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U.S. Civil War History
U.S. Civil War History
1862 - In Louisville, Kentucky, Union General Jefferson C. Davis mortally wounded his commanding officer, General William Nelson. Nelson had slapped Davis during a quarrel in a hotel lobby. Davis chased Nelson upstairs and shot him. Davis was never court-martialed.
1864 - Union General Ulysses S. Grant attacked forces under Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of New Market Heights (Chaffin's Farm/Fort Harrison). The attempt failed.
1864 - Confederate General John Bell Hood began tearing up the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
| "He looked as though he ought to have been, and was, the monarch of the world." - Description of Robert E. Lee |
