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On this day in the Civil War, General Henry Halleck leads Union forces at Corinth, Mississippi against a Confederate army led by General P.G.T. Beauregard. General Halleck assumed command of Grant’s army one month earlier after the Battle of Shiloh.
General Halleck’s nickname was “Old Brains”.
General Henry Halleck
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On this day in the Civil War, Union General George McClellan continues to request more troops from President Abraham Lincoln, to join the Army of the Potomac. Throughout General McClellan’s Civil War career, he significantly overestimates the size of the Confederate Army and demands additional troops.
After the Antietam campaign, President Lincoln confides to a friend that he “had tried long enough to bore with an auger too dull to take hold. He (McClellan) has got the slows.”
General George McClellan
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On this day in the Civil War, North Carolina votes for secession. This becomes the eleventh and final state to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy.
On this day in the Civil War, Federal troops under General Grant begin the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The siege lasts 47 days, ending with the surrender of the Confederate army on July 4th.
On this day in the Civil War, General Philip Sheridan is appointed to command the district west of the Mississippi River.
Due to Sheridan’s reputation for destruction the South is extremely upset.
General Philip Sheridan
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