Category Archives: This Week in the Civil War

On This Date in History - May 22, 1861 - 1st Union Casualty of Civil War

Posted on May 22, 2011 by skydancer506

On May 22, 1861, in what’s generally regarded as the first Union combat fatality of the Civil War, Pvt. Thornsbury Bailey Brown was shot and killed by a Confederate soldier at Fetterman Bridge in present-day West Virginia. Click here for … Continue reading →

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This week in the Civil War - Week of May 22

Posted on May 21, 2011 by skydancer506

(AP) On May 23, 1861, voters in a Virginia convention ratify an ordinance for the state’s secession from the Union as a divided nation lurched toward all-out war. South Carolina had been the first state to secede in December 1860. … Continue reading →

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On this date in 1865: Tragedy on the Mississippi - Sultana explodes, thousands die

Posted on April 27, 2011 by skydancer506

On 27 April 1865, the steamboat Sultana exploded and sank in the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, causing the greatest marine disaster in U.S. history. Approximately 1,700 people, mostly discharged Union soldiers, lost their lives on a frigid spring night … Continue reading →

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It was 150 years ago in the Civil War [April 12-30, 1861]

Posted on April 27, 2011 by skydancer506

April 12, 1861 - Fort Sumter fired upon in Charleston, South Carolina. April 14, 1861 - Fort Sumter surrendered. April 15, 1861 - President Lincoln calls for volunteers A Proclamation by the President of the United Stales. Whereas, the laws … Continue reading →

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