Today In History
A Day in the History of the Civil War
Today is Friday, July 7, 2023.
Birthdays
1813 William Scott Ketchum, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1871
1816 Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard, Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889
1824 Alfred Pleasonton, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
1827 William Montague Browne, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1827 James Murrell Shackelford, Brig General (Union volunteers)
Events
1861 Battle of Laurel Hill, VA
1862 Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land
1863 1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100)
1863 Orders barring Jews from serving under US Grant are revoked
1864 S Middleton, MD -Early's Washington Raid-
That's all for today
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