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U.S. Civil War History
U.S. Civil War History
1863 - Union General Ulysses Grant fought with and defeated Rebel forces at Raymond, Mississippi.
1864 - Confederate Cavalry General J.E.B. Stuart died. He had been wounded the previous day at the Battle of Yellow Tavern.
1864 - Troops under Union General Winfield Scott Hancock overran Rebel trenches at Spotsylvania.
| "Sending armies to McClellan is like shoveling fleas across a barnyard. Not half of them get there." - Abraham Lincoln |
