The American Civil War - Chronologically

June 19, 1865 Maj. General Gordon Granger's General Orders, Number 3 Galveston, TX Here's Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on "What is Juneteenth?" Among other things he points out: * " by the time Granger assumed command of the Department of Texas, the Confederate capital in Richmond had fallen; the “Executive” to whom he referred, President Lincoln, was dead; and the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery was well on its way to ratification." *  While that date did not actually mark the unequivocal end of slavery, even in Texas, and emancipation has been celebrated on other dates, June 19 came to be a day of shared commemoration across the United States – created, preserved, and spread by ordinary African Americans – of slavery's wartime demise. And here's Baltimore's Juneteenth Memorial from the University of Baltimore https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=219629

  1862-1865 Niblett's Bluff Vinton, Louisiana * Yes, this is a violation of my stated intention to focus on the Eastern Theater.    " Although no bloody battles were fought here, thirty ["]heroes["] were struck down by disease and their graves bear silent testimony to those grim days of the South." I don't know what's more disturbing: that they were founded in 2000 or that they reenact a battle that never happened. I'm not sure if the p rehistoric stonecutters have any direct connection to the Lost Cause worshippers, others than sharing the same idyllic spot along the river.  "Niblett's Bluff was a trading post and a prominent stop-over on the Old Spanish Trail long before the War. A man named Niblett operated a store near the banks of the Sabine River and his name was given to the settlement in the early 1830s. The old cemetery here numbers many graves more than 100 years old. The Bluff was a large shipping port during the War. Many cargoes

Nov. 28, 1864 Capture of New Creek New Creek aka Keyser, WV Col. George R. Latham @ Fort Fuller  vs Confederates under Gen. Thomas Rosser "Capture of New Creek. On November 28, 1864, Confederates under Gen. Thomas Rosser rode to New Creek, where a sizeable Union force commanded by Col. George R. Latham occupied Fort Fuller. With several of the Confederates wearing enemy uniforms, the attack was a complete surprise. More than 700 Union soldiers were captured, along with horses and artillery. A vast amount of supplies was destroyed." https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=152788 " Keyser.  Between 1861–1865, Keyser, then New Creek, was sought by the North and South. It changed hands fourteen times. Fort Fuller, where Potomac State Collect stands, was supported by a series of forts girding the town. Averell’s Raid. Here in 1863 General W. W. Averell started the Federal cavalry raid to Salem, Virginia, and then back into this State. This is among the great exploits of the War. Many of

September 19, 1864 Third Winchester Winchester, VA (Frederick County) - US Sheridan, etc. ( Wright's  VI Corps and Brig. Gen. William Emory's XIX Corps; VIII Corps under  Brig. Gen. George Crook  and a cavalry division under  Brig. Gen. Alfred T. A. Torbert ) vs. CSA Jubal Early, Breckinridge, F.Lee - Union victory after Early left behind limited defenses while raiding Maryland  - THE bloodiest battle of the Shenandoah Valley: more died at this battle then in the entire 1862 campaign  -    Confederate generals Robert Rodes and Archibald Goodwin were killed, and generals Fitzhugh Lee, William Terry and William Wharton were wounded. Union Brig. Gen. David Russell was killed, and generals John McIntosh, Emory Upton, and George Chapman were wounded Read more: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/battle-third-winchester Please don't ask why I managed to visit First Winchester (or at least the gate to it) and Third Winchester, but not Second Winchester. I had a lot going o

August 4, 1864 Confederate Cavalry Raid on Fort Fuller New Creek aka Keyser, West Virginia  Col . George R. Latham defending Fort Fuller vs. Confede rate Gen. John McCausland's cavalry & G en. Bradley Johnson * Confederate John McCausland's cavalry fights with Union defenses guarding the railroad. Confederates under Gen. Bradley Johnson advance up the hill toward the fort but are repelled by Union reinforcements "On August 4, after raiding north into Pennsylvania and burning the town of Chambersburg, Confederate raiders under Generals John McCausland approached New Creek. The Rebels hoped they could damage the B&O Railroad."   https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=152788 " Built in 1862 as a Union defensive fortification to guard the railroad and New Creek. It was threatened on August 4, 1864, when Confederate Gen. John McCausland's cavalry rode on town. Fighting with Union troops began on outskirts and Confederate under Gen. Bradley Johnson advanced up the hi

July 14, 1864 Early Crosses at White's Ford North of Leesburg, VA Early returns, failing to have captured Washington or Confederate POWs as planned. "Early's force left Leesburg on the morning of July 16 to the Shenandoah Valley. A Union cavalry stationed ten miles west at Poolesville recaptured the Maryland side."  https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=132655