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Confederates move forward while Lee enjoys the adoration of his troops.
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The advance was slow, but French eventually pushed the confederates out of Manassas Gap. Reinforcing units arrived and further slowed the U.S. attack, which was ultimately abandoned once it became clear that Lee’s main force had moved safely out of reach.
Evacuation of Confederate troops from New Madrid, Missouri (Charleston Mercury, March 19, 1862). #History
During the #CivilWar, Forrest fought against the United States, commanding confederate cavalry in the western theater. He was responsible for the infamous Fort Pillow massacre, in which his men murdered hundreds of unarmed, surrendering Black soldiers of the @USArmy.
As he personally directed the withdrawal, Garnett was shot and instantly killed by U.S. troops under General Thomas A. Morris, becoming the first confederate “general”killed during the #CivilWar. His men broke and ran, leaving Garnett’s body, a cannon and 40 wagons of supplies.
Edmond Pettus was born #OTD in 1821 in Limestone County, Alabama. He served as an officer in the Confederate Army and as a US senator after the War. He was also active in the Ku Klux Klan, serving as its Grand Dragon in Alabama. He is the namesake of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
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 New Orleans, 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 U.S. commander, General Benjamin Prentiss, had only 4100 troops, having seen over 10,000 men depart to reinforce the army at Vicksburg just days before.
Yes, I celebrate July 4th. The day Confederate Vicksburg surrendered to Union forces commanded by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant #FourthofJuly #ConfederateTears
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
Moses is a marksman who served in the american civil war on the loosing side, now him and other ex confederates have allied together in a gang, although despite their bragging they really only commit petty crimes
Winslow ordered Kearsarge to clear French waters before running up the US Navy Jack and turning to face the confederate ship. The Alabama fired the first shots, to no effect, and continued firing rapidly and somewhat wildly. Many shots bounded off the Kearsarge s armor cladding.
With the U.S. position on Cemetery Ridge in danger of being breached, General Winfield Hancock saw a confederate brigade advancing toward a gap in his lines. He turned to Colvill, commanding the only infantry in the area, and ordered "Advance, Colonel, and take those colors!"
As the U.S. troops appeared to be flanked, reinforcements arrived in the form of the @USNavy gunboats USS Lexington and USS Choctaw. With their fire supporting them, Lieb’s men forced the confederates to withdraw.
..along with 9k troopers and 3k infantry attacked an unsuspecting Stuart at dawn. Attacks and counterattacks ensued throughout the day... ending with 900 Union casualties, & 600 Confederate. The rebs had also captured an artillery battery, and held the field at days end...