Category Archives: July

July ’64

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Civil War-Civil Rights

1864 U. S. Grant’s mammoth June crossing of the James River and his descent into Robert E. Lee’s backyard at Petersburg transformed the war in eastern Virginia into a trench stalemate in July–and shifted the focus to other fronts. In … Continue reading →

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July ’63

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Civil War-Civil Rights

1863 The war’s two primary eastern armies blundered into battle on July 1 around the southeastern Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg. From Robert E. Lee’s Confederates, a division in the corps of A. P. Hill headed there first on the report … Continue reading →

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July ’62

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Civil War-Civil Rights

1862 Fighting for the six consecutive days ending June, General Robert E. Lee and his outnumbered Confederates had separated, flanked, and stopped the Union Army of the Potomac, breaking an impending siege that had panicked the Southern capital. The Federals had … Continue reading →

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July ’61

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Civil War-Civil Rights

1861 The people of the North were restless. It had been two months since the Fort Sumter surrender, and no major move had been mounted to quash the Dixie rebellion. The longer what President Lincoln … Continue reading →