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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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Tagged 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Arkansas, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Ashland, Booneville, Charles Town, Chickahominy River, Constitution, Corinth, Edwin V. Sumner, Fair Oaks, Fort Pillow, Galloway's Farm, garrison, George B. McClellan, Grapevine Bridge, Gustavus Woodson Smith, Harpers Ferry, Henry W. Halleck, Intrepid, Irvin McDowell, Jackson County, Jacksonport, James Longstreet, Jefferson Davis, John C. Fremont, Joseph E. Johnston, Kickapoo Bottom, Lewisburg, Little Blue River, Memphis and Charleston Railroad, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Missouri, Nathaniel P. Banks. Thomas J. Jackson, North Carolina, P.G.T. Beauregard, Peninsula Campaign, Pocotaligo, Rienzi, Robert E. Lee, Seven Pines, Shaver's River, South Anna River, South Carolina, Strasburg, Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, Tranter's Creek, Tupelo, Virginia, Virginia Central Railroad, Wardensville, Whitesburg, Woodstock, Zuni
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Civil War-era balloon technology still used in battle
WASHINGTON - During the civil war, the Union Army Balloon Corps performed aerial reconnaissance on the Confederate Army. Fast forward today and “the U.S. military is deploying balloons in wars zones today,” says John Deperro, balloon enthusiast and Civil War … Continue reading
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Tagged 1861, Afghanistan, balloon, Intrepid, John Deperro, June, Kabul, Kevin Knapp, President Abraham Lincoln, Thaddeus Lowe, Union Army
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