TODAY IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY
March 8
March 8
TIMELINES
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Fort Sumter
MILITARY
& POLITICAL
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1862
- Battle of Elkhorn Tavern or Pea Ridge (March 6-8). Arkansas MORE
- Battle of Hampton Roads (March 8-9) between the CSS Virginia and USS Monitor. Virginia Battle Summary
- USS Monitor arrives at Hampton Roads, Virginia. Washington, DC
BIRTHS
- Morgan Lewis Smith Union General (1821)
- Sullivan Ballou Union Field Officer (1829)
- Matthew Calbraith Butler Confederate General (1836)
- Matthew Calbraith Butler Confederate General (1836)
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Union Field Officer (1841)
DEATHS
- John F. Miller Union General (1886)
- John Ericsson Designed and Built the USS Monitor (1889)
- Frederick Salomon Union General (1897)
- Edward Lloyd Thomas Confederate General (1898)
- William B. Franklin Union General (1903)
- Schuyler Hamilton Union General (1903)
- Charles W. Adams Union Field Officer & Brevet Brigadier General (1909)
- William Ames Union Field Officer & Brevet Brigadier General (1914)