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Tag Archives: Second Corps
This Week in the American Civil War: June 15-21, 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 June 15, 1864 Federal Major General William F. Smith, from Bermuda Hundred Landing, had orders … Continue reading
Posted in 1864, This Week in the Civil War
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Monument to 1st Minnesota at Gettysburg rededicated on 150th Anniversary
by Jeffrey S. Williams Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force On July 2, 1863, everything was chaos as smoke filled air, explosions from artillery pieces and cracking of musketry was heard throughout Gettysburg, Pa., a small borough with a population … Continue reading
Posted in 1863, Commemoration, Gettysburg, Regiments
Tagged 1863, 1897, 1913, 1928, 1963, 1988, 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry, Alabama Adjutant General, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Betty McCollum, Cadmus M. Wilcox, Calvin Coolidge, Cemetery Ridge, Charles P. Adams, Christopher Heffelfinger, Cushman Davis, Darryl Sannes, David Clough, Dean Urdahl, Gettysburg, Hancock the Superb, Jacob Field, John D. Cox, Joseph Periam, July, Knute Nelson, Licensed Battlefield Guide, Little Round Top, Loren Fletcher, Louis Muller, Mark Dayton, Mark Ritchie, Mark W. Downie, Matthew Marvin, Minneapolis, Minnesota Adjutant General, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Minnesota Historical Society, Pennsylvania, Perry Smith, Pickett's Charge, Plum Run, Rick Nash, sculptor, Second Corps, Thomas Heffelfinger, Tillie Pierce Alleman, Waldo Farrar, William Colvill, William Lochren, William Miller, Winfield Scott Hancock
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This Week in the American Civil War: July 1-7, 1863
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 July 1, 1863 BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG - DAY 1 At daybreak, Confederates of Lieutenant General … Continue reading
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