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February 25, 2023

Sergeant Major Christian Fleetwood Was One of 14 Black Soldiers Awarded the Medal of Honor for Action at the Battle of New Market Heights

In late September 1864, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant made plans for a pair of simultaneous assaults against Confederate positions both north and south of the James River near Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia. The...

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October 5, 2018

The 13th New Hampshire Infantry and the Capture of Fort Harrison, Virginia

In the summer of 1864, the U.S. forces under Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee were locked in siege operations at Petersburg, Virginia,...

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August 31, 2014

Atlanta Falls to Sherman’s Army; Battles of Opequon, Chaffin’s Farm and Poplar Springs Church: September 1864

September 1864 in the Civil War The end of the Atlanta Campaign was in sight as the month of September opened. At the end of August, Major General William T. Sherman sent six corps...

Tagged: fort harrison

Sergeant Major Christian Fleetwood Was One of 14 Black Soldiers Awarded the Medal of Honor for Action at the Battle of New Market Heights

The 13th New Hampshire Infantry and the Capture of Fort Harrison, Virginia

Atlanta Falls to Sherman’s Army; Battles of Opequon, Chaffin’s Farm and Poplar Springs Church: September 1864

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