (Slaughter Mountain), Virginia. August 10 - German-American Unionist are massacred by Confederates on the banks of the Nueces River in Texas. August 11 - Confederate partisans capture Independence, Missouri.
Oct 27, 2009 · The Battle of Antietam began at dawn on September 17 as the fog lifted. Longstreet’s and Hill’s units formed the Confederate right and center flanks to the west of Antietam Creek, while ...
Seven Days Battles. The Seven Days Battles were a series of seven battles over seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. Confederate General Robert E. Lee drove the invading Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, away from Richmond and into a retreat down the ...
Apr 9, 2011 · That formal declaration occurred sixteen months after Appomattox, on August 20, 1866. General Lee's final campaign began on March 25, 1865, with a Confederate attack on Fort Stedman, near Petersburg. General Grant’s forces counterattacked a week later on April 1 at Five Forks, forcing Lee to abandon Richmond and Petersburg the following day.
Dec 17, 2011 · June 9, 1863- Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia. US cavalry forces cross the Rapidan River to attack General J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry and discover that Lee's men are moving west toward the Shenandoah Valley. The largest cavalry battle of the Civil War, it also marks the beginning of the Gettysburg Campaign.
