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Prairie D'Ane, 1864(163 total words in this text)(1942 Reads)  Location: Nevada County Campaign: Camden Expedition (1864) Date(s): April 9-13, 1864 Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. Fred Steele [US]; Maj. Gen. Sterling Price [CS] Forces Engaged: Department of Arkansas [US]; District of Arkansas [CS] Estimated Casualties: Unknown Description: On April 10, Maj. Gen. Fred Steele?s Union forces, combined with Brig. Gen. John M. Thayer?s division, marched south from the Cornelius Farm. They soon encountered a Confederate line of battle at Prairie D?Ane and attacked, driving it back about a mile before being checked. Skirmishing continued throughout the afternoon of April 11, forcing Steele to divert line of march forces away from Shreveport toward Camden. Maj. Gen. Sterling Price?s Confederates returned to Prairie D?Ane on April 13, falling upon Steele?s rearguard under Thayer. After a four-hour battle, Price disengaged, and Steele?s column continued to Camden, occupying the city. Result(s): Union victory |
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Confederate General Joseph Johnston officially surrenders his army to General William T. Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.
1865: John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. 1865: Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman. 1937: The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes. 1952: Armistice negotiations are resumed. 1971: The U.S. command in Saigon announces that the U.S. force level in Vietnam is 281,400 men, the lowest since July 1966. 1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. |
