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Tag Archives: Cold Harbor
Indians in the Crater - Remembering the Battle of the Mine, July 30, 1864
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal by Jeffrey S. Williams Excerpted from Muskets and Memories: A Modern Man’s Journey through the Civil War By late-June 1864, Pennsylvania coal miners in the 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry were discussing what they would … Continue reading
Posted in 1864, Battles
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This Week in the American Civil War: June 8-14, 1864
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 June 8, 1864 In Georgia, Federal Major General William T. Sherman’s troops sloshed through mud … Continue reading
Posted in 1864, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged 1860 Presidential Campaign, 1864, Abraham Lincoln, Acworth, Andrew Johnson, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Baltimore, Big Shanty, Brice's Crossroads, Brush Mountain, C.S.S. Alabama, Calhoun, Canada, Cherbourg, Cold Harbor, Corinth, Cynthiana, Daniel S. Dickinson, Davis's Mill, Department of Western Virginia, France, Frederick Aiken, George G. Meade, Georgia, Guntown, Hannibal Hamlin, James River, John C. Breckenridge, John C. Fremont, John Hunt Morgan, Joseph E. Johnston, Jubal Early, June, Keller's Bridge, Kentucky, Lexington, Long Bridge, Lost Mountain, Malvern Hill, Marietta, Maryland, McAffee's Crossroads, Memphis, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Mississippi, Missouri, Mount Sterling, Nathan Bedford Forrest, National Union Party, New York, Northwest Conspiracy, Pine Mountain, Pleasureville, Richard S. Ewell, Ripley, Robert E. Lee, Robert Ransom Jr. Department of Richmond, Roswell, Salem, Samuel Sturgis, Stilesborough, Tennessee, Tishomingo Creek, Ulysses Grant, Western and Atlantic Railroad, White House Landing, White Oak Swamp, William Dennison, William T. Sherman, Winchester
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This Week in the American Civil War: June 1-7, 1864
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 June 1, 1864 COLD HARBOR CAMPAIGN BEGINS As Federal infantry arrived in the Cold Harbor … Continue reading
Posted in 1864, This Week in the Civil War
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This Week in the American Civil War: May 25-31, 1864
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 May 25, 1864 Federal Major General Joseph Hooker drove towards the Confederate position at New Hope … Continue reading
Posted in 1864, This Week in the Civil War
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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
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Remembering the 1,040-man West Michigan regiment who fought in Civil War 150 years ago
By Garret Ellison | The Grand Rapids Press GRAND RAPIDS — In the shadow of the old South High School on Hall Street SE, current home of the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center, sits a boulder steeped in history. The … Continue reading
Posted in Commemoration
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