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Tag Archives: Beaufort
This Week in the American Civil War: January 18-24, 1865
Information courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force (www.mncivilwar150.com and “Minnesota Civil War 150” on Facebook) Major Highlights for the Week Wednesday January 18, 1865 Federal Major General William T. Sherman transferred command of Savannah, Georgia and the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1865, 1865 Inauguration, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Arkansas, Army of Northern Virginia, Augusta, Bayou Goula, Beaufort, Benton Road, Charleston, Columbia, Department of the South, District of Mississippi East Louisiana and West Tennessee, Edwin Stanton, Fayette, Fort Fisher, Francis P. Blair Sr., Georgia, Goldsborough, Hilton Head Island, January, Jefferson Davis, John Bell Hood, John G. Foster, Judson Kilpatrick, Little Rock, Louisiana, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Nashville Campaign, Nathan Bedford Forrest, North Carolina, Richard Taylor, Richmond, Robert E. Lee, Robert Todd Lincoln, Savannah, South Carolina, Ulysses Grant, Virginia, Washington DC, William T. Sherman
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This Week in the American Civil War: January 11-17, 1865
Information courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force (www.mncivilwar150.com and “Minnesota Civil War 150” on Facebook) Major Highlights for the Week Wednesday January 11, 1865 Meeting in St. Louis, the Constitutional Convention of Missouri adopted an ordinance abolishing … Continue reading
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Tagged 1865, Abraham Lincoln, Adelbert Ames, Alfred H. Terry, Army of Tennessee, Beaufort, Beverly, Boston, Braxton Bragg, Cape Fear River, Confederate Senate, Constitutional Convention of Missouri, David Dixon Porter, Edward Everett, Fort Fisher, Francis Preston Blair Sr., Georgia, January, Jefferson Davis, John Bell Hood, Joseph E. Johnston, Marine Corps, Massachusetts, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, P.G.T. Beauregard, Pocotaligo, Richard Taylor, Richmond, Robert E. Lee, Savannah, South Carolina, St. Louis, Thomas Rosser, Tupelo, Virginia, West Virginia, William H.C. Whiting, William Lamb, William T. Sherman, Wilmington
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This Week in the American Civil War: January 4-10, 1865
Information courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force (www.mncivilwar150.com and “Minnesota Civil War 150” on Facebook) Major Highlights for the Week Wednesday January 4, 1865 Federal troops embarked at Bermuda Hundred landing for a new expedition against Fort … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Amendment, 15th Corps, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, Alabama, Alfred H. Terry, Arkansas, Army of Tennessee, Army of the James, Beaufort, Benjamin Butler, Bermuda Hundred, C.S.S. Stonewall, Colorado Territory, David Dixon Porter, Denmark, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, E.O.C. Ord, Edwin Stanton, Fort Fisher, France, Georgia, Glasgow, J.M. Ashley, James W. Singleton, January, Jefferson Davis, John A. Logan, John Bell Hood, Johnson County, Julesburg, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Mississippi, Missouri, Moses Odell, New York, North Carolina, Peter J. Osterhaus, Petersburg, Quiberon Bay, Savannah, Shenandoah Valley, Sphinx, Tennessee, The Ponds, Thorn Hill, Tupelo, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Ulysses Grant, Valley Station, Virginia, Washington DC, William T. Sherman
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This Week in the American Civil War: December 28, 1864 – January 3, 1865
Information courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force (www.mncivilwar150.com and “Minnesota Civil War 150” on Facebook) Major Highlights for the Week Wednesday December 28, 1864 Confederate Lieutenant General John Bell Hood’s Army of Tennessee completed their crossing of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1864, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, Alabama, Arkansas, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of Tennessee, Army of the James, Bainbridge, Beaufort, Benjamin Butler, Bentonville, Caruthersville, Decatur, December, Franklin, Franklin-Nashville Campaign, Georgia, Hardeeville, Hillsborough, January, John Bell Hood, Kentucky, Leighton, Lexington, Mechanicsburg, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Mississippi, Missouri, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, Okolona, Oliver O. Howard, P.G.T. Beauregard, Paint Rock Bridge, Petersburg, Pond Springs, Richard Taylor, Richmond, Russellville, Savannah, Sharpsburg, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tennessee River, Tupelo, Ulysses Grant, Virginia, Washington DC, White House, William T. Sherman
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This Week in the American Civil War: October 29 – November 4, 1862
Information courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force (www.mncivilwar150.com and “Minnesota Civil War 150” on Facebook) Major Highlights for the Week Wednesday October 29, 1862 Skirmishing occurred at Island Mount, Missouri; Sabine Pass, Texas; on the Blackwater … Continue reading
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Tagged 1862, African Descent, Army of the Potomac, Beaufort, Benjamin Butler, Blackwater River, Blue Ridge Mountains, Bolivar, border states, California, Confederate States of America, Corinth, Culpeper Court House, Democrats, Department of the Cumberland, Don Carlos Buell, Emperor Napoleon III of France, First South Carolina Volunteers, Florida, Franklin, George B. McClellan, Georgia, Grand Junction, Great Britain, Harrisonville, Horatio Seymour, House of Representatives, Illinois, Island Mount, James Longstreet, Jefferson Davis, Kanawha, LaGrange, Lavaca, Mary Todd Lincoln, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Mississippi, Missouri, New England, New Jersey, New Orleans, New York, New York City, November, October, Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, Petersburg, Philomont, Potomac River, Republicans, Russia, Sabine Pass, Snicker's Gap, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Ulysses Grant, Vicksburg, Virginia, Warrenton, William S. Rosecrans, Williamsport, Wisconsin, yellow fever
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This Week in the American Civil War – May 7-13, 1862
Major Highlights for the week Courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Wednesday May 7, 1862 On the Pamunkey River, near the mouth of the York River on the Virginia Peninsula, William B. Franklin’s Federal division attacked Confederates … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Baltimore Crossroads, Battle of McDowell, Battle of West Point, Beaufort, C.S.S. Virginia, Charles H. Davis, Confederate River Defense Fleet, David Glasgow Farragut, Eltham's Landing, Farmington, Fort Monroe, Fort Pillow, G.W. Smith, gold, Hampton Roads, James E. Montgomery, Lewisburg, Louisiana, Memphis and Charleston Railroad, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Monterey, Nashville, Natchez, Nathaniel Banks, Netherlands, New Kent Court House, New Orleans, Norfolk, North Carolina, Pamunkey River, Peninsula Campaign, Port Royal, Rappahannock River, Richmond, South Carolina, Stasburg, Tennessee, Thomas J. Jackson, U.S.S. Cincinnati, U.S.S. Monitor, U.S.S. Mound City, Virginia, William B. Franklin, Williamsburg, Yorktown
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This Week in the American Civil War – March 19-25, 1862 (150 years ago)
Courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday March 19, 1862 It was a light day today. The only action was a skirmish at Elk Mountain, in western Virginia, and Strasburg, Va. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 1862, 1st United States Sharpshooters Company I, 2nd Independent Battery of Minnesota Light Artillery, 2nd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 5th Minnesota Infantry, Agnew's Ferry, Albert Sidney Johnston, Alexandria, Battle of Kernstown, Beaufort, Benjamin Butler, Bolivar Heights, Brackett's Battalion, Brigadier General James Shields, cavalry, Colonel Ashby Turner, compensated emancipation, Confederate, Corinth, Dakota Territory, Day-Book, Department of the Gulf, Federal, Fort Abercrombie, Fort Henry, Fort Macon, Fort Ridgely, Fort Ripley, John G. Parke, Little Santa Fe, Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Major General John Dix, Manchester, McMinnville, Middle Military Department, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Moniteau County, Mount Jackson, Murfreesboro, Norfolk, North Carolina, Pittsburg Landing, Post Oak Creek, Savannah, Senator James Shields, Shelbyville, Ship Island, St. Paul, Tennessee, Thomas J. Jackson, Tullahoma, Virginia, Washington DC, Winchester
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