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3 giorni fa · The collections in this module deliver unique coverage of the Confederate Army and the Union Army. The Confederate Army records consist of Confederate Military Manuscripts sourced from the holdings of Virginia Historical Society; the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Louisiana State University; the Center for ...
- Ali Nazari-Nouri
- 2011
3 giorni fa · On June 26, elements of Major General Jubal Early's division of Ewell's corps occupied the town of Gettysburg after chasing off newly raised 26th Pennsylvania emergency militia in a series of minor skirmishes. Early laid the borough under tribute, but did not collect any significant supplies.
- July 1-3, 1863
- Union victory [1]
1 giorno fa · Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia entered Pennsylvania in late June 1863. Knowing that many of his men would take advantage of the bounty offered by the many prosperous farms and towns which had been untouched by the war, Lee issued General Orders 72 on June 21st, 1863 to govern requisitions of supplies “while in the enemy’s country.”
5 giorni fa · The partisan leader found out about Early’s invasion of the North and his potential attack on Washington, only after Mosby’s men accidentally ran into Early’s quartermaster in Middleburg, Virginia.
4 giorni fa · That afternoon Sedgwick drove Jubal Early’s Southerners from Marye’s Heights at Fredericksburg, but Lee countermarched his weary troops, fell upon Sedgwick at Salem Church, and forced him back to the north bank of the Rappahannock.
27 giu 2024 · Nicknamed "Fightin' Dick," Anderson was the grandson of the Revolutionary War hero Richard Anderson. He graduated from West Point in 1842, ranked 40 out of 56. After graduating, he attended cavalry school at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
5 giorni fa · Ewell was replaced by Major Gen. Jubal A. Early and his corps was sent by Lee to the Shenandoah Valley to draw Union forces away from the Seige of Petersburg, in the Valley Campaign. They conducted a long and successful raid down the Valley, into Maryland, and reached the outskirts of Washington, D.C., before turning back.
