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  2. Battle of Williamsburg - Wikipedia

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    By May 5, Johnston's army was making slow progress on muddy roads and Stoneman's cavalry was skirmishing with Brig. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry, Johnston's rearguard. To give time for the bulk of his army to get free, Johnston detached part of his force to make a stand at a large earthen fortification, Fort Magruder, straddling the Williamsburg Road (from Yorktown), constructed earlier by ...

  3. Fort Magruder - Wikipedia

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    Fort Magruder was a 30-foot-high (9.1 m) earthen fortification straddling the road between Yorktown and Williamsburg, Virginia, just outside the latter city (and former Virginia state capital) during the American Civil War. At the center of the Williamsburg Line, it was also referred to as Redoubt Number 6.

  4. List of battles fought in Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    Floyd County, Kentucky: American Civil War Offensive in Eastern Kentucky (1862) United States of America vs Confederate States of America Battle of Mill Springs [13] January 19, 1862 Pulaski County, Kentucky: American Civil War Offensive in Eastern Kentucky (1862) 164 United States of America vs Confederate States of America Battle of Richmond ...

  5. List of American Civil War monuments in Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of American Civil War monuments in Kentucky — Union, Confederate or both. The earliest Confederate memorials were, in general, simple memorials. The earliest such monument was the Confederate Monument in Cynthiana erected in 1869. Later monuments were more elaborate.

  6. The episode will focus on the events of Jan. 25, 1865, when 22 Civil War soldiers were ambushed by outlaws and killed, while 20 more were injured, during a cattle drive to Louisville.

  7. Kentucky in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    Kentucky was a southern border state of key importance in the American Civil War.It officially declared its neutrality at the beginning of the war, but after a failed attempt by Confederate General Leonidas Polk to take the state of Kentucky for the Confederacy, the legislature petitioned the Union Army for assistance.

  8. Archaeologists believe they've found site of Revolutionary ...

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    WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia have uncovered what is believed to be the remains of a military barracks from the Revolutionary War, including chimney bricks and musket balls ...

  9. Whitaker's Mill Archeological Complex - Wikipedia

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    Whitaker's Mill Archeological Complex, also known as Burwell's Mill, is the site of an early colonial mill complex in York County near Williamsburg.Located on the historic King's Creek Plantation near Route 199 and Water Country Parkway, the site has industrial remains of millworks from the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as military encampment sites associated with the American Revolutionary ...