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Civil War Dispatches From May 6 1862 Front Virginia
The narrative covers Union and Confederate movements around Williamsburgh Yorktown and Harrisonburg as well as naval actions on the James and surrounding rivers. It notes captures, evasions, and bombardments, with references to Lincoln and Stanton, and includes May 7 to 12 1862 events across Virginia West Point Corinth and Pensacola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburgh
Richmond
McClellan
Franklin
Army of the Potomac
Yorktown
York River
West Point
Fifth New York
Ashby
New Market
Harrisonburgh
C. C. Pinckney
Charlestown
S. C
Nassau
N. P
Ottawa
Columbian Bridge
Shenandoah River
Virginia
Foster
Vermont Cavalry
Algeciras
Spain
Sumpter
Gibraltar
U. S. S. S. Tuscarora
Cox
Giles Courthouse
New River
Milroy
Schenck
Jackson
Edward Johnson
Johnson
Lincoln
Secretary Stanton
Sewell’s Point
Cranéy Island
Baugatuck
Merrimac
Arlington
Seventh Illinois Cavalry
Corinth
Mississippi
United States Senate
Beaufort
Buell
Grand Junction
Clark
North Carolina
Stonewall Jackson
Shenandoah Valley
Washington
Pensacola
Fla
Arnold
Washington, D. C
Hunter
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
Apt. Conner
Elkton Station
Alabama
Gen. Paine
Army of the Southwest
Farmington
Miss
Bragg
White House
Pamunkey River
United States
Paducah
Tenn
New Kent Court House
Stoneman
Norfolk, Va
Fort Willoughby
New Orleans
Port Royal
Palmer
U. S
Natchez
Wilson
Davis
Kentucky
Flusser
Commodore Perry
Elizabeth City
N. C
White Point
Roper