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In War, resolution, in defeat, defiance, in victory, magnanimity, in peace, goodwill. -- Winston Churchill |
Fredericksburg II, 1863(118 total words in this text)(2006 Reads)  Other Names: Marye?s Heights Location: Fredericksburg Campaign: Chancellorsville Campaign (April-May 1863) Date(s): May 3, 1863 Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick [US]; Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early [CS] Forces Engaged: Corps Estimated Casualties: 2,000 total Description: On May 1, Gen. Robert E. Lee left Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early?s division to hold Fredericksburg, while marching with the rest of the army to meet Hooker?s main offensive thrust at Chancellorsville. On May 3, the Union VI Corps under Sedgwick, reinforced by John Gibbon?s II Corps division, having crossed the Rappahannock River, assaulted and carried the Confederate entrenchments on Marye?s Heights. The outnumbered Confederates withdrew and regrouped west and southeast of town. Result(s): Union victory |
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Before the United States formally declared war on Mexico, General Zachary Taylor defeats a superior Mexican force in the Battle of Palo Alto north of the Rio Grande River.
1862: General Jackson repulses the Federals at the Battle of McDowell, in the Shenendoah Valley. 1864: Yankee troops arrive at Spotsylvania Court House to find the Rebels already there. 1904: U.S. Marines land in Tangier, North Africa, to protect the Belgian legation. 1940: German commandos in Dutch uniforms cross the Dutch border to hold bridges for the advancing German army. 1945: Both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. 1952: Allied fighter-bombers stage the largest raid of the war on North Korea. 1972: President Richard Nixon announces that he has ordered the mining of major North Vietnamese ports. |
