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Site of Morgan's surrender, sketched by Henry Howe from an 1886 photograph. Morgan encountered Capt. James Burbeck, one of Lisbon's militia commanders, along the road. [citation needed] Morgan convinced Burbeck to allow him to surrender his command, provided Burbick promised to take the sick and wounded soldiers and allow Morgan and his officers to be paroled so they could return home to Kentucky.
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 ...
Morgan counted 11 dead and 40 wounded raiders. [11] Among the dead Federals was the civilian toll keeper who perished near his tollgate. Raiders killed a Lutheran minister, Reverend Peter Glenn, on his farm, 4 miles (6 km) from the battlefield, and stole horses from several other farmers. [10]
Illinois: 17 Andrew Johnson [24] July 31, 1875: Andrew Johnson National Cemetery: Greeneville: Tennessee: 18 Ulysses S. Grant [25] July 23, 1885: General Grant National Memorial [L] New York: New York: 19 Rutherford B. Hayes [26] January 17, 1893: Spiegel Grove [M] Fremont: Ohio: 20 James A. Garfield [27] September 19, 1881 [28] [G] James A ...
Of the 585 to 605 U.S. men present, 277 to 297 were reported as dead. Jordan, in the mid-20th century, suggested that U.S. deaths were exaggerated. [31] Historians agree that defenders' casualties varied considerably according to race. Only 58 (around 20%) black soldiers were taken prisoner, whereas 168 (about 60%) white soldiers were taken ...
[20] The Federal Flotilla's attack on the fort, Harper's Weekly, March 15, 1862. On February 11, Buckner relayed orders to Pillow from Floyd to release Floyd's and Buckner's troops to operate south of the river, near Cumberland City, where they would be able to attack the Union supply lines while keeping a clear path back to Nashville.
Terry Anderson, a U.S. journalist who was held captive by Islamist militants for almost seven years in Lebanon and came to symbolize the plight of Western hostages during the country's 1975-1990 ...
Robert Todd Lincoln (August 1, 1843 – July 26, 1926) was an American lawyer and businessman. The eldest son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln, he was the only one of their four children to survive past the teenage years and also the only to outlive both parents.