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Today is Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Today in
U.S. Civil War History



1861 - Tennessee was officially admitted to the Confederacy.

1863 - Union General Ulysses S. Grant defeated Confederates under John C. Pemberton at Champion's Hill. The Rebels went back into Vicksburg and Grant continued his advance toward Jackson, Mississippi.


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U.S. Civil War Quotes

"Atlanta is ours, and fairly won."
- General William T. Sherman in a telegraph to U.S. President Lincoln.