Today In History
A Day in the History of the Civil War
Today is Thursday, November 21, 2024.
Birthdays
1817 Richard Brooke Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1828 William McComb, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1918
1831 John Franklin Miller, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1834 Joseph Jackson Bartlett, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1893
Events
1864 -22] Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia
1865 Shaw University forms in Raleigh NC
That's all for today
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