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  2. Confederate Powderworks - Wikipedia

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    The 150 foot tall chimney still stands on the Augusta Canal and is one of the more recognizable features of the Augusta skyline today, located at the Sibley Mill at 1717 Goodrich Street in Augusta. The Sibley cotton mill was built on the site as a private venture in 1880–82, using bricks from the demolished powder works, and became one of the ...

  3. Battle of Augusta (1862) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Augusta was an engagement during the American Civil War that took place on September 27, 1862, in Augusta, Kentucky, between the Bracken County Home Guard (Union) and the Confederate Second Kentucky Cavalry Regiment under command of Colonel Basil W. Duke, a brother-in-law of John H. Morgan. The skirmish resulted in a victory for ...

  4. American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    Losses were far higher than during the war with Mexico, which saw roughly 13,000 American deaths, including fewer than two thousand killed in battle, between 1846 and 1848. One reason for the high number of battle deaths in the civil war was the continued use of tactics similar to those of the Napoleonic Wars, such as charging.

  5. Augusta County tells forgotten pacifist story during the ...

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    The new Civil War Trails site is one of three in Augusta County, one of the 550 across Virginia, and one of the 1,500 trails sites across six states, the release said.

  6. List of American Civil War battles - Wikipedia

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    Confederates repulse the Union attack and kill Commander James H. Ward of the Union Potomac Flotilla, the first Union Navy officer killed during the Civil War. July 13, 1861: Battle of Corrick's Ford: West Virginia (Virginia at the time) [A] Union: Confederate Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett is the first general killed in the Civil War. July 25, 1861

  7. Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Waynesboro was fought on March 2, 1865, at Waynesboro in Augusta County, Virginia, during the American Civil War. It was a complete victory for Brig. Gen. George Armstrong Custer and the final battle for Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal Early, whose force was destroyed.

  8. Early life and academic career of Woodrow Wilson - Wikipedia

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    He became minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Augusta, and the family lived there until 1870. [10] After the end of the Civil War, Wilson began attending a nearby school, where classmates included future Supreme Court Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar and future ambassador to Switzerland Pleasant A. Stovall. [11]

  9. Chronicle Quiz: Test your knowledge of Augusta-area ... - AOL

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    Here's our brief weekly quiz to test your knowledge at politics, sports, business and more. Chronicle Quiz: Test your knowledge of Augusta-area news from Feb. 12-18 Skip to main content