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9 October 1643 Parliamentary forces under the Earl of Manchester, Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell were besieging Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire.

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2021-10-09

This is Frederic Edwin Church's amazing 1861 painting, Our Banner in The Sky!!

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2021-10-05

Gen. Solomon Meredith, who commanded the famed Iron Brigade at , where he was wounded after his men launched a furious attack to halt the confederate advance at Seminary Ridge, died in 1875. He was 65 years old, and was buried in Cambridge City, IN.

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2021-10-03

The Centralia Massacre took place in 1864, when guerrillas commanded by William “Bloody Bill” Anderson, murdered 22 unarmed U.S. soldiers that had been pulled off an intercepted passenger train at Centralia, MO.

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2021-09-27

Sheridan moved quickly, striking Early with two Corps totaling about 40,000 men. Early was outnumbered nearly 4-to-1, and though the fighting was fierce, he ultimately had to withdraw. Winchester, which changed hands 75 times during the never left U.S. control again.

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2021-09-20

19 September 1642 Parliamentarians proclaimed Ferdinando, 2nd Lord Fairfax as their leader. His son, Sir Thomas Fairfax, would be his deputy and go on to even greater things...

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2021-09-19

The opening engagement of the Battle of Chickamauga took place in 1863, as the U.S. Army of the Cumberland under General William Rosecrans and the confederate Army of Tennessee under Braxton Bragg approached each other in northwest Georgia.

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2021-09-19

18 September 1644 was the Battle of Montgomery, the largest battle fought in Wales during the Royalist forces under Lord Byron were defeated by Sir John Meldrum, leaving the Parliamentarians in control of central Wales.

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2021-09-18

The Battle of Munfordville, KY, fought as part of Braxton Bragg’s invasion of Kentucky, ended in 1862. A force of over 4,000 men under Colonel James Wilder surrendered to a much larger confederate force after a three day siege.

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2021-09-18

14 September 1645 King Charles I, influenced by Prince Rupert's enemies at court, dismissed him from his service for surrendering Bristol. Rupert would subsequently demand and be exonerated by a Court Martial.

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2021-09-14

13 September 1645 was the battle of Philiphaugh near Selkirk. Covenanter forces under Lt Gen David Leslie decisively defeated Royalist forces under the Marquis of Montrose. Images of the generals from our collection.

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2021-09-13

11 September 1645, Prince Rupert surrendered the last Royalist port, to Sir Thomas Fairfax. Rupert had no option due to disease and being outgunned, but a furious Charles I stripped him of his offices. Images from our collection.

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2021-09-11

7 September 1642 the Royalist commander of George Goring surrendered the town under generous terms to Parliamentary forces under Sir William Waller. Thread 1/2

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2021-09-07

General William Rosecrans was born in 1819. A graduate of , he secured several critical victories for the U.S. in the Western Theater of the including the Battles of Iuka, Corinth, and .

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2021-09-06

Jesse James, the notorious western outlaw, was born in 1847. Before his criminal career, James served in several confederate guerrilla bands during the and participated in two of its most infamous war crimes, the Centralia Massacre and Quantrill’s Lawrence Raid.

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2021-09-06

Pet Peeves 8/28/21, in which CJ prepares for battle. (Check out the Pet Peeves books at https://t.co/k6eH2QEzNl!)

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2021-08-30