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| June 15, 1846 | The Treaty of Washington (Oregon Treaty) is signed | Oregon |
| June 15, 1858 | Abraham Lincoln makes his "House Divided" speech before the Illinois Republican Convention to kick off his senatorial run against Stephen Douglas | Illinois |
| A House Divided [Full Text] | ||
| Stephen A. Douglas | ||
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Republican Party | ||
| 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 | ||
| June 15, 1864 | Battle of Petersburg
William F. Smith [US] and Winfield Scott Hancock [US], with a combined army of nearly 30,000 men are held off by General P. G. T. Beauregard with about 4,000 men. Union force only gain Battery No. 5 and about a mile of the Dimmock Line |
Virginia |
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Winfield Scott Hancock | ||
| William Farrar Smith | ||
| June 15, 1864 | General Sherman, learning of the defeat at Brice's Crossroads, writes Edwin Stanton "But Forrest is the very devil, ...There never will be peace in Tennessee till Forrest is dead." | |
| Nathan Bedford Forrest | ||
| Brice's Crossroads | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman |
Ongoing on this day:
| April 12, 1861 May 10, 1865 |
The American Civil War | |
| The Civil War | ||
| May 26, 1863 July 4, 1863 |
Siege of Vicksburg
Date of the start of siege varies from May 18 - May 26. |
Mississippi |
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| John A. McClernand | ||
| James McPherson | ||
| May 27, 1863 July 9, 1863 |
Siege of Port Hudson
After attempting to storm the walls of Port Hudson, Nathaniel Banks digs in for a siege. |
Louisiana |
| Nathaniel Banks | ||
| June 13, 1863 June 15, 1863 |
Battle of Winchester
Ordered to withdraw because of the approach of the Army of Northern Virginia, Major General Robert Milroy [US] tried to hold his position in Winchester. By afternoon on the 14th, he realized his mistake and decided to withdraw that evening. Dick Ewell [CS] ordered a division to camp north of the town to prevent such a move and Milroy found himself trapped. Confederates captured or killed the 6000 men in the city. |
Virginia |
| Richard Ewell | ||
| The Gettysburg Campaign | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| June 11, 1861 June 25, 1861 |
First session of the Second Wheeling Convention | West Virginia |
| Second Wheeling Convention | ||
| June 12, 1862 June 15, 1862 |
J. E. B. Stuart "rides around the Union Army," raiding supplies and battling small groups of Yankess during the Peninsula Campaign. | Virginia |
| J. E. B. Stuart | ||
| Peninsula Campaign | ||
| Stuart's Ride Around McClellan | ||
| John Mosby | ||
| June 14, 1876 June 16, 1876 |
The three-day Republican Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio (Hayes home state) shifted its support from front runner James Blaine to Rutherford B. Hayes on the second ballot. | Ohio |
| Election of 1876 | ||
| Rutherford B. Hayes | ||
| Republican Party |
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