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| August 18, 1863 | The Great Sioux Uprising begins under Chief Little Crow in Minnesota. | |
| August 18, 1863 | General Thomas Ewing issues orders freeing slaves of Missourians actively involved with the Confederate Army. | |
| August 18, 1864 August 19, 1864 |
Battle of the Weldon Railroad
After gaining the railroad, 5th Corps commander G. K. Warren [US] spread out over a mile of track, then turned north towards Petersburg, but the didn't get far before Henry Heth's [CS] Confederates stopped them. A counterattack by A. P. Hill the next day contained Warren's advances, but in the end federal troops still controlled the railroad |
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| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| August 18, 1894 | A joint commission replaces an existing Senate select committee investigating the Ford Theater disaster. The joint committee is comprise of the Senate select committee and five Members of the House of Representatives. |
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| June 15, 1864 April 2, 1865 |
Siege of Petersburg | Virginia |
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| April 12, 1861 May 10, 1865 |
The American Civil War | |
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| August 3, 1864 August 23, 1864 |
Battle of Mobile Bay | Alabama |
| David Farragut | ||
| Gordon Granger | ||
| Battle of Mobile Bay | ||
| July 16, 1862 September 1, 1862 |
Northern Virginia Campaign - sometimes just called the Virginia Campaign. | Virginia |
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