Thursday, March 28, 2024
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U.S. Civil War History
1862 - Confederate General Henry Hopkins Sibley was defeated at the Battle of Glorietta Pass. Sibley's men had come up the Rio Grande and within a few weeks had captured Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
1865 - At City Point, Virginia, U.S. President Lincoln met with Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman and Admiral David Dixon Porter.
U.S. Civil War Quote
"Fondly do we hope--fervently do we pray--that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away." - U.S. President Lincoln at his second inauguration ceremony on March 4, 1865.
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