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This Week in the American Civil War: December 21-27, 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 December 21, 1864 With Brigadier General John W. Geary’s Twentieth Corps in the lead, Federal troops … Continue reading
Posted in 1864, This Week in the Civil War
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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
Posted in 1862, This Week in the Civil War
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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On this date in Civil War History: March 8-9, 1862 - Battle of Hampton Roads
Confederate captain Franklin Buchanan steamed his ironclad Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack) from the Gosport Navy Yard into the Chesapeake Bay to confront the Union fleet there on blockade duty. Anchored in the bay were three coal ships and a … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Navy, This Date in Civil War History
Tagged Battle of Hampton Roads, Cateby ap Roger Jones, Chesapeake Bay, Confederate, Franklin Buchanan, George B. McClellan, Gosport Navy Yard, Hampton Roads, ironclad, James River, John Lorimer Worden, Navy, New York, Newport News, Norfolk, Norfolk Naval Station, Peninsula Campaign, Richmond, Sewell's Point, Union, USS Brandywine, USS Congress, USS Cumberland, USS Merrimarck, USS Minnesota, USS Roanoke, USS St. Lawrence, Virginia
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