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Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Fort Sumter

MILITARY & POLITICAL
    1863
  • Operations against Marmaduke (Dec. 31, 1862-Jan. 25, 1863). Missouri
  • Skirmish on Bradyville Pike. Tennessee
  • Skirmish at Carthage. Tennessee
  • Skirmish at Murfreesboro. Tennessee
  • Union General Ambrose Burnside's Mud March (Jan. 20-24). Virginia
    1864
  • Affair at Woodville. Alabama
  • Skirmish at Brownsville. Arkansas
  • Affair at Bailey's. Arkansas
  • Affair at Crooked Creek. Arkansas
  • Skirmish at Rolling Prairie. Arkansas
  • Skirmish at Sylamore. Arkansas
  • Affair at Cowskin Bottom. Missouri
  • Union Expedition to Quallatown (January 21-February 7). North Carolina
  • Skirmish near Newport. Tennessee
    1865
  • Skirmish at Thompson's Plantation. Louisiana
  • Carolinas Campaign (Jan. 1-April 29, 1865). South Carolina & North Carolina MORE
  • Action at Fort Brady. Virginia
  • Lee is named General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States. Virginia
  • Siege of Petersburg and Richmond (June 16, 1864-April 2, 1865). Virginia
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