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Confederates defeated at the Battle of Tupelo

Confederates defeated at the Battle of Tupelo

Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest .. Suffers his biggest defeat when Union General Andrew J. Smith routs his force in Tupelo, Mississippi.…

Assault of Battery Wagner and death of Robert Gould Shaw

Assault of Battery Wagner and death of Robert Gould Shaw

Battle of Fort Wagner Union Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and 272 of his troops are killed in an…

July 17, 1864: Hood takes command of the Army of Tennessee

July 17, 1864: Hood takes command of the Army of Tennessee

The day is July 17, 1864, Confederate President Jefferson Davis replaces General Joseph Johnston with John Bell Hood as commander of the…

Introductory: Confederate General Stand Watie

Introductory: Confederate General Stand Watie

Dec 12, 1806: Cherokee leader and Confederate General Stand Watie is born On this day in 1806, Confederate General Stand Watie is…

Alice Shirley, a residential testimony

Alice Shirley, a residential testimony

Alice Shirley A resident of Wexford Lodge, born in Vicksburg to a family of Northern stock, Alice and her brothers kept their…

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Gerrit Roosen 1612

Gerhard (or Gerrit) Roosen (1612-1711) was a Mennonite bishop in northern Germany. He  is famous today mostly for the catechism he published when he…

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Herbert Coleridge, Unrecognized 1st editor of OED

Herbert Coleridge, lexicographer Born 1830, Died 1861 When we think about the necessities of looking up a word in this era, it’s…

The life of John Bell Hood

The life of John Bell Hood

John Bell Hood Confederate general Served from 1853–1861 (US), and 1861–1865 (CSA) Hood attended the United States Military Academy, supposedly against his…