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Map of Memphis I Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program. The First Battle of Memphis was a naval battle fought on the Mississippi River immediately north of the city of Memphis, Tennessee on June 6, 1862, during the American Civil War. The engagement was witnessed by many of the citizens of Memphis.
Map of Memphis II Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program.. At 4:00 a.m. on August 21, 1864, Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest made a daring raid on Union-held Memphis, Tennessee, but it was not an attempt to capture the city, which was occupied by 6,000 Federal troops.
Battle of Memphis may refer to two engagements during the American Civil War near Memphis, Tennessee: First Battle of Memphis , a naval battle on the Mississippi River on June 6, 1862 Second Battle of Memphis , a cavalry raid by Nathan Bedford Forrest on August 21, 1864
The history of Memphis, ... Union forces moving down the Mississippi River captured Memphis from the Confederacy in the First Battle of Memphis on June 6, 1862.
1861 – Memphis and Ohio Railroad completed. [10] 1862 Tennessee capital relocated to Memphis from Nashville. [3] June 6: First Battle of Memphis takes place on Mississippi River near town; Union forces take Memphis. [3] 1864 August 21: Second Battle of Memphis. First National Bank of Memphis established. [7] 1866 May: Racial unrest.
The Mississippi River, Hernando de Soto Bridge and the Memphis skyline are seen from the roof of the Sterick Building during a tour of the building in Downtown Memphis, on Thursday, October 19, 2023.
CSS General Beauregard was a cottonclad sidewheel ram of the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War.. Built in Algiers, New Orleans Louisiana in 1847 as a towboat, the paddle steamer Ocean was selected in January 1862 by Capt. James E. Montgomery, former river steamboat master, for his River Defense Fleet.
Nickleberry participated in the Sanitation Workers Strike and marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The civil rights activist died in Memphis at 92.