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THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN
It was the first major land battle of the American Civil War.
the Northern public clamored for a march against the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. -
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MOJOR EVENTS AND BATTLES OF CIVILWAR
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THE BATTLE OF DRY WOOD CREEK
The Confederate troops were successful in their campaign to force the Union Army to abandon southwestern Missouri and to concentrate on holding the Missouri Valley. -
THE BATTLE OF MIDDLE CREEK
The Battle of Middle Creek was an engagement.The battle, along with the Battle of Mill Springs, positioned the Union armies to invade Middle Tennessee. -
THE BATTLE OF EITHAM'S HILL
The Battle of Eltham's Landing, also known as the Battle of Barhamsville, or West Point, took place on May 7, 1862, in New Kent County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. -
THE BATTLE OF HARTSVILLE
Called by the military men “The Boldest and Most Successfully Executed Cavalry Raid of the War between the States” The Battle of Hartsville was a classic execution of military tactic that made "Thunderbolt of the Confederacy” Colonel John Hunt Morgan, legendary. -
THE BATTLE OF VAUGHT HILL
During the inactivity following the Battle of Stones River, a Union brigade-sized reconnaissance force, under Col. Albert S. Hall, left Murfreesboro on March 18. -
THE BATTLE OF CAPE GIRADEAU
The Battle of Cape Girardeau was a military demonstration of the American Civil War, occurring on April 26, 1863 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The conflict was part of the pursuit of US Brigadier General John McNeil through Southeast Missouri by Confederate Brigadier General John S. Marmaduke. Though the conflict to this day is known as a battle, it was a relatively small engagement whose primary importance was as the turning point that brought General Marmaduke's second Missouri raid to an end. -
THE BATTLE OF DANDRIDGE
The Battle of Dandridge, January 17, 1864, was a minor battle of the American Civil War that occurred in Jefferson County, Tennessee. -
THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BLUE RIVER
The Battle of Little Blue River was a minor battle of the American Civil War, occurring on October 21, 1864 in Jackson County, Missouri during Price's Missouri Expedition of that year. It became the opening round of the Second Battle of Independence, -
LINCOLN ASSINATION
The assassination of United States President Abraham Lincoln took place on April 14, 1865, as the American Civil War was drawing to a close, just five days after the surrender of the commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia, Robert E. Lee, and his battered Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant. Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated,