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Following the death of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, Lee reorganized his two large corps into three new corps, commanded by Lt. Gen. James Longstreet (First Corps), Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell (Second), and Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill (Third); both Ewell and Hill, who had formerly ...
ShilohOBJECTIVE: To determine whether General Albert Sidney Johnston's dueling wound and nerve injury (1837) contributed to his death at the Battle of Shiloh (1862). General A.S. Johnston was commander of the Confederate Army at Shiloh and was killed by a bullet that severed his right ...
Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack March 9, 1862 Battle of Shiloh April 6, 1862 - April 7, 1862 Seven Days’ Battles June 25, 1862 - July 1, 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run August 29, 1862 - August 30, 1862 Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg Decemb...
On the 50th round of the 100-gun salute, an explosion occurred, causing the only death of the engagement. Pvt. Daniel Hough of the 1st U.S. Artillery regiment was the first of as many as 850,000 Americans who would perish before the cessation of hostilities....