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This was the first battle of the Goliad Campaign. The Johnson-Grant venture, the first battle of the Texas Revolution in which the Mexican Army was the victor. From the Johnson forces, 20 Texans killed, 32 captured and 1 Mexican loss, 4 wounded. Johnson and 4 others escaped after capture and proceeded to Goliad.
This article provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899.Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America, the Taiping Rebellion in Asia, the Paraguayan War in South America, the Zulu War in Africa, and the Australian frontier wars in Oceania.
The Atlanta campaign was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864. Union Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman invaded Georgia from the vicinity of Chattanooga, Tennessee , beginning in May 1864, opposed by the Confederate general ...
The Skirmish at Pace's Ferry [1] was an engagement fought on July 5, 1864, near Pace's Ferry, Atlanta, Georgia, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. [2] Union troops of Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard seized a key pontoon bridge over the Chattahoochee River , enabling Federal troops to continue their offensive to capture the ...
Battle of Plum Creek: Texas Militia: Mathew Caldwell: 11 KIA Victory October 1840 Battle of Red Fork Texas Militia: John H. Moore: Unknown Victory 1841 Battle of Bandera Pass: Texas Militia: John C. Hays: 5 WIA Victory 1852 Battle of Hynes Bay: Texas Militia: John Hynes Unknown Victory [51] Jan-May 1858 Antelope Hills expedition: Frontier ...
The Battle of Atlanta took place during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia.Continuing their summer campaign to seize the important rail and supply hub of Atlanta, Union forces commanded by William Tecumseh Sherman overwhelmed and defeated Confederate forces defending the city under John Bell Hood.
The Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum was a Civil War museum located in Atlanta, Georgia. Its most noted attraction was the Atlanta Cyclorama, a cylindrical panoramic painting of the Battle of Atlanta. As of December 2021, the Cyclorama is located at the Atlanta History Center, while the building is now Zoo Atlanta's Savanna Hall. [3] [4]
Dec 7: Gen. W. P. Howard sends his report to Governor Brown on the destruction of Atlanta. [9]: 182–185 [10]: 407–412 1865 Civil War ends; slaves freed. Atlanta University, first Atlanta black college, founded. 1867 - Young Men's Library Association founded. [11] 1868 Atlanta becomes Georgia state capital. [1]