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1862-08-061862-08-09Kirksville

The Union victory helped consolidate Federal control over northeastern Missouri

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1862-08-05Magnolia Cemetery

The Union victory haulted Confederate attempts to recapture the capital city of Louisiana

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1862-07-13First Murfreesboro

The Confederates destroyed much of the Union supplies and tore up railroad track in the area, but the main result of the raid was the diversion of Union forces from a drive on Chattanooga.

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1862-07-07Cotton Plant

During the summer of 1862, Union Gen Samuel Curtis planned to move his army toward Helena, Arkansas, in search of supplies to replace those that had been promised but never delivered by the Navy

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1862-07-01Poindexter's Farm

Gen Robert Lee launched a series of disjointed assaults on the nearly impregnable Union position on Malvern Hill

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1862-06-301862-07-01Tampa

By the summer of 1862, plans were in place in Washington to further tighten this blockade by capturing major ports throughout the Confederacy, a la New Orleans, which was captured in April 1862, as well as other towns along the Mississippi River (most...

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1862-06-30Riddell's Shop

Confederate attacks on the McClellan's rear as they retreated towards the safety of Harrison's Landing on the James. Gen Longstreet's committed brigades piecemeal and failed to deliver the hammer blow that he became known for later in the war.

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1862-06-30White Oak Swamp

As the Union Army of the Potomac retreated southeast toward the James River, its rearguard under Gen William Franklin stopped Gen Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson's divisions at the White Oak Bridge crossing, resulting in an artillery duel, while the ma...

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1862-06-29Savage's Station

The main body of the Union Army of the Potomac began a general withdrawal toward the James River

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1862-06-271862-06-28Golding's Farm

While battle raged north of the Chickahominy River at Gaines' Mill on , Confederate Gen John Magruder conducted a reconnaissance in force that developed into a minor attack against the Union line south of the river at Garnett's Farm

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