On this day in the Civil War, the Union army under General Grant defeats General Pemberton’s Confederates at the Battle of Champion’s Hill.
The casualties of this battle are considered to be the most severe of the entire Vicksburg campaign.
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May 16, 1863
Posted: May 16, 2016 in On this Day in the Civil WarTags: american civil war, american history, battle of champions hill, civil war, confederate, On this Day in the Civil War, the american civil war, the civil war, union, us grant, vicksburg campaign
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May 15, 1864
Posted: May 15, 2016 in On this Day in the Civil WarTags: 1864, american civil war, american history, battle of new market, confederate, On this Day in the Civil War, the american civil war, the civil war, union, virginia military institute
On this day in the Civil War, Federal troops under General Sigel are defeated by Confederates led by General Breckinridge at the Battle of New Market, Virginia. Some of the Confederate soldiers are cadets from the Virginia Military Institute. VMI was the school where General “Stonewall” Jackson taught prior to the outbreak of the war.
New Market
New Market
May 14, 1861
Posted: May 14, 2016 in On this Day in the Civil WarTags: 1861, american civil war, american history, baltimore, civil war, confederates, federal troops, general benjamin butler, may 14, On this Day in the Civil War, the civil war
On this day in the Civil War, Federal troops under the leadership of General Benjamin Butler continue to occupy the city of Baltimore. On the prior day, General Butler moved his troops into Baltimore without official authorization.
Later in the war, General Butler was nicknamed “Spoons Butler” by Southerners due to his supposed improprieties pertaining to Southern property.
General Benjamin Butler
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May 13, 1864
Posted: May 13, 2016 in On this Day in the Civil WarTags: 1864, abraham lincoln, american civil war, american history, horace greeley, may 13, the civil war, union
On this day in the Civil War, Horace Greeley writes in the New York Tribune, “Our own conviction is…that it is advisable for the Union party to nominate for president some other among its able and true men than Mr. Lincoln.”
President Abraham Lincoln
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May 10, 1863
Posted: May 10, 2016 in On this Day in the Civil WarTags: civil war, civil war battlefields, civil war sites, confederate, guinea station, may 10 1863, On this Day in the Civil War, stonewall jackson, the american civil war, the civil war
On this day in the Civil War, Confederate General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson dies of pneumonia at Guinea Station, Virginia. Several days earlier, Jackson was wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville. His dying words are: “Let us pass over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.”
General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
(Photo Credit: Library of Congress)
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