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Tag Archives: Suffolk
On This Date in Civil War History: May 1-3, 1863 - The Battle of Chancellorsville
A brick tavern and family residence at the intersection of the Orange Turnpike and Orange Plank Road, Chancellorsville lent its name to one of the most important battles of the Civil War. Situated at the strategic intersection of five roads … Continue reading
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Tagged 1863, 18th North Carolina Infantry, A.P. Hill, amputation, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Catherine's Furnace, Chancellorsville, Charles C. Welford, Daniel Sickles, Darius Couch, E.L. Thomas, Ely's Ford, Fitzhugh Lee, Fredericksburg, George G. Meade, George Stoneman, Germanna Ford, Gettysburg, Hazel Grove, Henry W. Slocum, J.J. Archer, James Ewell Brown Stuart, James Longstreet, John Sedgwick, Joseph Hooker, Jubal Early, Kelly's Ford, Lafayette McLaws, Marye's Heights, May, Oliver O. Howard, Orange Plank Road, Orange Turnpike, R.E. Colston, Rapidan River, Rappahannock River, Richard Anderson, Robert E. Lee, Robert Rodes, Shenandoah Valley, Suffolk, Thomas J. Jackson, Virginia, Zion Church Ridge
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This Week in the American Civil War: January 28-February 3, 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 January 28, 1863 Skirmishing occurred at Indian Village, Louisiana; Nashville, Yorkville and Collierville, Tennessee; and a … Continue reading
Posted in 1863, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged 1863, Bannock Indians, Battle Creek, Bear River, blockade, C.S.S. Chicora, C.S.S. City of Vicksburg, C.S.S. Palmetto State, Charles R. Ellet, Charleston, Charleston Harbor, Collierville, Confederate Ironclad, Confederate Navy, Daufuskie Island, Deserted House, Emile Erlanger, February, Fort Donelson, Fort McAllister, French mediation, Galveston, Georgia, Indian Village, ironclads, Isaac Smith (gunboat), January, Kelly's Store, LaGrange, Louisiana, M. Mercier, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Mississippi, Nashville, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Red River, Richmond, Ripley, Savannah, South Carolina, Stono River, Suffolk, Tennessee, Texas, Turner's Mills, U.S.S Keystone State, U.S.S. Mercedita, U.S.S. Queen of the West, Ulysses S. Grant, Union Navy, Union ram, Utah, Utah Territory, Vicksburg, Virginia, William H. Seward, Yorkville
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This Week in the American Civil War: November 12-18, 1862
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 November 12, 1862 Action occurred along Stone’s River in Tennessee, and operation around Suffolk, Virginia … Continue reading
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Tagged 1862, Abraham Lincoln, Ambrose Burnside, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Tennessee, Blackwater Bridge, Braxton Bragg, Carrsville, Catlett's Station, Center Grand Division, Chattanooga, Confederate Secretary of War, Core Creek, Doboy River, Double Bridge, Edwin V. Sumner, Franklin, Fredericksburg, G.W. Smith, George W. Randolph, Georgia, Gloucester Point, Holly Springs, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Joseph Hooker, Left Grand Division, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Mississippi, Murfreesboro, Nashville, November, orderly observance of the Sabbath, Providence Church, Rappahannock River, Richmond, Right Grand Division, Robert E. Lee, Rural Hill, Stones River, Suffolk, Sulphur Springs, Tennessee, Tullahoma, U.S. Ford, Virginia, Warrenton, Waterloo, William B. Franklin, Yocum Creek, Zuni
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Suffolk museum brings Civil War to life
By Linda McNatt The Virginian-Pilot Gae Ward stood next to the man portraying her Civil War husband, the Rev. George Williams, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Main Street. Ward said she would have been busy 150 years ago - … Continue reading