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U.S. Civil War History
U.S. Civil War History
1861 - Upon the outbreak of the Civil War threats were made against the safety of the USS Constitution. On April 26, the ship began a three-day trip to New York, towed by the steam gunboat R.R. Cuyler.
1863 - Union Colonel Abel Streight began a raid into northern Alabama and Georgia with the goal of cutting off railroad traffic between Chattanooga and Atlanta. Streight surrendered on May 3 to a force 1/2 the size of his own.
1865 - The steamboat Sultana left New Orleans. The craft exploded on April 27 killing about 1,700 people.
| "Sunday a soldier of Company A died and was buried. Everything went on as if nothing had happened, for death is so common that little sentiment is wasted. It is not like a death at home." - Elisha Hunt Rhodes, 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry |
