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Battle Looms in South Texas

May 11, 2020 WalterCoffey

In distant Texas, a Federal expedition threatened to break an informal truce before news arrived that the war was over.

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The Battle of the Monocacy

July 9, 2019 WalterCoffey

July 9, 1864 – A makeshift Federal force hurried to block Lieutenant General Jubal Early’s Confederate Army of the Valley as it marched toward Washington.

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The Washington Raid: Confederates Seize Hagerstown

July 6, 2019 WalterCoffey

July 6, 1864 – Confederates from Lieutenant General Jubal Early’s Army of the Valley captured Hagerstown, Maryland, as Federals scrambled to stop their drive on

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The Washington Raid: Early Reaches Winchester

July 2, 2019 WalterCoffey

July 2, 1864 – Lieutenant General Jubal Early’s Confederate Army of the Valley arrived at Winchester as it moved north “down” Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley toward

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The Battle of Wood Lake

September 23, 2017 WalterCoffey

September 23, 1862 – Federal forces effectively suppressed the Sioux uprising of 1862 over mistreatment on reservations and drove much of the tribe out of

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The Battle of Shiloh: Day One

April 6, 2017 WalterCoffey

April 6, 1862 – The most terrible battle of the war to date began as the Confederate Army of Mississippi swarmed upon unsuspecting Federals in

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