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The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN 978-0-684-84944-7. Fowler, John D. Mountaineers in Gray: The Nineteenth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2004. ISBN 978-1-57233-314-7. Retrieved June 26, 2014. Hearn, Chester G. The Civil War State by ...
The Big Sandy Expedition was an early campaign of the American Civil War in Kentucky that began in mid-September 1861 when Union Brig. Gen. William "Bull" Nelson received orders to organize a new brigade at Maysville, Kentucky and conduct an expedition into the Big Sandy Valley region of Eastern Kentucky and stop the build-up of Confederate forces under Col. John S. Williams.
List of foreign ships wrecked or lost in the Spanish Civil War; List of Spanish Civil War films; List of Spanish Civil War flying aces; List of Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords and Diamonds recipients; List of tanks in the Spanish Civil War; List of war films and TV specials: Spanish Civil War; Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War; Spain during ...
In the many decades between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, such divisions became increasingly irreconcilable and contentious. [1] Events in the 1850s culminated with the election of the anti-slavery Republican Abraham Lincoln as president on November 6, 1860.
Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War: March 26, 1939 – April 1, 1939 [147] [148] [149] Republican forces overthrew the government and established a military Junta. This new government attempted to negotiate peace with the Nationalists, however the rebels were only interested in an unconditional surrender. They launched an offensive and ...
May 20, 1861 • Kentucky, trying to remain neutral in the American Civil War, issues a proclamation asking both sides to stay off Kentucky soil. May 29–31, 1861 • Delegates from 5 Jackson Purchase counties meet in Mayfield along with delegates of 12 Tennessee counties to discuss secession, but the plan is abandoned following Tennessee's ...
In early May, Lincoln issued a second call, requesting an additional 42,000 men. On May 3, Lincoln issued a further call for United States Volunteers to join new regiments being organized by pro-Union state governments, where they would be expected to serve a minimum of three years. He also increased the regular U.S. Army by 22,714 men and ...
The Civil War in Kentucky: Battle for the Bluegrass State. Conshohocken, PA: Da Capo Press, 2000. ISBN 978-1-882810-47-5. Clark, Donald A. The Notorious "Bull" Nelson: Murdered Civil War General. Carbondale, IL: SIU Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-8093-3011-9. Daniel, Larry J. Days of Glory: The Army of the Cumberland, 1861–1865. Baton Rouge ...