TODAY IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY
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TIMELINES
Gettysburg
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Fort Sumter
Virginia vs Monitor
MILITARY
& POLITICAL
- 1863
- Capture of Jacksonville. Florida
- Operations against Port Hudson March 7-27. Louisiana
- Skirmish near Murfreesboro. Tennessee
- Skirmish at Rutherford Creek. Tennessee
- Skirmish at Charlestown. West Virginia
- 1864
- Occupation of Palatka. Florida
- Red River Campaign (March 10-May 22). Louisiana
- Skirmish in White County. Tennessee
- Skirmish at Carlton's Store. Virginia
- Skirmish at Kablestown. West Virginia
- 1865
- Skirmish at Boyd's Station. Alabama
- William Henry Chase Whiting, Confederate General, dies in New York while a Prisoner of War. New York MORE
- Battle of Wyse Fork (March 7-10). North Carolina MORE
- Battle of Monroe's Cross Roads. North Carolina MORE
- Carolinas Campaign (Jan. 1-April 29, 1865). South Carolina & North Carolina MORE
- Skirmish at South Quay. Virginia
- Siege of Petersburg and Richmond (June 16, 1864-April 2, 1865). Virginia
BIRTHS
- George Wythe Randolph Confederate Secretary of War & Confederate General (1818)
- Thomas James Churchill Confederate General (1824)
- Robert Lowry Confederate General (1830)
- William H. Penrose Union General (1832)
DEATHS
- William Henry Chase Whiting Confederate General (1865)
- Robert A. Cameron Union General (1894)