Table of Data Points

Tag : Land

1863-09-22Blountsville

Union Gen Foster attacked at noon and in the four-hour battle, shelled the town and initiated a flanking movement, compelling the Confederates to withdraw. The first step in moves to force Gen Jones from East Tennessee.

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1863-09-181863-09-20Chickamauga

The battle was the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and the battle with the second highest number of casualties in the war (following Gettysburg)

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1863-09-10Little Rock

Brig. Gen. Davidson's cavalry ran into Confederate troops at Bayou Fourche. Aided by Union artillery fire from north of the river, he forced them out of their position and sent them fleeing to Little Rock, which fell to Union troops that evening.

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1863-09-08Sabine Pass II

Has often been credited as the most one-sided Confederate victory during the conflict

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1863-09-071863-09-08Battery Gregg

During the night of Confederate forces evacuated Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg pressured by advancing Federal siegeworks.

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1863-09-031863-09-05Whitestone Hill

Sullys men overran a large Sioux camp, destroyed much of the contents, killed or wounded a large number of men, and captured numerous women and children. This engagement weakened but did not destroy the Native American resistance in the area.

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1863-09-01Backbone Mountain

After the Battle of Honey Springs, Union Major General James Blunt occupied Fort Smith

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1863-08-21Chattanooga

The opening battle in the Chickamauga Campaign.

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1863-08-21Lawrence Massacre

The attack on , targeted Lawrence due to the town's long support of abolition and its reputation as a center for Redlegs and Jayhawkers, which were free-state militia and vigilante groups known for attacking and destroying farms and plantations in Mis...

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1863-07-28Stony Lake

Closely pursuing the Sioux forces under Chief Inkpaduta since the battle of Big Mound, Henry Hastings Sibley was forced to halt and build a camp due to exhaustion among his animals in his army

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