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Record group: Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 - 1952 (National Archives Identifier: 494)Series: "Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War," by Alexander Gardner, compiled ca. 1861 - ca. 1865 (National Archives Identifier: 533274)
The Battle of Fort Stedman, also known as the Battle of Hare's Hill, was fought on March 25, 1865, during the final weeks of the American Civil War.The Union Army fortification in the siege lines around Petersburg, Virginia, was attacked in a pre-dawn Confederate assault by troops led by Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon.
21st Virginia Infantry: Cpt Reuben J. Jordan; 23rd Virginia Infantry: Ltc John P. Fitzgerald; 25th Virginia Infantry: Col Norvell Cobb [4] 27th Virginia Infantry: Ltc Charles L. Haynes; 33rd Virginia Infantry; 37th Virginia Infantry: Col Titus V. Williams; 42nd Virginia Infantry: Maj Jesse Richardson (w) 44th Virginia Infantry: Cpt William A ...
A 500-gallon underground propane tank was found at a Virginia home that exploded Friday, killing one firefighter and injuring others, officials said Saturday. ... The firefighter who was killed ...
The Appomattox campaign was a series of American Civil War battles fought March 29 – April 9, 1865, in Virginia that concluded with the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia to forces of the Union Army (Army of the Potomac, Army of the James and Army of the Shenandoah) under the overall command of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, marking the effective ...
A house exploded in Sterling, Virginia, on Friday night as fire crews were inside checking a gas leak, leaving one firefighter dead and at least 13 others injured, including 11 first responders ...
Below is a list of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States, in which more than five firefighters died. "Firefighter" is defined as a professional trained to fight fires. Hence the 1933 Griffith Park fire is excluded, as it killed 29 untrained civilians.
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