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 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 12, 1864
Posted: May 12, 2016 in On this Day in the Civil WarTags: american civil war, american history, battle, battle of spotsylvania, civil war battlefields, confederate, general halleck, On this Day in the Civil War, union, us grant
On this day in the Civil War, the Battle of Spotsylvania becomes one of the bloodiest days of the war. A Federal soldier says, “This has been the most terrible day I have ever lived.”
On the previous day, Union General U.S. Grant wrote to General Halleck, “I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.”
General Ulysses S. Grant
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May 11, 1862
Posted: May 11, 2016 in On this Day in the Civil WarTags: 1862, american civil war, american history, civil war, confederate, ironclads, may 11, merrimack, monitor, navy, On this Day in the Civil War, sea battle, union
On this day in the Civil War, the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia (Merrimack) is destroyed by the Confederate navy.
Two months earlier, the CSS Virginia and USS Monitor clashed in the first sea battle of ironclad ships, revolutionizing naval warfare.
The Civil War Book 