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Link profile: American Memory--1,118 Civil War photos... and moreCategory: Start / Civil War 1,118 Civil War photos... and more The Selected Civil War Photographs Collection contains 1,118 photographs. Most of the images were made under the supervision of Mathew B. Brady, and include scenes of military personnel, preparations for battle, and battle after-effects. The collection also includes portraits of both Confederate and Union officers, and a selection of enlisted men. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwdes.html Link rating details Total votes: 0 Overall rating: 0
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1461:
Edward IV defeats Henry VIs Lancastrians at the battle of Towdon.
1847: U.S. troops under General Winfield Scott take possession of the Mexican stronghold at Vera Cruz. 1865: The final campaign of the war begins in Virginia when Union troops of General Ulysses S. Grant move against the Confederate trenches around Petersburg. General Robert E. Lees outnumbered Rebels were soon forced to evacuate the city and begin a desperate race west. 1879: British troops of the 90th Light Infantry Regiment repulse a major attack by Zulu tribesmen in northwest Zululand. 1916: The Italians call off the fifth attack on Isonzo. 1917: Marines garrison St. Croix to deny harbor to German submarines. 1936: Italy firebombs the Ethiopian city of Harar. 1941: The British sink five Italian warships off the Peloponnesus coast in the Mediterranean. 1942: British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea. 1942: German submarine U-585 sinks. |
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