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    August 7 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag August 7, 1829 - Thomas Ewing Jr, American attorney, 1st chief justice of Kansas, congressman, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Lancaster, Ohio (d. 1896) August 7, 1833 - Powell Clayton, American...
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    August 6 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag August 6, 1811 - Judah Philip Benjamin, Confederate Secretary of War/Secretary of State at Christianstad, United States Virgin Islands. (August 6 and August 11 both noted as DOB) August 6, 1819 - Samuel Powhatan Carter...
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    August 5 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag August 5, 1819 - Preston Smith Brooks, South Carolina Congressman, famous for assault on Senator Charles Sumner, born, Edgefield District, South Carolina. August 5, 1829 - Milo Smith Hascall, American banker, real estate...
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    August 4 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag August 4, 1816 - Israel Vogdes, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Chester County, Pennsylvania (d. 1889) August 4, 1818 - Lovell Harrison Rosseau, American lawyer politician and Major General (Union Army)...
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    August 3 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag August 3, 1816 - John E. Smith, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Berne, Switzerland (d. 1897) August 3, 1820 - William Miller, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Ithaca, New York...
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    August 2 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag August 2, 1826 - William Denison Whipple, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Madison County, New York (d. 1902) August 2, 1858 - In a straight up or down vote required by the U. S. Congress for...
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    August 1 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag August 1, 1789 - First federal tariff goes into effect (Tariff of 1789) August 1, 1814 - Maxcy Gregg, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Columbia, South Carolina (d. 1862) August 1, 1832 - Alexander...
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    Happy Birthday "Pap" Thomas

    Born in Newsoms, Virginia, July 31, 1816, George Henry Thomas was one of the US Army's most effective commanders in the Civil War. It is not often that a commander gets two catchy nicknames, but Thomas was known as both "The Rock Of Chickamauga" and "The Hammer Of Nashville" for his two most...
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    July 31 In Civil War History

    This date in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag July 31, 1816 - George Henry Thomas born, Southampton County, Virginia. July 31, 1817 - Philip Cook Jr, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Twiggs County, GA. (d. 1894) July 31, 1825 - Thomas Hart Taylor...
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    Battle Of The Crater - Petersburg, July 30, 1864

    General Ulysses Grant lamented, “it was the saddest affair I’ve witnessed in this war.” Planned as a lightning assault following the explosion of the mine, the Union attack on the Crater degenerated into a disjointed fiasco with no breakthrough and with many needless casualties. The explosion...
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    July 30 In Civil War History

    This date in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag July 30, 1815 - Thomas Jackson Rodman, American Brevet Brigadier General (Union Army), inventor of the Rodman gun and perforated-cake gunpowder, born in Salem, Indiana. (d. 1871) July 30, 1836 - Mob destroys The...
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    July 29 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag July 29, 1817 - James Blair Steedman, American Major General (Union Army), born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (d. 1883) July 29, 1820 - Clement Laird Vallandigham, Congressman and Copperhead, born in New Lisbon...
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    July 28 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag July 28, 1809 - Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, American astronomer and Union Major General, born in Union County, Kentucky (d. 1862) July 28, 1825 - William Duncan Smith, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in...
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    July 27 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag July 27, 1812 - Thomas Lanier Clingman, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Huntsville, North Carolina (d. 1897) July 27, 1820 - John Franklin Farnsworth, American politician and Brigadier General...
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    July 26 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag July 26, 1820 - John Marshall Jones, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Charlottesville, Virginia (d. 1864) July 26, 1861 - George McClellan appointed commander, Army of the Potomac, replacing Irvin...
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    U.S. Grant Becomes First 4-Star General

    An article from https://legallegacy.wordpress.com July 25, 1866 – Ulysses S. Grant Becomes the First Four-Star General in U.S. History Posted on July 25, 2017 by rhapsodyinbooks The General of the Armies of the United States, or more commonly referred to as General of the Armies (abbreviated as...
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    July 25 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag July 25, 1822 - Schuyler Hamilton, American Major General (Union Army), born in Putnam County, New York (d. 1903) July 25, 1824 - Richard James Oglesby, American politician and Major General (Union Army), born in Oldham...
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    July 24 In Civil War History

    This date in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag July 24, 1798 - John Adams Dix, American Major General (Union Army), born in Boscawen, New Hampshire (d. 1879) July 24, 1827 - Julius A. De Lagnel, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Newark, New Jersey...
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    U. S. Grant 4-27-1822 to 7-23-1885

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