20 April 1643 Prince Rupert's engineers detonate the first ever explosive mine used in England to breach the defences and retake Close.

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Questo lavoro
Ci impegniamo a salvare più persone possibili
ma questo non significa tutti
Se non riusciamo a convivere con questo
la prossima volta. . .

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in 1861, rebels in opened fire on the installation, , at the mouth of Charleston Harbor. The bombardment essentially began the

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9 April 1644 Parliamentarian forces under Sir William Waller stormed Winchester. They captured the town but the Royalist garrison held out in the castle.

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In recognition of April being in many southern states, we note that William Pegram was mortally wounded while commanding a battery of Confederate artillery during the Battle of Five Forks, VA, which was a resounding victory for the Union.

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Fayetteville, NC was occupied by Union troops under General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1865 as part of their ongoing Carolinas Campaign. They captured the Confederate Arsenal there, which had produced nearly a million rounds of ammunition in 1864.

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11 March 1645 at in Wiltshire Parliamentary forces under Sir William Waller and Oliver Cromwell surprised a party of 400 Royalist Horse on their way to join Lord Goring; only thirty escaped.

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The act allowed national banks to be created again, and laid out a plan to establish a national paper currency. It also gave the federal government the ability to issue war bonds and securities to help in funding the effort to win the

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in 1862, Union ironclad gunboats commanded by Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote pounded the CSA Fort Henry on the Tennessee River into surrendering—an event that set the stage for U.S. Grant's overland move against nearby Fort Donelson a week later.

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Loving this rendering of General Sherman by in the run-up to the 200th anniversary of his birth, on February 8, 1820. 🇺🇸🇺🇸#HonorVeterans

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A 1863 Compound Interest Treasury Note sold for $228K at the 2020 Florida United Numismatists auction conducted by Heritage Auctions... Click for more.
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