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#OTD in 1863, General @USGrantNPS and his Army of the Tennessee surrounded @VicksburgNPS, the final major confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River. This began a siege that would last almost seven weeks. #CivilWar

The heaviest fighting of the Battle of Resaca, GA began #OTD in 1864. One of the opening battles of General William T. Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, he was opposed by Joseph E. Johnston’s men positioned in the hills outside the town. #CivilWar

The Battle of Raymond, MS was fought #OTD in 1863, as part of General @USGrantNPS’s campaign to surround and capture @VicksburgNPS. Grant’s army was attempting to cut the Southern Railway, which would isolate Vicksburg and stop incoming supplies. #CivilWar

Captain Charles Henry Davis was in command of the U.S. flotilla, having taken command only the day before. The confederate attack caught them by surprise, and two ironclads, the USS Cincinnati and USS Mound City were rammed.

It was the last thing he ever said. Moments later, a sniper's bullet hit him below the left eye, and he dropped to the ground, dead. The moment was witnessed by Julian A. Scott, a drummer boy and later Medal of Honor recipient.

Berry commanded the regiment at the First Battle of Bull Run (@ManassasNPS). Soon after, he was promoted to Brigadier General and given command of a full brigade in III Corps, which he led during the Peninsula Campaign.

It struck Gen. Oliver Howard’s XI Corps as most of the men were cooking rations for dinner, their rifles stacked and unloaded. They were routed, and began a mostly headlong retreat. Jackson’s attack was stopped only by nightfall and concentrated artillery fire from XII Corps.

Having escaped from Washington after the assassination, Booth spent nearly two weeks evading capture and seeking treatment for the leg he injured when he jumped to the @fordstheatre stage. He was accompanied by David Herold, one of his co-conspirators. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

They were the last line of confederate defense between the @USNavy and the New Orleans. The mutually-supporting forts had been built in the 1820's at the direction of President Andrew Jackson, who knew all too well how New Orleans could be defended.

Aboard her was a detachment of infantry from the 8th Massachusetts Militia, which was assigned to the ship to protect her from threats by confederates. Once in Rhode Island, she was again used as a training vessel for the remainder of the war.