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This Week in the American Civil War: April 27 - May 3, 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 April 27, 1864 Confederate President Jefferson Davis sent Jacob … Continue reading
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On this date in Civil War history - Fort Pillow Massacre - April 12, 1864
Fort Pillow was located on the east bank of the Mississippi River, 40 miles north of Memphis, Tennessee. Constructed by Confederate General Gideon Pillow in 1861, it overlooked the river, and its principal function was to control river traffic on … Continue reading
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This Week in the American Civil War: April 6-12, 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 April 6, 1864 As states which had seceded and become part of the Confederacy were … Continue reading
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This Week in the American Civil War: June 4-10, 1862
Courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the Week Wednesday June 4, 1862 Confederate troops regretfully completed their evacuation of Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River. Meanwhile, frightened Southern planters were burning immense amounts of … Continue reading
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This Week in the American Civil War – May 28- June 3, 1862
Information Courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday May 28, 1862 Skirmishing occurred near Corinth, Mississippi and Charles Town, Virginia. Confederate supplies at Ashland, Virginia were destroyed, along with a bridge on … Continue reading
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This Week in the American Civil War – May 14-20, 1862
Major Highlights for the Week Courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Wednesday May 14, 1862 Skirmishing continued near Corinth, Miss., on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, as well as the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Federal Major General … Continue reading
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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 – April 9-15, 1862
Information courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday April 9, 1862 As news of Federal victories at Shiloh and Island No. 10 spread across the North, relief organizations rushed money, boats, food … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, Arizona Territory, Charles H. Olmstead, Chesapeake Bay, compensated emancipation, Congress, conscription, Corinth, David Hunter, Decatur, Diamond Grove, emancipation, folklore, Fort Pillow, Fort Pulaski, George B. McClellan, Georgia, Glllett's Farm, Great Locomotive Chase, Island No. 10, James J. Andrews, Lost Creek, Merrimack, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Missouri, Monitor, Montevallo, New Mexico Territory, North Carolina, Ormsby Mitchel, Pebbly Run, Peninsula Campaign, Peralta, Picacho Pass, Pittsburg Landing, President Lincoln, Purdy, Rappahannock River, Ringgold, Santa Fe Road, Seabrook Island, Shiloh, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, The General, Tuscon, W.H.L. Wallace
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This Week in the American Civil War – April 2- April 8, 1862 (150 years ago)
Information Courtesy of the Minn. Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday April 2, 1862 Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston issued orders for the movement of his newly organized army at Corinth, Mississippi, to attack Major General … Continue reading
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