Today In History
A Day in the History of the Civil War
Today is Wednesday, April 10, 2024.
Birthdays
1806 Leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1823 Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1827 Lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur)
1833 James Edward Rains, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1833 David McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
Events
1863 Rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tenn
1865 At Appomattox, Gen Lee issues Gen Order #9, his last
That's all for today
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