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During this season of late May in 1863, the Union army was successfully staging final operations to secure the free flow of shipping along the [...]
May 25, 2013
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This Enfilading Lines blog has been following the 150th anniversary events of many varied items of Civil War history over the past two years. [...]
April 12, 2013
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On this date of April 9, 1863, President Lincoln was in the midst of a visit to the Army of the Potomac and General Hooker. This second of two [...]
April 9, 2013
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On this date of April 8, 1863, President Lincoln was in the midst of a visit to the Army of the Potomac and General Hooker. This first of two [...]
April 8, 2013
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The wear and tear of war was beginning to seriously take its toll upon the South during this third spring of the Civil War. A series of civil [...]
April 3, 2013
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There are two items of interest relative to slavery that occurred 150 years ago today on this date of March 26, 1863. Gradual Emancipation of [...]
March 26, 2013
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As I wrote yesterday, Confederate artilleryman John Pelham was mortally wounded in the Battle of Kelly’s Ford and died 150 years ago on this [...]
March 18, 2013
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150 Years Ago – Capture of Union General E.H. Stoughton It was 150 years ago on the overnight of March 8-9 that Union General E.H. Stoughton [...]
March 8, 2013
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On this date of March 3, 1863, the Enrollment Act (a.k.a. the Civil War Military Draft Act) was passed and signed by President Lincoln. The [...]
March 3, 2013
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Battle of Hartwood Church and the Peterhoff Incident A cavalry clash occurred on this date of February 25, 1863 known as the Battle of Hartwood [...]
February 25, 2013
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