Request a brochure Civil War Encyclopedia Blue and Gray Trail Civil War in Georgia On the Blue and Gray Trail Civil War by state Today in the Civil War Battles Images Places Feature Stories Links Search Who we are	June 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Civil War Timeline Chronology for June 27 Yesterday    Tomorrow January  February  March  April  May  June  July   August  September  October  November  December   June 27, 1862 Battle of Gaines Mill [US] Battle of First Cold Harbor [CS] Battle of the Chickahominy [Alternate] John Bell Hood [CS] and George Pickett [CS] breakthrough Fitz John Porter's [US] line, forcing Union troops south of the Chickahominy River and severing McClellan's supply line to Eltham's Landing (White House, West Point) Virginia   Seven Days Retreat   John Bell Hood   Battle of Gaines Mill   Daniel Harvey Hill   A. P. Hill   Fitz-John Porter   Gouverneur K. Warren   George Pickett   George Meade June 27, 1863 George Meade [US] assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, replacing Joe Hooker   George Meade   Army of the Potomac   Battle of Gettysburg   Joseph Hooker June 27, 1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Georgia   Joseph E. Johnston   William Tecumseh Sherman   Atlanta Campaign   George Thomas   Kennesaw Mountain June 27, 1876 June 29, 1876 Reform New York governor Samuel Tilden easily won the Democratic nomination for President at the convention in St. Louis Missouri   Election of 1876 Ongoing on this day: 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   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 26, 1860 June 28, 1860 Southern Democrats hold a convention in Richmond where they select John C. Breckinridge as their nominee for President Virginia   The Election of 1860   1860 Democratic National Convention   Richmond, Virginia   John Breckinridge   1860 (Southern) Democratic Party Platform June 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 January  February  March  April  May  June  July   August  September  October  November  December   Yesterday     Tomorrow The best search in Civil War History
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