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U.S. Civil War History
U.S. Civil War History
1863 - Union General Edwin V. Sumner died while awaiting reassignment to the far West.
1865 - At Bentonville, North Carolina, Confederate General Joseph Johnston withdrew his army when Union troops threatened to cut off his only line of retreat.
| "Look at Jackson's brigade! It stands there like a stone wall!" - Confederate General Barnard E. Bee of South Carolina gave this description of Stonewall Jackson's brigade at First Manassas |
