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This Week in the American Civil War: March 2-8, 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 March 2, 1864 The U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination … Continue reading
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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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This Week in the American Civil War – March 26- April 1, 1862
Information courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday March 26, 1862 The Confederate campaign in New Mexico was nearing its climax. A Confederate column marched out on the Santa Fe Trail and … Continue reading
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This Week in the American Civil War – March 12-18, 1862 (150 years ago)
Courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday March 12, 1862 Federal naval forces under Lieutenant T.H. Stevens occupied Jacksonville, Fla. A skirmish occurred near Aubrey, Kansas; and a combined Army-Navy expedition sailed … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Sidney Johnston, Arkansas, Aubrey, Don Carlos, Fairfax Court House, General George B. McClellan, Georgia, Henry Halleck, Island No. 10, John C. Pemberton, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi River, Missouri, New Berne, New Madrid, North Carolina, Peninsula Campaign, President Jefferson Davis, Roanoke Island, Robert E. Lee, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia, William T. Sherman
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This Week in the American Civil War - February 26- March 4, 1862 (150 years ago)
From the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday February 26, 1862 Kentucky senator William E. Simms declared in the Confederate Congress that the Confederacy would defend her rights to the last extremity. In Washington, … Continue reading
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