Today In History
A Day in the History of the Civil War
Today is Wednesday, May 1, 2024.
Birthdays
1800 Ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874
1807 John Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army)
1819 William Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
1835 Alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers)
Events
1861 Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry
1862 Union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans
1863 Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers
1863 Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars & Bars"
1863 Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi
1863 Battle of Chancellorsville, VA (29,000 injured or died)
1864 -8] Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign)
1864 Atlanta campaign, GA
1864 Wilderness campaign
That's all for today
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