The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Monday, May 3, 2021

Civil War Events in May: Battles of Chancellorsville, Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House

 From the American Battlefield Trust May 2021 Calendar.

MAY 1, 1863:  Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, begins.

MAY 4, 1865:  Abraham Lincoln buried in Springfield, Illinois.

MAY 5, 1864:  Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia, begins.

MAY 8, 1864:  Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, begins.

MAY 10, 1863:  Stonewall Jackson dies of pneumonia at Guinea Station, Virginia

MAY 10, 1865:  Union troops capture a fleeing Jefferson Davis in Georgia.

--Old Secesh


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