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Today is the sesquicentennial of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point (almost one year after the inception at Fort Sumter). It [...]
150 Years Ago Today – The Battle of Shiloh
April 6, 2012 -
As McClellan began the Virginia Peninsula Campaign by pushing his large army (about 120,000) from Fort Monroe, his troops soon encountered a [...]
150 Years Ago Today – The Siege of Yorktown Begins
April 4, 2012 -
After months of preparation (along with criticism for the inaction of The Army of the Potomac), McClellan himself departed Washington (“that [...]
150 Years Ago Today – McClellan Leaves Washington for Peninsula Campaign
April 1, 2012