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15 de dez. de 2023 · 10 Moments That Shaped the Civil War. February 3 — General William T. Sherman (USA) started his Meridian Campaign, employing “total war” tactics. February 9 — More than 100 Union officers escaped from Libby Prison in Virginia. February 17 — The Confederate submarine Hunley sank the USS Housatonic with a torpedo.
Source: Phisterer, Frederick. Statistical Record of the Armies of the United States. New York: Scribner’s, 1883. 1864. Rectortown (or Five Points), Virginia.
15 de mai. de 2024 · American Civil War, four-year war (1861–65) fought between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America. It arose out of disputes over slavery and states’ rights. When antislavery candidate Abraham Lincoln was elected president (1860), the Southern states seceded.
1 January – The Queensland Police Force is established and begins operations with approximately 143 employees. [2] 4 May – The first trout hatchery in the southern hemisphere is established at Plenty, Tasmania. 14 May – Bushranger Frank Gardiner is sentenced to 32 years in prison, although he is later pardoned by Henry Parkes in 1874.
Some tribal leaders proclaimed friendship with the white territorial government and were promised the protection of nearby forts. On November 29th, Colonel John Chivington, leading over 600 Colorado Territory Militia soldiers from nearby Fort Lyon, attacked the Sand Creek camp of over 500 Cheyenne and Arapaho without provocation.
A reward of 300 has been offered for the apprehension of the murderer or murderers. 23 July 1864 The murder of Mr. Briggs in a carriage on the North London Railway, on Saturday week, was, there seems little doubt, committed by Franz M ller, a German tailor. The manner in which the crime was traced to him is curious.
In his “Gettysburg Address,” Lincoln articulated a time when the nation would be made whole again. But in 1864, the armies plunged into bloody campaigns. 1865 opened with Union victories that closed Lee’s vital supply line. Sherman’s army stormed through South Carolina, where Charleston fell. Lee was forced to surrender on April 9, 1865.
