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This Week in the American Civil War: June 11-17, 1862
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Information courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the Week Wednesday June 11, 1862 Union Major General John C. Fremont pulled back from the Port Republic area to Mount … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged Arkansas, Batesville, Big Creek Gap, Booneville, Cassville, Charles City Court House, Charleston, Charleston Harbor, Chickahominy River, Clear Creek, Corinth, Cumberland Mountains, Deep Water, Ebenezer Dumont, Fairview, Florida, Forge Bridge, Forge Site, Franz Sigel, George B. McClellan, Georgia, H.W. Benham, Hanover Courthouse, Haw's Shop, Hilton Head, Hutchinson's Island, J.E.B. Stuart, Jacksonport, James Ewell Brown Stuart, Jefferson Davis, John C. Fremont, John C. Pemberton, John Pope, Kentucky, Malvern Hill, Milton, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Mississippi, Missouri, Monterey, Mount Jackson, N.G. Evans, Nathaniel Banks, New Market, North Anna River, Old Church, P.G.T. Beauregard, Peninsula Campaign, Pensacola, Pink Hill, Port Republic, Richmond, Secessionville, Seven Pines, Shenandoah Valley, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tunstall's Station, Virginia, Waddell's Farm, Winchester, Winston Farm
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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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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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Tagged 16th U.S. Infantry, 1st Minnesota Light Artillery, abolishing slavery, Alabama, Albert Sidney Johnston, Andrew Johnson, Benjamin Prentiss, Bloody Pond, Cairo, Carondelet, casualties at Shiloh, Chickasaw, compensated emancipation, Corinth, Don Carlos Buell, Earl Van Dorn, Eastport, Fort Pillow, General George B. McClellan, gunboats, heavy rain, Hornets Nest, illegal slave trade, Illinois, Irvin McDowell, Island No. 10, John B. Magruder, John Pope, Joseph E. Johnston, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Missouri, Monterey, Nashville, New Madrid, Oakland Cemetery, oath of allegiance, P.G.T. Beauregard, Peach Orchard, Peninsula Campaign, Pittsburg Landing, President Abraham Lincoln, Richmond, Savannah, Shiloh Church, St. Paul, Sunken Road, Tennessee, tornado, U.S. Senate, Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia, W.H.L. Wallace, William Acker, Yorktown
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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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