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The First Minnesota and the Siege of Yorktown - May 5, 1862
By Darryl Sannes Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force On May 5, 1862, the Union Army of the Potomac entered the abandoned Confederate entrenchments at Yorktown, Virginia. The first major confrontation in this campaign had been a success for the … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Date in Civil War History
Tagged 1862, 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Abraham Lincoln, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, artillery, corduroy, Darryl Sannes, Fort Monroe, George B. McClellan, George Washington, Ignatius Donnelly, James River, John B. Magruder, John Pope, land mines, Lord Cornwallis, May 5, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Peninsula Campaign, Revolutionary War, Richmond, sharpshooters, Stephen Miller, Stephen W. Sears, To the Gates of Richmond, Virginia, York River, Yorktown
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On this date in Civil War history: Battle of Fort Donelson (Feb. 13-16, 1862)
Located on the west bank of the Cumberland river two miles north of Dover, Tennessee, Fort Donelson was on a steep bluff overlooking a straight stretch of several miles of river. The fort itself was only about 15 acres, but … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Artillery, Battles, This Date in Civil War History
Tagged 10-inch Columbiad, 32-pounder, Albert Sidney Johnston, Andrew H. Foote, artillery, Charles F. Smith, Confederate, Cumberland River, Dover, Dover Hotel, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Gideon J. Pillow, gunboats, John A. McClernand, John B. Floyd, Lew Wallace, Nashville, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Navy, Shiloh, Simon Bolivar Buckner, Tennessee, timberclad, Ulysses S. Grant, Union
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Confederate Sunset at Pea Ridge
This video was shot by Jeffrey S. Williams, the moderator of This Week in the Civil War, on Aug. 22, 2011 at 8 p.m.
Posted in 1862, Battlefield Preservation, Uncategorized
Tagged 1862, Arkansas, artillery, Confederate, Curtis, March, McCullough, McIntosh, Pea Ridge, Price, Sigel, Slack, Trail of Tears, Union, Van Dorn
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The Battle of Honey Springs - July 17, 1863
Honey Springs was the most important Civil War battle fought in Indian Territory. It preserved Union ownership of Fort Gibson and dealt Confederate forces a blow from which they never fully recovered. It also opened the way for the Federal … Continue reading
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Tagged 1863, 1st Kansas Colored, 20th Texas Infantry, 29th Texas, Arkansas, artillery, Checotah, Civil War, Confederate, Douglas H. Cooper, Elk Creek, Fort Gibson, Fort Smith, Honey Springs, Indian Territory, Indians, Infantry, James G. Blunt, July, mountain howitzer, Napoleon howitzer, Oklahoma, Texans, Texas Road, Union, William A. Phillips, William L. Cabell
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Along The Way: Elrosa man creates scaled Civil War replica cannons
Written by Jenny Berg Special to the St. Cloud Times ELROSA, Minn. - David Heinze, known to many as The Cannon Man, has been building accurately scaled Civil War replica cannons for 15 years. “Farmers need something to keep them … Continue reading
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Tagged artillery, cannon, Elrosa, Minnesota, Paynesville, replica, St. Cloud
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Civil War-era cannon balls stolen from Ohio memorial
SOUTH CHARLESTON, Ohio (AP) — Police say someone has stolen the remaining Civil War-era cannon balls from a military memorial in a western Ohio cemetery. The Springfield News-Sun reports that the nine cannon balls were all that remained of a pyramid of … Continue reading