TODAY IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY
February 10
February 10
TIMELINES
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Fort Sumter
MILITARY
& POLITICAL
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1863
- Bombardment of Fort McAllister (Feb. 1-Mar. 3) Georgia
- Bombardment of Fort McAllister (January 27-February 28). Georgia
- Expedition from Newbern to Plymouth (Feb. 1-10). North Carolina
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1864
- Operations about Fort Boles (Feb. 1-20). Idaho
- Occupation of Yazoo City (Feb. 9-Mar. 6). Mississippi
- Skirmish at Bugbee's Bridge. South Carolina
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1865
- Expedition up Yazoo River (Feb. 1-Mar. 8). Mississippi
- Carolinas Campaign (Jan. 1-April 29, 1865). South Carolina & North Carolina MORE
- Siege of Petersburg and Richmond (June 16, 1864-April 2, 1865). Virginia
BIRTHS
- Orville Hickman Browning Union Politician & Senator from Illinois (1806)
- Abner C. Harding Union General (1807)
- Isham G. Harris Confederate Governor of Tennessee (1818)
- William Read Scurry Confederate General (1821)
DEATHS
- William B. Tibbits Union General (1880)