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Continuing his service with the 6th Infantry Regiment, Armistead was sent to several western posts, ultimately commanding a garrison in San Diego. He was great friends with Winfield Scott Hancock, who also served with the 6th Infantry.

He was born in 1817 in New Bern, NC, into a distinguished military family. His father and four uncles served during the War of 1812. His uncle George Armistead commanded @FtMcHenryNPS during the battle that led to the writing of The Star Spangled Banner.

Other ships began to withdraw. Farragut, lashed high in the rigging of the Hartford, ordered them back forward, famously saying “Damn the torpedoes”, and then ordered full speed. The fleet charged into the bay and defeated the Confederate batteries and fleet.

His first task was to capture the @CityOfNOLA, which he accomplished in April, 1862, by daring to run his fleet past the Confederate positions at Forts Jackson and St. Philip on the Mississippi River.

The local Confederate commander, Theophilus Holmes, had over 7500 men available for the assault. The Union commander, General Benjamin Prentiss, had only 4100 troops, having seen over 10,000 men depart to reinforce the army at Vicksburg just days before.

The Battle of @KennesawNPS Mountain was fought #OTD in 1864. Part of General William Tecumseh Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, it involved a frontal assault Sherman elected to launch on the Confederate line at Kennesaw Mountain after a series of flanking movements failed. #CivilWar

Foote was promoted to Commodore, and received the Thanks of Congress twice for leading his flotilla in the Battles of Fort Henry, @FortDonelsonNPS and Island Number Ten. He was promoted to Rear Admiral in late 1862.

#OTD in 1864, Gen. Ambrose Burnside approved the plan of Lt. Col. Henry Pleasants to have his regiment, the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, dig a tunnel beneath the confederate positions at @PetersburgNPS. The tunnel would then be packed with explosives and detonated. #CivilWar

Bvt Brig. General Frederick Benteen died #OTD in 1898. He served in the Western Theater during the #CivilWar, rising to Colonel and commanding a regiment of US Colored Troops.

Meanwhile, the Kearsage's fire was more deliberate and far more accurate. After an hour of exchanging fire, Alabama was holed below the waterline and began to sink. Semmes struck his colors and sent a boat to Kearsage to ask for assistance while his men abandoned ship.