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Tag Archives: Kirby Smith
This Week in the American Civil War: April 6-12, 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 6, 1864 As states which had seceded and … Continue reading
Posted in 1864, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged 13th Amendment, 13th Corps, 17th Corps, 1864, 19th Corps, 32nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry, A.J. Smith, April, Arkansas, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Gulf, Battle of Pleasant Hill, Battle of Sabine Crossroads, Blair's Landing, Charles P. Stone, David Dixon Porter, District of West Louisiana, Fort Pillow, Fort Pillow Massacre, Frederick Steele, Georgia, Grand Ecore, Henning, James Longstreet, Kentucky, Kirby Smith, Little Rock, Loggy Bayou, Louisiana, Mansfield, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Mississippi River, Mississippi River Squadron, Natchitoches, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Nathaniel P. Banks, New Falls City, Red River, Red River Campaign, Red River Parish, Richard Taylor, Sabine Crossroads, Shreveport, Tennessee, Thomas Kilby Smith, Tom Green, tragedy, Trans-Mississippi Department, U.S. Senate, Virginia, William H. Emory, XIII Corps, XIX Corps, XVII Corps
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This Week in the American Civil War - February 19-25, 1862
Courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday February 19, 1862 Federal forces of Brigadier General Charles F. Smith from Grant’s command occupied Clarksville, Tenn. While Grant was looking toward Nashville there was … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Sidney Johnston, Andrew Johnson, Arkansas, Arkansas Bay, Benjamin Butler, Bowling Green, Bull River, C.S.S. Sumter, Charles F. Smith, Colonel Edward Camby, Columbus, Don Carlos Buell, Fayetteville, Flint Hill, Fort Craig, Fort Donelson, George Washington Birthday, Henry Hopkins Sibley, Isham Harris, Jefferson Davis, John Pope, Kentucky, Kirby Smith, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Missouri, Morocco, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Nathaniel Banks, Nathaniel Gordon, New York, Richmond, Schooner Channel, slave trader, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Valverde, Vienna, Virginia, West Plains, Willie Lincoln
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Douglas Hancock Cooper biography
Born November 1, 1815, to a Baptist minister and physician, Douglas Hancock Cooper attended the University of Virginia from 1832 to 1834. He returned to Mississippi to marry Martha Collins of Natchez. The Coopers raised seven children on their plantation, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1861, Albert Pike, Brigadier General, Chicasaw Mounted Rifles, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Chustenahlah, Chusto-Talasah, Confederate States of America, Douglas Hancock Cooper, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Washita, Honey Springs, Indian Agent, Indian removal, Indian Territory, Jefferson Davis, Kirby Smith, Martha Collins, Mississippi, Mon Clova, Monterey, Newtonia, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Historical Society, Round Mountain, Sam Bell Maxey, William H. Emory, William Steele
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