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May 10, 2021 · On the evening of May 11, 1865, Barrett ordered 250 men from the 62nd U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment and 50 men of the 2nd Texas Cavalry Regiment to overtake a Confederate outpost called White’s Ranch. However, after arriving at the outpost at 2:00 a.m. on May 12, the Union brigade found no one there and decided to spend the night at the ...
Jan 12, 2024 · June 3, 1861. The Battle of Philippi was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America on June 3, 1861, during the Civil War. The outcome of the battle was a Union victory. The battle is most well-known for being the first land battle of the Civil War and part of the Western Virginia Campaign.
Oct 27, 2009 · The Battle of Chancellorsville, fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863 in Virginia, is widely considered to be Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s greatest victory during the American Civil War.
Boyle County, KY | Oct 8, 1862. The largest and last major battle in the Kentucky Campaign, the Battle of Perryville, pitted Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army against Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Union army. While Bragg won the battle tactically, Confederate forces retreated from the battlefield and ended the campaign, leaving Kentucky under ...
Oct 28, 2021 · July to November 1938. The Battle of Ebro occurs and becomes the largest and longest battle of the Spanish Civil War. March 28, 1939. Nationalist troops take Madrid. April 1, 1939. The Republican army surrenders and General Franco declares the end of the war. Spanish Civil War Facts.
The Texan moved 5,000 men into Missouri, the first Confederate invasion of the Union. Joining the State Guard near Cassville, they advanced toward Springfield. After several skirmishes with Lyon’s advance forces, they settled into camp on August 6 at Wilson Creek, where local springs and farms provided food and water.
City of Petersburg, VA | Jun 15 - 18, 1864. Ulysses S. Grant ’s assault on Robert E. Lee ’s armies at Petersburg failed to capture the Confederacy’s vital supply center and resulted in the longest siege in American warfare. Although the Confederates held off the Federals in the Battle of Petersburg, Grant implemented a siege of the city ...
