Battle of the Little Bighorn- a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by ...
While there is certainly controversy surrounding Longstreet's commitment to Lee's order to attack at Gettysburg, there is no doubt that he proposed alternatives to Lee all three days of the battle. So why didn't Lee listen? After big wins at Chancellorsville and earlier at Fredericksburg, Lee...
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HACKLEY Richard Shippey Hackley (born 27 Jul 1770 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia) was a successful and well-traveled merchant who resided at various times in Fredericksburg , Norfolk, Richmond, New York, Florida and Spain. By 1789 he was an established merchant in New York. In 1806 he ...
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A race that could determine control of Virginia’s Legislature will not be a standard battle between a Democrat and a Republican, but also features a wild-card independent candidate with a history of electoral success who happ
Battle of Fredericksburg, clash between Union and Confederate forces on December 11–15, 1862, during the American Civil War. The Union troops, despite outnumbering the Confederates, suffered a crushing defeat. It was one of the largest battles of the Ci
Battle of Fort Sumter, (April 12–14, 1861), the opening engagement of the American Civil War, at the entrance to the harbour of Charleston, South Carolina. Although Fort Sumter held no strategic value to the North—it was unfinished and its guns faced the sea rather than Confederate shore...
Did you know? After First Manassas, Stonewall Jackson further distinguished himself in the Shenandoah Valley, Second Manassas and Fredericksburg. The man Lee called his "right arm" was accidentally shot by his own men at Chancellorsville and died of complications relating to the injury. ...
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Democrat Eugene Vindman and Republican Derrick Anderson remained locked in a close contest early Wednesday in a U.S. House race in Virginia for the seat being vacated by three-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger.
“The May 1863 battle of Jackson had huge ramifications on the Vicksburg Campaign, but little has been written on the fight. Overshadowed by larger battles, such as Champion Hill, and reduced in popular mind by being small in terms of casualty counts and numbers engaged, the fight on May 14...