May Civil War Events: Resaca, New Market, Vicksburg and North Anna

MAY 13, 1864

**  Battle of Resaca, Georgia, begins.

MAY 15, 1864

**  Battle of New Market, Virginia

MAY 16, 1863

**  Battle of Champion Hill, Mississippi

MAY 19, 1863

**  First assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi

MAY 23, 1864

**  Battle of North Anna, Virginia, begins

MAY 25, 1864

**  Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia, begins

MAY 31, 1864

**  Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, begins

--Old Secesh

Civil War Events in May: Battles of Resaca and Champion Hill

MAY 12, 1863:  Battle of Raymond, Mississippi

MAY 12, 1865:  Battle of Palmito Ranch, Texas.

MAY 14, 1864:  Battle of Resaca, Georgia, begins.

MAY 15, 1864:  Battle of New Market, Virginia

MAY 16, 1863:  Battle of Champion Hill, Mississippi

MAY 19, 1863:  First assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi

--Old Secesh

Citadel Cadets and VMI Cadets

You always hear a lot about the role the cadets from the Virginia Military Institute played in the Battle of New Market, but not so much about the Citadel Cadets at the Battle of Tuliffiny.

Like I said, I'd never even heard of this battle until I saw it listed as one in which the German Light Artillery took part.

You Learn Something New All the Time.  --Old SecDidn'tKnow

Robert A. Cameron-- Part 3: Western Theater

On February 3, 1862, he was transferred to the 34th Indiana and fought in Missouri at New Madrid and Island No. 10.  He was involved in the capture of Memphis, Tennessee.

On June 6, 1862, he was promoted to colonel and took over command of the 34th on June 15.

He was in the Vicksburg Campaign and was slightly wounded in the Battle of Port Gibson on May 1, 1863. Promoted to brigadier general August 11, 1863.

During the 1864 Red River Campaign, he led a division of the XIII Corps.

--Old Secesh

New Name for the New Market Battle

I got this information from the Civil War Interactive site. 

The New Market Battlefield State Historic Park in Virginia has a new name. From now on it is going to be called the Virginia Museum of the Civil War.

Folks at the site think this will increase visitors as they will have a better idea what the site is about. Unfortunately, most people today have no idea what happened at New Market and they probably think it is some sore of a farmers' market or something like that. 

Personally, New Market will always mean the battle fought by the corps of cadets from the Virginia Military Institute. Like with Comiskey Park and the Sears Tower in Chicago, it will remain New Market to me.

Thinkin' Market, Not Museum. --Old B-Runner