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This Week in the American Civil War: July 20-26, 1864
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal 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 20, 1864 BATTLE OF PEACHTREE CREEK, GEORGIA Major … Continue reading
Posted in 1864, This Week in the Civil War
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Brigadier General James Johnston Pettigrew, C.S.A. (1828-1863)
James Johnston Pettigrew was born on 4 July 1828 at Bonarva, the Tyrrell County, North Carolina, plantation of his parents, Ebenezer and Ann Blount Shepard Pettigrew. Young Pettigrew was called Johnston by his friends and family. He was a phenomenally … Continue reading
Posted in 1863, Biography, Casualties
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On this date in Civil War history: Battle of Falling Waters - July 14, 1863
The unexpectedly fierce fight at Falling Waters, Maryland, wrote an anticlimactic close to the Gettysburg campaign. Despite the recklessness of one Union cavalry general, his brother officers managed to cut off and capture 700 infantrymen from the Army of Northern … Continue reading
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Tagged 1863, 1st Cavalry Division, 3rd Cavalry Division, 5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 6th Michigan Cavalry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Cavalry Corps, Downsville, Falling Waters, George A. Custer, George Gordon Meade, Gettysburg Campaign, Gregory J.W. Urchin, H. Judson Kilpatrick, II Corps, James Johnston Pettigrew, John Buford, July, Maryland, Michigan Cavalry Brigade, Peter A. Weber, Potomac River, Richard S. Ewell, Robert E. Lee, Williamsport, Wolverines
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This Week in the American Civil War: July 8-14, 1863
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 8, 1863 News of the surrender of Vicksburg slowly spread south to Port Hudson, … Continue reading
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