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The siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.In a series of maneuvers, Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate Army of Mississippi, led by Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton, into the defensive lines surrounding the ...
Confederate forces place stakes in river to help aim their guns at Union ships. September 10, 1863: Battle of Bayou Fourche: Arkansas: B: Union: Union victory allows for capture of Little Rock. September 10 –11, 1863: Battle of Davis's Cross Roads: Georgia: C: Union: Union forces establish defensive positions prior to Chickamauga. September ...
A fort south of Newport, Kentucky was named in his honor, and the city of Fort Thomas now stands there and carries his name as well. A memorial honoring Thomas, Major General George Henry Thomas, can be found in the eponymous Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C. [47] A distinctive engraved portrait of Thomas appeared on U.S. paper money in 1890 ...
Union victory Mount Zion Church: December 28, 1861 Boone County: American Civil War Union-440, Confederacy-~ 900 27 KIA, 213 WIA, 64 POW United States vs. Confederate States Union victory Roan's Tan Yard: January 8, 1862 Randolph County: American Civil War Union-450, Confederacy-800 46 KIA, 99 WIA, 28 POW United States vs. Confederate States ...
Confederate garrison, Union East Gulf Blockading Squadron Confederate unknown, Union 16 [98] October 19: Buckland Mills, Virginia Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Union Army of the Potomac 230 total [99] October 24: Washington, Louisiana Confederate District of West Louisiana, Union detachment from Army of the Gulf unknown [100] October 25
Union victory Battle of Fort Anderson: March 13–16, 1863: Craven County: Union victory Battle of Fort Fisher I: December 23–27, 1864: New Hanover County: Confederate victory Battle of Fort Fisher II: January 13–15, 1865: New Hanover County: Union victory Siege of Fort Macon: March 23, 1862 – Apr 26, 1862: Carteret County: Union victory
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 ...
The Raid on Combahee Ferry (/ k ə m ˈ b iː / kəm-BEE), also known as the Combahee River Raid, was a military operation during the American Civil War conducted on June 1 and 2, 1863, by elements of the Union Army along the Combahee River in Beaufort and Colleton counties in the South Carolina Lowcountry.