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Bagradas River (49 b.c.)(102 total words in this text)(2505 Reads)  War: First Triumvirate, Wars of the Date: 24 Aug 49 b.c. - 49 b.c. Location: Bagradas River, North Africa Outcome: Numidian victory over the Roman-Caesarians Principal Commanders: Roman : Gaius Scribonius Curio : Juba I Overview: After his victory at Utica, Scribonius Curio (loyal to Casaer) marched to the Bagradas River where he was attacked by Numidian (allies of Pompey) cavalry. The Numidians defeated the Romans and Curio was killed. |
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1865:
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1966. 1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. |
