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Tag Archives: Stephen Miller
This Week in the American Civil War: May 31 – June 6, 1865
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 May 31, 1865 Confederate Lieutenant General John Bell Hood surrendered … Continue reading
Posted in 1865, This Week in the Civil War
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The First Minnesota and the Siege of Yorktown - May 5, 1862
By Darryl Sannes Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force On May 5, 1862, the Union Army of the Potomac entered the abandoned Confederate entrenchments at Yorktown, Virginia. The first major confrontation in this campaign had been a success for the … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Date in Civil War History
Tagged 1862, 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Abraham Lincoln, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, artillery, corduroy, Darryl Sannes, Fort Monroe, George B. McClellan, George Washington, Ignatius Donnelly, James River, John B. Magruder, John Pope, land mines, Lord Cornwallis, May 5, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Peninsula Campaign, Revolutionary War, Richmond, sharpshooters, Stephen Miller, Stephen W. Sears, To the Gates of Richmond, Virginia, York River, Yorktown
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