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April 30, 1863: Battle of Day's Gap: Alabama: C: Union: Union victory during a raid in Alabama. April 30 – May 6, 1863: Battle of Chancellorsville: Virginia: A: Confederate: Lee defeats Hooker's Army of Potomac, Jackson mortally wounded. May 1, 1863: Battle of Port Gibson: Mississippi: B: Union: in Vicksburg campaign, Grant defeats ...
Joseph Hanks (March 22, 1843 – December 28, 1922) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Siege of Vicksburg on May 22, 1863.
The site operated as the Old Soldiers Home for Confederate Veterans from 1902 to 1939. In 1964, the Alabama State Legislature established the memorial park, which now hosts a museum and archives [89] Miami: Robert E. Lee Park; Mountain Creek: Confederate Memorial Park [90] and Alabama Confederate Soldiers Home
The Auburn University Chapel is believed to be the oldest public establishment in Auburn. It often held weddings and dinners on the lawn. Between 1850 and 1976, the Auburn University Chapel has transitioned from church, to hospital, to classroom, to theatre, and then finally back to a church. [4] The Auburn University Chapel is believed to be ...
Confederate artillery, Union Mississippi squadron unknown [30] April 30: Day's Gap, Alabama Confederate and Union cavalry Confederate 65, Union 23 [31] May 1: Port Gibson, Mississippi Confederate Army of Vicksburg, Union Army of the Tennessee: Confederate 787, Union 875 [32] May 1 –2 Chalk Bluff, Arkansas Confederate cavalry, Union infantry ...
Morgan's Raid (also the Calico Raid or Great Raid of 1863) was a diversionary incursion by Confederate cavalry into the Union states of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia during the American Civil War. The raid took place from June 11 to July 26, 1863. It is named for the commander of the Confederate troops, Brigadier General John Hunt ...
In April 1863 Union forces of the Indian Home Guard under Colonel William A. Phillips occupied Fort Gibson. [2] Upon hearing reports of no Confederate activity in all directions Philips sent the fort's livestock to graze. A Union sentry failed to scout a mountain road and Confederate forces therefore descended on the livestock. [3]
The First Battle of Auburn was fought on October 13, 1863, between Union infantry and Confederate cavalry forces at the start of the Bristoe Campaign during the American Civil War. A Union infantry column stumbled upon a Confederate cavalry reconnaissance party and a short, inconclusive fight ensued.