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Tag Archives: Elliott’s Salient
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: July 27-August 2, 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 July 27, 1864 After deciding to lay a partial siege to Atlanta, Federal Major General … Continue reading
Posted in 1864, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged 1864, 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, Abraham Lincoln, Alfred Sully, Ambrose Burnside, Army of the Northwest, Army of the Shenandoah, Army of the Tennessee, Atlanta, August, Battle of Atlanta, Battle of Ezra Church, Battle of Killdeer Mountain, Battle of the Mine, Chambersburg, City Point, Cumberland, Dakota Indians, Dakota Territory, David Hunter, Deep Bottom, District of Iowa, Elliott's Salient, Ezra Church, Georgia, Gettysburg, Green Spring Run, Hancock, James B. McPherson, John A. Logan, John Pope, Jubal Early, July, Killdeer Mountain, Lovejoy's Station, Maryland, Minnesota, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Old Town, Oliver Otis Howard, Pennsylvania, Petersburg, Philip H. Sheridan, Pickett's Charge, Potomac River, Richmond, Shenandoah River Valley, Smith's Crossroads, U.S.-Dakota War, Ulysses Grant, Virginia, Washington D.C., West Virginia, William T. Sherman, William W. Averill
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