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June 7, 2021

Captain Homer Sprague Recalls the 13th Connecticut Infantry in the June 14th, 1863 Assault at Port Hudson

In the pre dawn hours of June 14th, 1863, Union artillery opened fire on the Confederate defensive works at Port Hudson, Louisiana in preparation for an infantry assault along the entire line. Port Hudson...

War

June 2, 2019

The 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment at Cold Harbor

Cold Harbor is best remembered for the assault near Richmond, Virginia on June 3rd, 1864 that cost thousands of Union casualties and gained nothing during General Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign. But there was...

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January 31, 2017

Fort Brady Helped Keep Confederate Gunboats From Attacking Union Supply Bases During the Siege of Petersburg

In the summer of 1864, the Union Army settled into siege operations against Petersburg Virginia. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant established his headquarters at City Point at the confluence of the James and Appomattox...

Memorials

August 3, 2013

The Union State Memorials at Vicksburg National Military Park

There are over 1300 monuments, tablets, statues, and markers of all types at Vicksburg National Military Park (as well as some outside the park boundaries). These monuments mark positions of individual regiments, honor unit...

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Captain Homer Sprague Recalls the 13th Connecticut Infantry in the June 14th, 1863 Assault at Port Hudson

The 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment at Cold Harbor

Fort Brady Helped Keep Confederate Gunboats From Attacking Union Supply Bases During the Siege of Petersburg

The Union State Memorials at Vicksburg National Military Park

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