Table of Data Points

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1863-07-011863-07-02Cabin Creek

As Williams approached the Cabin Creek crossing, he was informed that the Confederates, under Col Stand Watie, were intending to ambush them with about 1,600 to 1,800 men

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1863-07-011863-07-03Gettysburg

Union Gen George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate Gen Robert Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, ending Lee's invasion of the North

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1863-06-30Hanover

Gen Stuart's Confederate cavalry, which was riding north to get around the Union Army of the Potomac, attacked a Federal cavalry regiment, driving it through the streets of Hanover

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1863-06-291863-06-30Lake Providence

Confederate troops attack captured plantations defended by black federal troops. The attacks destroyed property, captured supplies and weapons, but overall did little damage to the Union war effort.

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1863-06-28Donaldsonville

This point on the Mississippi River remained in Union hands and many other Mississippi River towns were occupied by the Yankees: the Confederates could harass but not eliminate these Union enclaves.

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1863-06-241863-06-26Hoover's Gap

Following the Battle of Stones River, Gen William Rosecrans, commanding the Union Army of the Cumberland, remained in the Murfreesboro, Tennessee, area for over five months

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1863-06-21Upperville

The Union cavalry made a determined effort to pierce Confederate Gen Stuart's cavalry screen

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1863-06-201863-06-21LaFourche Crossing

Confederate Gen Richard Taylor sent an expedition under Col James Major to break Union supply lines, disrupt military activities and force an enemy withdrawal from Brashear City and Port Hudson

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1863-06-171863-06-19Middleburg

Confederate Gen Stuart, screening Robert Lee's invasion route, sparred with Gen Alfred Pleasonton's Union cavalry

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1863-06-17Aldie

Gen Stuart's cavalry screened Gen Robert Lee's Confederate infantry as it marched north in the Shenandoah Valley behind the sheltering Blue Ridge Mountains

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