Today In History
A Day in the History of the Civil War
Today is Tuesday, June 30, 2020.
Events
1861 CSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade
1862 Battle at Nelson's Farm, Virginia
1862 Battle at Turkey Bridge Virginia: Confederate assault attack
1862 Day 6 of 7 Days-Battle of White Oak Swamp VA (Frayser's Farm)
1863 Battles in Hanover Pennsylvania: 80 casualties
1863 Dutch colony Suriname counts population of 33,000 slaves
1863 Skirmish at Sporting Hill Pennsylvania
1865 8 alleged conspirators in assassination of Lincoln are found guilty
That's all for today
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