Today in History:

Today In History

A Day in the History of the Civil War

Today is Friday, October 11, 2024.

Birthdays


1820 Alfred Washington Ellet, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1825 Elkanah Brackin Greer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877
1835 Hunter Holmes McGuire, Med Director (Confederate Army), died in 1900

Events


1861 Battle of Dumfries, VA (Quantico Creek)
1863 Skirmish at Rheatown/Henderson's Mill, Tennessee
1864 Slavery abolished in Maryland
1865 Pres Johnson paroles CSA VP Alexander Stephens

That's all for today

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