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Hace 3 días · The 1864 United States presidential election was the 20th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1864. Near the end of the American Civil War , incumbent President Abraham Lincoln of the National Union Party easily defeated the Democratic nominee, former General George B. McClellan , by a wide margin of 212–21 in the electoral college, with 55% of the popular ...
Hace 1 día · The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"). The Confederacy had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to the war was the dispute over whether slavery ...
Hace 5 días · The Battle of the Wilderness was fought on May 5–7, 1864, during the American Civil War. It was the first battle of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant 's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The fighting occurred in a wooded area near Locust Grove, Virginia, about 20 ...
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Hace 4 días · Battle of Cold Harbor, (May 31–June 12, 1864), disastrous defeat for the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65) that caused some 18,000 casualties. Continuing his relentless drive toward the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, called the “Grand Campaign,” General Ulysses S. Grant ordered a frontal infantry assault on ...
16 de may. de 2024 · Digital History - Sand Creek Massacre (May 16, 2024) Sand Creek Massacre, (November 29, 1864), controversial surprise attack upon a camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho people in southeastern Colorado Territory by a force of about 675 U.S. troops, mostly Colorado volunteers, under Col. John M. Chivington. The camp contained approximately 750 Cheyenne ...
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Hace 2 días · American Civil War, four-year war (1861–65) fought between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America. It arose out of disputes over slavery and states’ rights. When antislavery candidate Abraham Lincoln was elected president (1860), the Southern states seceded.
16 de may. de 2024 · On Saturday, May 14, 1864, Confederate cavalrymen commanded by Brigadier General John D. Imboden engaged a detachment of Union cavalrymen northwest of New Market, Virginia. Sigel reinforced his troopers and drove Imboden back through New Market. During the night, Breckinridge arrived in the area and deployed his troops south of town.
