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Battle of Hanover
June 30, 1863 The Battle of Hanover, which took place on June 29, 1863, delayed the arrival of General J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry at the Battle of Gettysburg until mid-afternoon of the second day of the pivotal conflict. In early May 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia soundly defeated Major General Joseph…
Battle of Harpers Ferry
September 12 – September 15, 1862 The Battle of Harpers Ferry, which took place between September 12 and September 15, 1862, resulted in the largest surrender of Union soldiers during the American Civil War. Emboldened by the Rebel victory at the Second Battle of Bull Run (August 28 to 30, 1862), Confederate commander Robert E.…
Battle of Hatcher’s Run
February 5-7, 1865 Fought from February 5 to 7, 1865, during the Petersburg Campaign, the Battle of Hatcher's Run was a failed Union attempt to sever the Boydton Plank Road and the South Side Railroad. On March 10, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Ulysses S. Grant as General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States.…
Battle of Hatchie’s Bridge
October 5, 1862 The Battle of Hatchie Bridge, also known as the Battle of Davis’s Bridge and the Battle of Matamora, took place in Hardeman County and McNairy County, Tennessee on October 5, 1862. Union prospects were bright for a successful end of the American Civil War in the early part of 1862. In the…
Battle of Haw’s Shop
May 28, 1864 The Battle of Totopotomoy Creek, the fourth major engagement of Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign was fought between May 27 and 30, 1864. On March 10, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Ulysses S. Grant as General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States. Grant brought with him, from his successes in the…
Battle of Helena
July 4, 1863 Often obscured by the Confederate surrender of Vicksburg and the Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg, the Battle of Helena, fought on July 4, 1863, was the last major Confederate offensive launched in Arkansas during the Civil War. On March 6–8, 1862, Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis' Union Army of the…
Battle of High Bridge
April 6–7, 1865 The Battle of High Bridge took place in Prince Edward and Cumberland Counties, Virginia on April 6 and 7, 1865, during the Appomattox Campaign. On March 12, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Ulysses S. Grant as General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States. Upon his arrival in Washington, Grant drafted a…
Battle of Hoover’s Gap
June 24-26, 1863 The Battle of Hoover's Gap was the decisive engagement of Union General William Rosecrans's brilliantly executed Tullahoma Campaign that drove the Confederates out of Middle Tennessee in 1863. On October 24, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln relieved Major General Don Carlos Buell of his command of the Army of the Ohio and placed…