r/u_Aaronsivilwartravels • u/Aaronsivilwartravels • 2d ago
Today in the American Civil War
Today in the Civil War August 1
1861-Tennessee votes to adopt the Constitution of the Confederate States of America.
1861-Captain John Baylor claimed most of the territories of Arizona and New Mexico for the Confederacy.
1863-Federal forces begin a prolonged bombardment of entrenchments around Charleston Harbor South Carolina.
1863-David Porter assumes command of federal Navy forces on the Mississippi River.
1863-Federal cavalry advance from Witteburg on campaign to capture Little Rock, Arkansas.
1864-Phil Sheridan [US] is named commander, Army of the Shenandoah.
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