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Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war -- John Andrew Holmes |
Camp Alleghany, 1861(132 total words in this text)(2066 Reads)  Other Names: Allegheny Mountain Location: Pocahontas County Campaign: Operations in Western Virginia (June-December 1861) Date(s): December 13, 1861 Principal Commanders: Brig. Gen. Robert Milroy [US]; Col. Edward ?Allegheny? Johnson [CS] Forces Engaged: Brigades Estimated Casualties: 283 total (US 137; CS 146) Description: In December, Confederate forces under Col. Edward Johnson occupied the summit of Allegheny Mountain to defend the Staunton-Parkersburg Pike. A Union force under Brig. Gen. Robert Milroy attacked Johnson on December 13. Fighting continued for much of the morning as each side maneuvered to gain the advantage. Finally, Milroy?s troops were repulsed, and he retreated to his camps near Cheat Mountain. At year?s end, Edward Johnson remained at Camp Allegheny with five regiments, and Henry Heth was at Lewisburg with two regiments. Result(s): Inconclusive |
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Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans a day after his fleet successfully sailed past two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River.
1864: For the second time in a week, a Confederate force captures a Union wagon train trying to supply the Federal force at Camden, Arkansas. 1898: The United States declares war on Spain. 1915: Australian and New Zealand troops land at Gallipoli in Turkey. 1945: Eight Russian armies completely encircle Berlin, linking up with the U.S. First Army patrol, first on the western bank of the Elbe, then later at Torgau. Germany is, for all intents and purposes, Allied territory. 1952: After a three day fight against Chinese Communist Forces, the Gloucestershire Regiment is annihilated on "Gloucester Hill," in Korea. 1972: Hanois 320th Division drives 5,000 South Vietnamese troops into retreat and traps about 2,500 others in a border outpost northwest of Kontum in the Central Highlands. |
