TODAY IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY
March 4
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TIMELINES
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Fort Sumter
MILITARY
& POLITICAL
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1863
- Skirmish at Yellville. Arkansas
- Skirmish near Fairfield. North Carolina
- Skirmish at Swan Quarter. North Carolina
- Skirmish at Franklin. Tennessee
- Skirmish at Rover. Tennessee
- Skirmish at Unionville. Tennessee
- Skirmish at Independence Hill. Virginia
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1864
- Skirmish at Rodney. Mississippi
- Occupation of Yazoo City (Feb. 9-Mar. 6). Mississippi
- Skirmish near Murfreesboro. Tennessee
- Skirmish at Williamsburg. Virginia
- Kilpatrick's Raid (February 28-March 4). Virginia MORE
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1865
- Affair at Pine Bluff. Arkansas
- Skirmish at East River Bridge. Florida
- Expedition up Yazoo River (Feb. 1-Mar. 8). Mississippi
- Skirmish at Brookfield. Missouri
- Skirmish in Dunklin County. Missouri
- Skirmish at Phillips' Cross Roads North Carolina
- Carolinas Campaign (Jan. 1-April 29, 1865). South Carolina & North Carolina MORE
- Skirmish at Ball's Bridge. Virginia
- Siege of Petersburg and Richmond (June 16, 1864-April 2, 1865). Virginia
BIRTHS
- John J. Abercrombie Union General (1798)
- John Simpson Crocker Union Field Officer & Brevet Brigadier General (1825)
- John Buford Union General (1826)
- Elisha Franklin Paxton Confederate General (1828)
- Henry G. Thomas Union General (1837)
DEATHS
- Alexander H. Stephens Vice President of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 (1883)
- Hinchie P. Mabry Confederate Field Officer (1884)
- Henry B. Davidson Confederate General (1899)
- John McAllister Schofield Union General (1906)
- Redfield Proctor Union Field Officer (1908)
- William Sooy Smith Union General (1916)