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Monthly Archives: February 2012
This Week in the American Civil War - February 26- March 4, 1862 (150 years ago)
From the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday February 26, 1862 Kentucky senator William E. Simms declared in the Confederate Congress that the Confederacy would defend her rights to the last extremity. In Washington, … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged Albert Sidney Johnston, Amelia Island, Andrew Johnson, Arkansas, Berryville, Charles F. Smith, Charleston, Columbus, Comanche Pass, Confederate, Corinth, Eastport, Fayetteville, Federal, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Fort Pillow, General George B. McClellan, gunboats, Harpers Ferry, Henry Hopkins Sibley, Henry W. Halleck, ironclad, Island No. 10, John C. Pemberton, John Minor Botts, John Pope, Joseph E. Johnston, Kentucky, Leonidas Polk, Loan and Treasury Bill, Martinsburg, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Murfreesboro, Nashville, New Madrid, New Mexico, New York, Norfolk, Osage Springs, P.G.T. Beauregard, Pittsburg Landing, Portsmouth, President Abraham Lincoln, President Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Rio Grande, Robert E. Lee, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tennessee River, U.S.S. Monitor, Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia, William Simms
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Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force unveils logo
Co-chairs Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and Rep. Dean Urdahl, and Civil War Commemoration Task Force members Brian Rice, D. Stephen Elliott and Jeffrey Williams presented the winning design from the task force’s logo contest and introduced the artist who … Continue reading
This Week in the American Civil War - February 19-25, 1862
Courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday February 19, 1862 Federal forces of Brigadier General Charles F. Smith from Grant’s command occupied Clarksville, Tenn. While Grant was looking toward Nashville there was … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged Albert Sidney Johnston, Andrew Johnson, Arkansas, Arkansas Bay, Benjamin Butler, Bowling Green, Bull River, C.S.S. Sumter, Charles F. Smith, Colonel Edward Camby, Columbus, Don Carlos Buell, Fayetteville, Flint Hill, Fort Craig, Fort Donelson, George Washington Birthday, Henry Hopkins Sibley, Isham Harris, Jefferson Davis, John Pope, Kentucky, Kirby Smith, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Missouri, Morocco, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Nathaniel Banks, Nathaniel Gordon, New York, Richmond, Schooner Channel, slave trader, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Valverde, Vienna, Virginia, West Plains, Willie Lincoln
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Ulysses Simpson Grant - 18th U.S. President and General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army (1822-1885)
Born Hiram Ulysses Grant, he unprotestingly accepted the clerical error changing his name to Ulysses Simpson Grant when he entered West Point in 1839. His new name, U.S. Grant, lent itself to his Old Army nickname, Uncle Sam Grant, or … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Original Photos, Uncategorized
Tagged 12th Illinois Infantry, 1885, 18th president, 21st Illinois, Abraham Lincoln, Cairo, Chattanooga, Cold Harbor, Corinth, Don Carlos Buell, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Frederick Dent, Galena, George B. McClellan, Governor Richard Yates, Henry W. Halleck, Hiram Ulysses Grant, Illinois, Julia Dent, Kentucky, Lookout Mountain, lung cancer, Mexico, Nashville, President Grant, Robert E. Lee, Simon Buckner, Spotsylvania, Tennessee, Ulysses S. Grant, Unconditional Surrender, Virginia, West Point, White House, Wilderness, Zachary Taylor
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This Week in the American Civil War - Feb. 12-18, 1862
Information courtesy of Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Wednesday February 12, 1862 By evening the lines had been firmly drawn at Fort Donelson, Tenn., on the Cumberland River. Brigadier General Ulysses Grant’s army was ranged in a … Continue reading
Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman, C.S.A. (Jan. 18,1816- May 16,1863)
Born near Claiborne, Maryland, on 18 January 1816, Lloyd Tilghman graduated from West Point in 1836. He decided not to become a professional soldier and resigned from the service. His only active military duty came during the Mexican War (1846-1848), … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, 1863, Biography, Casualties
Tagged 1862, 1863, Andrew H. Foote, Brigadier General, Champion Hill, Confederacy, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Kentucky, killed in action, Land between the Lakes, Lloyd Tilghman, Lloyd Tilghman House & Museum, Maryland, Mississippi, Paducah, surrender, Tennessee, Vicksburg
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Bombardment of Fort Henry (Feb. 2-6, 1862)
Fort Henry was a Confederate garrison on the Tennessee River, the capture of which was the first significant Union victory of the Civil War. Because of its food production, mineral resources, labor supply, and railroads, Tennessee was the key to … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Artillery, Battles, Navy, This Date in Civil War History
Tagged Clarksville, Don Carlos Buell, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Henry Halleck, Lloyd Tilghman, Tennessee, Tennessee River, Ulysses Grant, US Navy, USS Carondelet, USS Cincinnati, USS Conestoga, USS Essex, USS Lexington, USS St. Louis, USS Tyler
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