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  • Originally posted by Albany Rifles View Post
    1861 Missouri declares its neutrality in the Civil War

    Confederate Congress votes to move its capital from Montgomery to Richmond

    Sterling Price signs an agreement with William Harney, essentially handing Missouri over to federal forces.

    1863 Battle of Plains Store, LA. Banks cuts of Port Hudson Battle of Plains Store - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    1864 One of the most famous officers call of all times at the intersection of Massaponax Road and Telegraph Road south of Fredericksburg in the yard of Massaponax Baptist Church.

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    And a little more about that photo.

    Medal of Honor Recipient Caught Straggling on the March | Mysteries and Conundrums
    I know that Grant is in all the photos; in the middle photo, that's Grant leaning over the bench to read the map in Meade's hands.
    "There is never enough time to do or say all the things that we would wish. The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have. Remember Scrooge, time is short, and suddenly, you're not there any more." -Ghost of Christmas Present, Scrooge

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    • Stitch,

      Yup....and I would love to hear what he is telling Meade. FYI the civilian in the first photo next to Grant is Charles Dana...sometimes called "lincoln's Spy" but he actually had a warm relationship with Grant and relieved Grant of the daily burden of reports to Washington.
      “Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
      Mark Twain

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      • 1861 Virginia ratifies the Secessionist Convention referendum by a vote of 132,201 to 37,451

        John Floyd commissioned a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army

        Thomas Jackson strikes the B&O Railroad, capturing 56 locomotives

        1862 Battle of Front Royal

        1863 Banks closes in on Port Hudson and begins the plans for his infantry assault.

        1864 The Battle of North Anna begins with the IInd Corps seizing the Chesterfield Bridge over the North Anna River and the Vth Corps crossing to the west at Jericho Mills ford.

        The Battle of North Anna Summary & Facts | Civilwar.org


        1865 Grand Review of the Army of the Potomac. The Western Armies would march on the following day, 24 May 1865. Actually it was minus the VIth Corps. It had stayed at Appomattox to finish the parole process and to guard the large amounts of military stores captured. A single corps was selected as that was all that could be sustained at the end of the long supply line reaching back to City Point over the poorly maintained Southside Railway. After shipping all arms and equipment out, the VIth Corps got their own Grand Review a month later in Washington.
        “Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
        Mark Twain

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        • 1861 Virginia ratifies the Secessionist Convention referendum by a vote of 132,201 to 37,451

          John Floyd commissioned a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army

          Thomas Jackson strikes the B&O Railroad, capturing 56 locomotives

          1862 Battle of Front Royal

          1863 Banks closes in on Port Hudson and begins the plans for his infantry assault.

          1864 The Battle of North Anna begins with the IInd Corps seizing the Chesterfield Bridge over the North Anna River and the Vth Corps crossing to the west at Jericho Mills ford.

          The Battle of North Anna Summary & Facts | Civilwar.org


          1865 Grand Review of the Army of the Potomac. The Western Armies would march on the following day, 24 May 1865. Actually it was minus the VIth Corps. It had stayed at Appomattox to finish the parole process and to guard the large amounts of military stores captured. A single corps was selected as that was all that could be sustained at the end of the long supply line reaching back to City Point over the poorly maintained Southside Railway. After shipping all arms and equipment out, the VIth Corps got their own Grand Review a month later in Washington.
          “Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
          Mark Twain

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          • 1862

            Battle of Winchester, Stonewall Jackson defeats Nathaniel “Commissary” Banks

            After relieving Grant for his “failure” at Shiloh, Henry Halleck and his combined armies fo Tennessee & Cumberland arrives outside of Corinth. It has taken him 26 days to march 20 miles, virtually unopposed

            1863

            Clement Vallandigham is banished to the Confederacy for his "pro-Confederate remarks." The exchange took place at Murfreesboro, Tennessee

            Major General Dick Ewell's returns to the Army of Northern Virginia following the amputation of his leg after the battle of Groveton (Second Bull Run)

            1864

            Battle of New Hope Church

            The Battle of New Hope Church Summary & Facts | Civilwar.org

            At North Anna Warren's V Corps probed A.P. Hill's line on the western leg of the V and judged it too strong to attack. Wright's VI Corps attempted to flank the Confederate line by crossing Little River, but found that Wade Hampton's cavalry was covering the fords. Hancock already knew the strength of the line facing him and did nothing further.
            “Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
            Mark Twain

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            • Originally posted by Albany Rifles View Post
              1862

              Battle of Winchester, Stonewall Jackson defeats Nathaniel “Commissary” Banks
              Just up the road a piece. That was the culmination of Jackson's surprise attack on Front Royal, if I recall correctly. His troops marched past my driveway (then a farm) on their way from the Winchester Road to the Valley Pike.

              1863

              Clement Vallandigham is banished to the Confederacy for his "pro-Confederate remarks." The exchange took place at Murfreesboro, Tennessee
              Who was he exchanged for? Did this happen before he ended up in Canada?
              To be Truly ignorant, Man requires an Education - Plato

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              • No mention of BG James Ledlie at North Anna?
                "So little pains do the vulgar take in the investigation of truth, accepting readily the first story that comes to hand." Thucydides 1.20.3

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                • Originally posted by Shek View Post
                  No mention of BG James Ledlie at North Anna?
                  Saving that for July!

                  And JAD, Clement Vallandigham was exhiled to the Confederacy by Lincoln and then went to Canada. He ran for Governor of Ohio in absentia and lost badly to the War Democrat John (?) Blough. As I recall he snuck back into the country in 1864 and openly served a a delegate from his district in OPhio to the Democratic Convention that year. The Federal forces kept an eye on him but left him alone.

                  I believe him to be wrongheaded but you have to admire the courage of his convictions!
                  “Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
                  Mark Twain

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                  • 1863 The first assault at Port Hudson having failed that day Nathaniel Banks decides to dig in and beseige the Confederates.

                    The Battle of Port Hudson Summary & Facts | Civilwar.org

                    1864 The Union IV Corps is repulsed at the poorly conceived and executed Battle of Pickett's Mill. This followed on the heels of the failure at New Hope Church on 25-26 May 64.
                    “Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
                    Mark Twain

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                    • Originally posted by Albany Rifles View Post
                      Saving that for July!
                      But a prologue is necessary. He first rises to the radar screen in 1864 as a result of his brigade's failed assault against the North Anna earthworks. However, he is not leading his troops into battle; instead, he is partaking of spirits.
                      "So little pains do the vulgar take in the investigation of truth, accepting readily the first story that comes to hand." Thucydides 1.20.3

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                      • Originally posted by JAD_333 View Post
                        Who was he exchanged for? Did this happen before he ended up in Canada?
                        I thought he was made to leave. Don't think he was exchanged for anybody. After he got to the CSA, the Confederates decided they didn't like him either so he got on a boat for Canada.
                        All those who are merciful with the cruel will come to be cruel to the merciful.
                        -Talmud Kohelet Rabbah, 7:16.

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                        • Originally posted by Shek View Post
                          But a prologue is necessary. He first rises to the radar screen in 1864 as a result of his brigade's failed assault against the North Anna earthworks. However, he is not leading his troops into battle; instead, he is partaking of spirits.
                          Okay, Shek shamed me into it.

                          James Ledlie had been serving in the Carolinas for much of the war until 1864 when he was appointed a BG and made a brigade commander in Burnside's IXth Corps. At the Battle of the North Anna on 24 May the corps was ordered to Cross at Ox Ford and destroy what Grant thought was Lee's Rear guard. It turned out to be AP Hill's well dug in corps. Thomas Crittendon's division lead the way, Ledlie's brigade in the lead. The orders were to wait until the entire division was crossed and ready but Ledlie, who had been drinking steadily since dawn, ordered his brigade into the attack. All of his regiemnts as well as 3 reinforecing regiments were fed into a meat grinder in a blinding rain storm. All field grade officers in the 35th, 56th & 57th MA VI became casualties. As the fighting intensified Ledlie accelerated his drinking.

                          Incredibly Leldie's actions were seen as aggressive and he was awarded with a promotion and elevation to division command. Many Soldiers would pay with their lives for that error.
                          “Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
                          Mark Twain

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                          • 1861 Robert Anderson assumes command of the Department of Kentucky. Irvin McDowell assumes command of the Department of Northeastern Virginia

                            Confederates seize the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from Point of Rocks to Cumberland

                            1864 Skirmish near Jacksonville, Florida

                            1864 Battle of Dallas, Georgia Battle of Dallas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
                            “Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
                            Mark Twain

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                            • Originally posted by Albany Rifles View Post
                              Incredibly Leldie's actions were seen as aggressive and he was awarded with a promotion and elevation to division command. Many Soldiers would pay with their lives for that error.
                              Yes, the combination of race and chance will lead to the saddest affair of the war.
                              "So little pains do the vulgar take in the investigation of truth, accepting readily the first story that comes to hand." Thucydides 1.20.3

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                              • 1863 Ambrose Burnside offers his resignation over the Vallandigham affair. Lincoln refuses.

                                1864 Confederates capture wagon train at Salem, Arkansas

                                1865 Andrew Johnson grants a Presidential pardon to those who directly or indirectly aided the Southern war effort. He restored property rights to the South with the exception of slaves. Unlike Lincoln's declaration in December, 1863, Johnson creates an exception for property owners whose holdings total $20,000 dollars or more.

                                President Johnson appoints William Holden as provisional governor of North Carolina, a blueprint for his plans of Presidential Reconstruction. Holden was instructed to call a constitutional convention of men who had signed an oath of allegiance to the United States.
                                “Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
                                Mark Twain

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