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Forrest Raids Memphis

August 21, 2019 WalterCoffey

August 21, 1864 – Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest led his Confederate cavalry on a daring raid while Federal forces were out trying to hunt

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The Fall of Memphis

June 6, 2017 WalterCoffey

June 6, 1862 – After capturing Fort Pillow, the Federal Western Flotilla immediately targeted Memphis, the Confederacy’s fifth largest city, further down the Mississippi River.

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The Fall of Fort Pillow

June 5, 2017 WalterCoffey

June 5, 1862 – Confederates abandoned an important garrison on the Mississippi River, opening a path for Federal naval forces to move downstream and threaten

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