Today in Civil War History March 9

TODAY IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY
March 9

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TIMELINES

Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Fort Sumter

MILITARY & POLITICAL

1861

U. S. troops abandon Fort Lancaster. Texas

1862

Battle of Hampton Roads (March 8-9) between the CSS Virginia and USS Monitor. Virginia Battle Summary

1863

Operations against Port Hudson March 7-27. Louisiana

1865

Battle of Wyse Fork (March 7-10). North Carolina MORE
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

Leland Stanford Governor of California, 1861-1863 (1824)
DeWitt Clinton Baxter Union Field Officer (1829)
DeWitt Clinton Baxter Union Field Officer (1829)
Benjamin Franklin Eshleman Confederate Field Officer (1830)
Felix Huston Robertson Confederate General (1839)

DEATHS

James W. McMillian Union General (1903)
William Brimage Bate Confederate Field Officer and General (1905)
Edward Harland Union General (1915)
Jehu Amaziah Orr Confederate Field Officer (1921)