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18 apr 2024 · Battle of Gettysburg, (July 1–3, 1863), major engagement in the American Civil War, fought 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, that was a crushing Southern defeat. It is generally regarded as the turning point of the war and has probably been more intensively studied and analyzed than any other battle in U.S. history.
24 nov 2009 · On January 1, 1863, Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation, which declared “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebel states “are, and henceforward shall be free.”
10 mag 2022 · View All Pages in the National Archives Catalog. View Transcript. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, announcing, "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious areas "are, and henceforward shall be free." Initially, the Civil War between North and South was fought by the North to prevent ...
27 ott 2009 · Getty Images / Christine_Kohler. The New York Draft Riots occurred in July 1863, when the anger of working-class New Yorkers over a new federal draft law during the Civil War sparked five days of ...
Premier of New South Wales – Charles Cowper until 15 October, then James Martin. Premier of Queensland – Robert Herbert. Premier of South Australia – George Waterhouse until 4 July, then Francis Dutton until 15 July, then Henry Ayers. Premier of Tasmania – Thomas Chapman until 20 January, then James Whyte. Premier of Victoria – John O ...
The Vicksburg Campaign began in 1862 and ended with the Confederate surrender on July 4, 1863. With the loss of Confederate general John C. Pemberton’s army after the siege at Vicksburg and a Union victory at Port Hudson five days later, the Union controlled the entire Mississippi River and the Confederacy was split in half.
On April 15, 1863, the Reverend Stewart wrote: “My opinion is, that just now, with the enemy directly ahead of us, there is no eligible route for us into Richmond. . . . Hence our prime object is the enemies’ army in front of us, . . . we should continually harass and menace him, so that he shall have no leisure, nor safety in sending away detachments.
