On this day in the Civil War, General Sterling Price’s Confederates skirmish with Federal troops at Farmington and Huntsville, Missouri.

General Sterling Price
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On this day in the Civil War, General Sterling Price’s Confederates skirmish with Federal troops at Farmington and Huntsville, Missouri.

General Sterling Price
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On this day in the Civil War, President Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus for those guilty of discouraging volunteer enlistments and resisting militia drafts.

On this day in the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet meet about the crisis in Chattanooga. Lincoln decides to send General Joseph Hooker’s 2 corps from the Army of the Potomac to Chattanooga by rail.

General Joseph Hooker
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On this day in the Civil War, the Federal army under General Philip Sheridan crushes the Confederate army commanded by General Jubal Early at the Battle of Fisher’s Hill.
Sheridan is quoted as saying, “I do not think there ever was an army so badly beaten”.

General Philip Sheridan
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On this day in the Civil War, the defeated Union army gathers in Chattanooga, Tennessee after the Battle of Chickamauga. The Federals organize their defenses in anticipation of attack from Bragg’s Confederates.
