Posts Tagged ‘On this Day in the Civil War’

On this day in the Civil War, Vicksburg, Mississippi continues to prepare and fortify for the inevitable battle looming ahead.

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Vicksburg, Mississippi

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On this day in the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as the 16th President of the United States of America. In his address to the nation Lincoln vows to uphold the Union, saying to Southerners, “In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.”

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Abraham Lincoln’s Inauguration

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On this day in the Civil War, General Winfield Scott, head of the United States Army, writes a letter to Secretary of State Seward telling him that relief of Fort Sumter is not practical.

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General Winfield Scott

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On this day in the Civil War, skirmishing occurs in Tennessee which results in Confederates suffering 12 dead and 20 wounded.

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On this day in the Civil War, Union cavalry engage the Confederates at Mount Crawford in the Shenandoah Valley.

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