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  1. Jim Klag

    July 6 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag July 6 Birthdays 1821 - Edward Pettus, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Athens, Alabama (d. 1907) July 6 Antebellum Events 1854 - Meeting in Jackson , Michigan a group of Republicans present the...
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    July 2 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag July 2 Birthdays 1810 - Robert Toombs, American lawyer and 1st Confederate States Secretary of State, born in Washington, Georgia (d. 1885) 1830 - John Bordenave Villepigue, American Brigadier General (Confederate...
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    July 1 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag July 1 Birthdays 1802 - Gideon Welles, 24th U.S. secretary of the navy under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, born in Glastonbury, Connecticut (d. 1878) July 1 Antebellum Events 1818 - Second Bank of...
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    June 17 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag June 17 Birthdays 1823 - John Henry Hobart Ward, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in NYC, New York (d. 1903) 1830 - Richard Montgomery Gano, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Bourbon...
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    June 4 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag June 4 Birthdays 1803 - Gabriel J. Rains, American army officer, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in New Bern, North Carolina (d. 1881) 1815 - Paul Jones Semmes, American businessman and Brigadier General...
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    June 3 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag June 3 Birthdays 1808 - Jefferson Davis, CSA President, born, Christian County (now Todd County), Kentucky. (d. 1889) 1815 - Martin Edward Green, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Fauquier County, VA. (d...
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    May 25 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag May 25 Antebellum Events 1787 - Constitutional convention opens at Philadelphia, George Washington presiding. Saturday May 25 1861 The publication of the Honorable William G. Brownlow's editorial, in the Knoxville...
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    May 7 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag May 7 Birthdays 1826 - Varina Howell Davis, First Lady of the Confederate States (1862-65), born in Natchez, Mississippi (d. 1906) 1827 - Francis Engle Patterson, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in...
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    May 5 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag May 5 Birthdays 1823 - James Allen Hardie, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in NYC, New York (d. 1876) Sunday May 5 1861 Fort Arbuckle and Fort Cobb, of the Indian Territory, the Chickasaw Indian...
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    May 3 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag May 3 Birthdays 1816 - Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1892) Friday May 3 1861 President Lincoln creates the Dept. of the Ohio, consisting of...
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    May 2 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag May 2 Birthdays 1821 - Abram Sanders Piatt, American farmer, publisher, poet, politician, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1908) 1837 - Henry Martyn Robert, American soldier and...
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    May 1 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag May 1 Birthdays 1800 - Thomas Aloysius Dornin, American naval officer (USA), born in Ireland (d. 1874) 1807 - John B. Magruder, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Port Royal, Virginia (d. 1871) 1819 -...
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    April 29 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag April 29 Birthdays 1815 - Abram Duryée, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in NYC, New York (d. 1890) Monday April 29 1861 The State of Maryland Convention, at Annapolis, votes down secession by the...
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    April 28 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag April 28 Birthdays 810 - Daniel Ullman, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1892) 1812 - Daniel Henry Rucker, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Belleville, New...
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    April 27 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag April 27 Birthdays 1822 - Hiram Ulysses Grant (General Ulysses S. Grant) born, Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio. 1835 - John Murray Corse, American politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in...
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    April 26 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag April 26 Birthdays 1826 - George Hull Ward, American general and Union officer in the American Civil War, born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1863) 1826 - Ambrose R. Wright, American Civil War General, born in...
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    April 25 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag April 25 Birthdays 1840 - James Dearing, U.S. Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Campbell County, Virginia (d. 1865) April 25 Antebellum Events 1846 - United States troops, sent to the disputed portion of...
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    April 23 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag April 23 Birthdays 1791 - James Buchanan born, Cove Gap near Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. 1813 - Stephen A. Douglas born, Brandon, Rutland County, VT. April 23 Antebellum Events 1784 - Congress approves the Territorial...
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    April 22 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag April 22 Birthdays 1818 - Cadwallader Colden Washburn, American Major General (Union Army), born in Livermore, Maine. (d. 1882) 1823 - Alfred Gibbs, American Major General (Union Army), born in Long Island, New York...
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    April 21 In Civil War History

    On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag April 21 Birthdays 1803 - Levin Minn Powell, American Commander (Union Navy), born in Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia (d. 1885) 1809 - Robert M. T. Hunter, American lawyer and politician (2nd Confederate States...
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