Today In History
A Day in the History of the Civil War
Today is Monday, May 16, 2022.
Birthdays
1806 George C Cadwalader, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
1816 Henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1886
1819 Daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898
1824 Edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893
Events
1861 Kentucky proclaims its neutrality
1861 Confederate govt offers war volunteers $10 premium
1862 Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir builds 1st automobile
1863 Battle of Champion's Hill, MS-bloodiest action of Vicksburg Campaign
1864 Atlanta Campaign-battle of Resaca, ends (since May 13)
1864 Battle of Bermuda Hundred, VA
1864 Last battles at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (6,666 casualties)
That's all for today
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