Portal:American Civil War/This week in American Civil War history/19
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1863 - Chancellorsville - After commanding the successful surprise attack on Oliver O. Howard's XI Corps and rolling up the Union Army's right flank, Stonewall Jackson was struck down by friendly fire while returning from scouting; he succumbed to pneumonia eight days later
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1863 - Fredericksburg - Union commander John Sedgwick pushed his reinforced VI Corps across the Rappahannock River and up Marye's Heights
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1862 - Yorktown - Early in the morning, Samuel P. Heintzelman ascended in an observation balloon and found Confederates had evacuated their earthworks
1863 - Salem Church - Union VI Corps assaults were repulsed with heavy casualties; after dark, Sedgwick withdrew across two pontoon bridges at Scott’s Dam
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1862 - Williamsburg -
1864 - The Wilderness -
1864 - Albemarle Sound -
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1861 - Little Rock - Arkansas secedes from the Union.
1863 - Chancellorsville -
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1862 - Eltham's Landing -
1864 - Port Walthall Junction -
1864 - Rocky Face Ridge -
1864 - Todd's Tavern -
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1861 - Richmond - Richmond, Virginia, is named the capital of the Confederate States of America