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When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen. -- George Washington |
Auburn, 1863(96 total words in this text)(2122 Reads)  Other Names: Coffee Hill Location: Fauquier County Campaign: Bristoe Campaign (October?November 1863) Date(s): October 14, 1863 Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. G.K. Warren [US]; Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart [CS] Forces Engaged: Brigades Estimated Casualties: 113 total Description: As the Federal army withdrew towards Manassas Junction, Owens and Smyth?s Union brigades (Warren?s II Corps) fought a rearguard action against Stuart?s cavalry and infantry of Harry Hays?s division near Auburn. Stuart?s cavalry boldly bluffed Warren?s infantry and escaped disaster. The II Corps pushed on to Catlett Station on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad. 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1966. 1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. |
