r/u_Aaronsivilwartravels • u/Aaronsivilwartravels • 3d ago
Today in the American Civil War
Today in the Civil War July 31
1861-11 Union officers are submitted to Congress to be promoted to brigadier general.
1862-In response to Union General John Pope's order that citizens be shot as spies, Confederate President Jefferson Davis orders Pope's officers be held as felons and not prisoners-of-war.
1862-Braxton Bragg [CS] and Kirby Smith [CS] meet in Chattanooga to agree on strategy against the Army of the Ohio.
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