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U.S. Civil War History
U.S. Civil War History
1863 - Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and some of his men tunneled out of the newly opened Ohio State Penitentiary and escaped to the South.
1864 - In Georgia, Union General Judson Kilpatrick began pursuing Confederate General Joseph Wheeler between Waynesboro and Millen. The engagment ended on December 4. The battle allowed Union General Sherman to march to Savannah, Georgia on his famous "March to the Sea."
| "Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty." - Jefferson Davis |
