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On this day in the Civil War, the Federal Army of the Potomac, commanded by General Ambrose Burnside, suffers a defeat at the hands of General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army at the battle of Fredericksburg. Total Federal casualties exceed 12,000.
General Lee commented to a fellow officer, “It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.”
On this day in the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln gives his annual message to congress. He makes his first major statement of reconstruction in a Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. Confederate pardons will be conditional on an oath of allegiance to the United States.
On this day in the Civil War, Confederate troops commanded by General Thomas Hindman attack Union forces under Generals James Blunt and Francis Herron. Confederate casualties are over 1,300 with Federal losses approximately the same.
General Thomas Hindman
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On this day in the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln orders the execution of 39 Indians as a result of the Indian uprisings in Minnesota during September.
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
On this day in the Civil War, the U.S. Congress considers several bills which would abolish slavery particularly in the territory in rebellion.
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