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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.
#OnThisDay 9 July 1643 the Earl of Essex wrote to Parliament complaining his army was inadequate; as such he proposed that peace negotiations with the King should be resumed. The letter backfired, being seen as evidence of Essex's unreliability. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD
Frederick Douglass - (redraw) Limited Edition (5)
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American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.
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#OnThisDay 5 July 1643 was the Battle of Lansdown in Somerset. Parliamentary forces under Sir William Waller were narrowly defeated by the Royalist western army; the Cornish Cavalier Sir Bevil Grenville was killed in the fighting. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD
#OnThisDay 30 June 1643 was the Battle of Adwalton Moor in Yorkshire, where Royalist forces under the Earl of Newcastle defeated Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax. As a result all of Yorkshire was left under Royalist control except for Hull & Bradford. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD
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
America's Tragic Flirtation with the Confederacy. https://t.co/FEPUwrcaV7 #history #Twitterstorians #Americanhistory #politics #AmericanCivilWar #Confederacy #Trump #January6thCommitteeHearings #CapitolRiots #MoonlightandMagnolias #nostalgia
Brevet Brigadier General Frederick Benteen died #OTD in 1898. He served in the Trans-Mississippi Theater during the #CivilWar, rising to Colonel and commanding a regiment of US Colored Troops.
681. Vengadores #1 de 2017
Tras la civilwardos, los waidgadores siguen su lucha contra Kang tras fichar a Hercules de forma muy random, a Nadia fuera de cámara y a Spiderman de forma muy adecuada.
No sabeis lo que me alegré cuando supe que venía Del Mundo a los vengatas Anad
Admiral Pizza issue #7 Page 45: The Evolution of the Admiral-Up next, back to Zan and Eddie in the year 300X...! https://t.co/59lsBe75ZQ
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Admiral Pizza issue #7 page 44 Vampire Hunter J takes up Newly minted Marshal Pizza as his apprentice. And Yes, he can read your mind. #comics #pizza #pizzacomics #civilwars #vampirehunter #vampires
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At a skirmish at Y Dalar Hir fought #OTD in 1648 a small force of Welsh royalists were routed along the shores of the Menai Strait. With the capture of the royalist commander, Sir John Owen, the revolt in North Wales temporarily collapsed. #BritishCivilWars
Francis Hacker (d.1660), survivor of the 1645 attack on #Leicester.
In 1649 he escorted King Charles to his execution (Hacker shown on the right of the scaffold).
Yes, the two events were connected:
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#CivilWar #History #OTD
Happy Birthday to Walt Whitman, born on this day in 1819.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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Battle of Chattanooga
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Admiral Pizza issue #7 page 41 The Green Ghost is defeated...For now..Tyrants bring you down, Heroes bring you up..!
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