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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. -- General Douglas MacArthur |
Aquia Creek, 1861(98 total words in this text)(2281 Reads)  Other Names: None Location: Stafford County Campaign: Blockade of the Chesapeake Bay (May-June 1861) Date(s): May 29-June 1, 1861 Principal Commanders: Cdr. James H. Ward [US]; Col. Daniel Ruggles [CS] Forces Engaged: 3 gunboats [US]; battery garrison [CS] Estimated Casualties: 10 total Description: Three Union naval vessels bombarded Confederate batteries near the mouth of Aquia Creek that were built to protect the northern terminus of the railroad to Richmond. Confederates feared a landing of troops, but this did not materialize. Results of the bombardment were inconclusive, although the batteries were later withdrawn. Result(s): Inconclusive |
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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1966. 1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. |
