The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Friday, April 2, 2021

It Happened in April: Richmond, Yorktown, Shiloh, Red River Campaign, 13th Amendment, Prairie D'Ane and Surrender

From the American Battlefield Trust 2021 calendar for April.

APRIL 2--  1865   Union breakthrough at Petersburg. Virginia

APRIL 3--  1865  Union forces occupy Richmond, Virginia

APRIL 5--  1862  Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, begins and lasts for 28 days.

APRIL 6--  1862  The Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee,  begins

APRIL 8--  1864   Battle of Mansfield (Red River Campaign

                               U.S. Senate passes the 13th Amendment

APRIL 9--  1864  The Battle of Prairie D'Ane, Arkansas, begins

                    1865  Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

--Old Secesh


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