1862 Sterling Price assumes command of the Confederate Army of the West
1863
At Vicksburg John Pemberton , commander of Confederate forces recognizes there is little chance of relief from Johnston’s forces at Jackson. As much as he hates it he asks Ulysses S. Grant for terms. Grant demands an unconditional surrender. Pemberton refuses. Late in the evening, Grant offers excellent terms and Pemberton accepts. Mississippi
After an early morning assault on Culp’s Hill fails, the divisions of Pickett, Pettigrew and Trimble assault the center of the Federal line at Gettysburg. In a reverse of Fredericksburg from the previous December, the 2nd Corps stands behind a stone wall and stops the Confederate assault. Union artillery managed by Henry Hunt was instrumental in stopping the attack. An attempt by Stuart to lead a cavalry attack around to the rear of the AOP is stopped by an assault of the Wolverine Brigade led by George Custer. As the Confederates pull back to Seminary Ridge a heavy thunderstorm blankets the battlefield.
1864 Jubal Early moves his army into the Lower Shenandoah Valley to threaten Winchester and Harpers Ferry and prepares to attack the B&O Railroad.
A General Abandonment of the Road | Civil War Daily Gazette
1867 House Select Committee on Reconstruction is appointed
1926 Petersburg designated a National Military Park
1863
At Vicksburg John Pemberton , commander of Confederate forces recognizes there is little chance of relief from Johnston’s forces at Jackson. As much as he hates it he asks Ulysses S. Grant for terms. Grant demands an unconditional surrender. Pemberton refuses. Late in the evening, Grant offers excellent terms and Pemberton accepts. Mississippi
After an early morning assault on Culp’s Hill fails, the divisions of Pickett, Pettigrew and Trimble assault the center of the Federal line at Gettysburg. In a reverse of Fredericksburg from the previous December, the 2nd Corps stands behind a stone wall and stops the Confederate assault. Union artillery managed by Henry Hunt was instrumental in stopping the attack. An attempt by Stuart to lead a cavalry attack around to the rear of the AOP is stopped by an assault of the Wolverine Brigade led by George Custer. As the Confederates pull back to Seminary Ridge a heavy thunderstorm blankets the battlefield.
1864 Jubal Early moves his army into the Lower Shenandoah Valley to threaten Winchester and Harpers Ferry and prepares to attack the B&O Railroad.
A General Abandonment of the Road | Civil War Daily Gazette
1867 House Select Committee on Reconstruction is appointed
1926 Petersburg designated a National Military Park
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