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Stonewall Jackson would rather lose one man to hard marching, than lose five men to hard battle. Perspiration saves blood! -- Colonel Marttinen |
Eltham?s Landing, 1862(92 total words in this text)(1986 Reads)  Other Names: Barhamsville, West Point Location: New Kent County Campaign: Peninsula Campaign (March-September 1862) Date(s): May 7, 1862 Principal Commanders: Brig. Gen. William B. Franklin [US]; Maj. Gen. Gustavius W. Smith [CS] Forces Engaged: Divisions Estimated Casualties: 242 total (US 194; CS 48) Description: Franklin?s Union division landed at Eltham?s Landing and was attacked by two brigades of Smith?s command, reacting to the threat to the Confederate army?s trains on the Barhamsville Road. Franklin?s movement occurred while the Confederate army was withdrawing from the Williamsburg line. 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1966. 1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. |
