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Robert E. Lee
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Fort Sumter

MILITARY & POLITICAL
    1861
  • Fort McHenry, Maryland, garrisoned by US Marines. Maryland
  • Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union Mississippi
  • Seizure of Fort Johnson by Citizens of Smithville. North Carolina
  • Citizens of Smithville seize Fort Johnston. North Carolina
  • South Carolina troops fire on the Steamship Star of the West as it tries to relieve Fort Sumter. South Carolina
    1862
  • David Glasgow Farragut is appointed to command the Western Gulf Blockading Squadron with his flag ship the Hartford.
  • Skirmish at Columbus. Missouri
  • Skirmish at Pohick Run. Virginia
    1863
  • Battle of Arkansas Post (January 9-11). Arkansas
  • Expedition against Arkansas Post (Jan 4-17, 1863). Arkansas
  • Grant's Campaign in Central Mississippi (Oct. 31, 1862-Jan. 10, 1863). Mississippi
  • Battle of Hartville (January 9-11). Missouri
  • Operations against Marmaduke (Dec. 31, 1862-Jan. 25, 1863). Missouri
  • Skirmish at Brentsville. Virginia
  • Skirmish at Elk Run. Virginia
  • Skirmish at Fairfax Court House. Virginia
  • Skirmish at Grove Church. Virginia
  • Skirmish at Providence. Church. Virginia
    1864
  • Skirmish at Terman's Ferry. Kentucky
  • Bombardment of Caney Bayou Works (Jan 8-9). Texas
    1865
  • Skirmish at Pine Bluff. Arkansas
  • Carolinas Campaign (Jan. 1-April 29, 1865). South Carolina & North Carolina MORE
  • Skirmish at Disputanta Station. Virginia
  • Siege of Petersburg and Richmond (June 16, 1864-April 2, 1865). Virginia
  • Expedition from Fort Monroe, Virginia, to Fort Fisher, North Carolina (Jan. 3 - Jan. 15). Virginia & North Carolina
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