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Happy birthday Sir Thomas Fairfax - Parliamentary general and too often unsung hero of the #EnglishCivilWar, born #OnThisDay 17 January 1612. Portraits of him in our collection. #17thCentury #OTD #RiderOfTheWhiteHorse
General William Rosecrans was born #OTD in 1819. A graduate of West Point, he secured several critical victories for the U.S. in the Western Theater of the #CivilWar, including the Battles of Iuka, Corinth, and @StonesRiverNPS. 🧵
Jesse James, the notorious western outlaw, was born #OTD in 1847. Before his criminal career, James served in several confederate guerrilla bands during the #CivilWar, and participated in at least one of its most infamous war crimes, the Centralia Massacre.
Captain Percival Drayton, a career @USNavy officer who served with distinction during the #CivilWar, commanding Admiral David Farragut’s flagship, USS Hartford, at the Battle of Mobile Bay, was born #OTD in 1812. 🧵
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.
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.
General William Rosecrans died #OTD in 1898 at the age of 78. A graduate of @WestPoint_USMA, he secured several critical victories for the @USArmy in the Western Theater of the #CivilWar, including the Battles of Iuka, Corinth, and @StonesRiverNPS.
Walter Herron Taylor, who served as principal aide-de-camp to Robert E. Lee for the entire #CivilWar, died #OTD in 1916 at the age of 77. He was one of only two other confederate officers besides Lee who attended the signing of the surrender documents at @AppomattoxNPS.
Happy Birthday @JeremyRenner
For Disney, he played Hawkeye in the #MarvelCinematicUniverse.
He made his debut in #Thor, and appeared in #TheAvengers, #AvengersAgeOfUltron, #CaptainAmericaCivilWar, #AvengersEndgame, #WhatIf...?, and recently, starred in his own series, #Hawkeye.
Inventor Richard J. Gatling patented what is considered the first successful machine gun #OTD in 1862. The Gatling Gun saw limited use during the #CivilWar, including in the siege of @PetersburgNPS and in suppressing the New York Draft Riots.
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.
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 #CivilWar, never left U.S. control again.
General William Rosecrans was born #OTD in 1819. A graduate of @WestPoint_USMA, he secured several critical victories for the U.S. in the Western Theater of the #CivilWar, including the Battles of Iuka, Corinth, and @StonesRiverNPS.
Jesse James, the notorious western outlaw, was born #OTD in 1847. Before his criminal career, James served in several confederate guerrilla bands during the #CivilWar, and participated in two of its most infamous war crimes, the Centralia Massacre and Quantrill’s Lawrence Raid.
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.
Bvt Brig. 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.
@StripMarvel Helmut Zemo en #CaptainAmericaCivilWar, era un miembro de las fuerzas especiales de #Sokovia pero en la serie #FalconAndWinterSoldier es un rico aristócrata. Mi pregunta es, es un soldado o un noble?
Diseño de #Zemo para Civil War por #AndyPark @Cinegamerfriki
General William Rosecrans died #OTD in 1898 at the age of 78. A graduate of @WestPoint_USMA, he secured several critical victories for the @USArmy in the Western Theater of the #CivilWar, including the Battles of Iuka, Corinth, and @StonesRiverNPS.
Walter Herron Taylor, who served as principal aide-de-camp to Robert E. Lee for the entire #CivilWar, died #OTD in 1916 at the age of 77. He was one of only two other confederate officers besides Lee who attended the signing of the surrender documents at @AppomattoxNPS.
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.