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Robert E. Lee
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MILITARY & POLITICAL
    1862
  • Skirmish at Baton Rouge Louisiana
  • Battle of Fort Ridgely (August 20-22). Minnesota
  • Battle of Fort Ridgely (August 20-22). Minnesota
  • Battle of Fort Ridgely (August 20-22). Minnesota
  • Expedition against Navajo Indians (August 19-October 11). New Mexico
  • Raid on Louisville and Nashville Railroad (August 19-21). Tennessee
  • Northern Virginia Campaign (August 16-September 2). Virginia
    1863
  • Steele's Expedition against Little Rock (August 1-September 14). Arkansas
  • Quantrill raids Lawrence. Kansas
  • Operations against Quantrell (August 20-28). Kansas
  • Raid from Big Black River against the Mississippi Central Railroad (August 10-22). Mississippi
  • Battle of Chattanooga. Tennessee
    1864
  • Operations in Mobile Bay (August 2-23). Alabama
  • Siege of Fort Morgan (August 9-23). Alabama
  • Siege of Atlanta (July 22-August 25). Georgia
  • Kilpatrick's Raid around Atlanta (August 16-22). Georgia
  • Atlanta Campaign (May 1-September 6). Georgia
  • Battle of Memphis. Tennessee
  • Wheeler's Raid in East Tennessee (August 10-September 9). Tennessee
  • Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign (August 7-November 28) Virginia
  • Battle of Globe Tavern (August 18-21). Virginia
  • Battle of Six Mile House (August 18-21). Virginia
  • Siege of Petersburg and Richmond (June 16, 1864-April 2, 1865). Virginia
  • Battle of Summit Point or Flowing Springs or Cameron's Depot. West Virginia
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