Today in
U.S. Civil War History
U.S. Civil War History
1862 - Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart returned from his ride around the Army of the Potomac. Robert E. Lee had sent him on a reconnaissance of Union positions. On June 12, Stuart began his ride in which he circled the entire Union force.
1863 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln put out an emergency call for 100,000 troops from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia. The call was not needed because the Confederates did not move toward Washington.
| "I failed, I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it." - Abraham Lincoln's self-criticism of his famous "Gettysburg Address" |
