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Jesse James was killed #OTD in 1882. Before beginning his career as a common outlaw, he served with Bloody Bill Anderson's confederate guerrilla band in the #CivilWar & participated in the Centralia Massacre in which 24 @USArmy soldiers were murdered. #ConfederateHeritageMonth
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The Battle of Namozine Church was fought #OTD in 1865, part of the @AppomattoxNPS Campaign. Cavalry under Gen. George Custer routed confederate forces under Fitzhugh Lee, capturing half his men and further unraveling Robert E. Lee's army. #CivilWar. #ConfederateHeritageMonth🧵
During the battle, Custer’s younger brother and aide-de-camp, Tom, earned the first of his two Medals of Honor by leaping his horse over a barricade under fire, seizing the flag of the 2nd North Carolina Cavalry and taking 14 prisoners.
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The commanding officer of the 23rd Ohio Infantry, Col. (and future U.S. President) Rutherford B. Hayes, granted leave #OTD in 1862 to a group of the regiment’s Jewish soldiers in order to celebrate a Passover Seder near the current town of Fayetteville, West Virginia. 🧵
Today at 11AM CDT, @CivilWarTrails will be unveiling a sign commemorating the event. It will be the first Civil War Trails site in the nation which champions the story of Jewish soldiers.
The community is invited to attend the event at the Love Hope Center, 100 Rotan St., Fayetteville, WV 25840. Speakers will include Dr. Joseph Golden from Temple Beth El, and Ennis Smith, Director of Destination Development for the W.V. Dept. of Tourism. battlefields.org/events/passove…
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A mob of 5,000, mostly poor women, broke into shops in @RichmondNPS #OTD in 1863, stealing bread and other goods that were in scarce supply in the southern capital. The “bread riot” was broken up by local militia. #CivilWar #ConfederateHeritageMonth
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U.S. forces under Gen. James Wilson defeated the cavalry of Nathan Bedford Forrest at the Battle of Selma #OTD in 1865. Over two-thirds of Forrest's 4000 men were casualties, and his once-feared cavalry ceased to be an effective fighting force. #CivilWar #ConfederateHeritageMonth
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Apr 2
A.P. Hill was shot and killed by U.S. troops from the 138th Pennsylvania Infantry #OTD in 1865. The action occurred during the Third Battle of @PetersburgNPS, a resounding U.S. victory. Strangely, the @USArmy decided to name @Fort_APHill after Hill. #ConfederateHeritageMonth 🧵
Along with Fort Polk, it is one of two active @USArmy installations named after a person who was intentionally killed in combat by the U.S. Army as an armed enemy of the United States.
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St. Clair Augustine Mulholland was born #OTD in 1839, in Ireland. He and his family emigrated to Philadelphia when he was a boy, and he became active in the Pennsylvania militia. When the #CivilWar began, he was made Lt. Colonel of the 116th Pennsylvania Infantry.🧵 ImageImage
The regiment was assigned to the famed Irish Brigade in August, 1862. In December of that year, Mulholland led the regiment in their assault on Marye's Heights during the Battle of Fredricksburg, where he was wounded. ImageImage
At the Battle of Chancellorsville, Mulholland distinguished himself when his regiment saved the abandoned guns of the 5th Maine Battery, and again when he commanded the picket line of the rear guard, covering the Army's retreat. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. ImageImage
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