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Monthly Archives: December 2008
December 31 – This day in the Civil War
1862 After Braxton Bragg retreated from Kentucky, in September 1862, he pulled back through central Tennessee, stopping at Murfreesboro. Abraham Lincoln, concerned with the way Don Carlos Buell was commanding the Army of Ohio, replaced Buell with the hero of … Continue reading
Captain John W. Morton’s Battery
Originally organized on July 1, 1861, as CS Captain Thomas K. Porter’s Light artillery company, this battery would be attached to CS Brigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner’s Division at Fort Donelson. The battery would be surrendered on February 16, after Porter … Continue reading
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December 30 – This day in the Civil War
1862 Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Confederate cavalry retreats towards Parker’s Crossroads from a raid in northwest Tennessee. Arriving at the crossroads on December 31, Forrest ran into Cyrus Dunham’s Federals brigade. Dunham had blocked Forrest’s path to the Tennessee River … Continue reading
The 55th Illinois Infantry Regiment
The 55th Illinois Infantry regiment was organized at Camp Douglas, Chicago. Mustering into service on October 31, 1861, it would move to Benton Barracks, MO, where it would remain through January 12, 1862. Moving, to Paducah, KY, on January 12, … Continue reading
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December 29 – This day in the Civil War
1862 Federal General William T. Sherman’s army attacks well entrenched Confederates, north of Vicksburg, MS. In a battle to be known, as Chickasaw Bluffs, Sherman would be repulsed.
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