On July 4th in U S Political History
Part VI
Part VI
On July 4th in 1862 Battle of Port Royal, SC
On July 4th in 1863 Boise, Idaho, was founded.
On July 4th in 1863 General U.S. Grant's Union army captured the Confederate town of Vicksburg, Miss., after a long siege during the Civil War.
On July 4th in 1863 General Lee’s army limped toward Virginia after defeat at Gettysburg. 28,063 of 75,000 confederate soldiers were lost. General Meade’s army suffered 23,049 soldiers killed, wounded and missing.
On July 4th in 1863 Paul Joseph Revere, the grandson of Paul Revere, Union Brigadier General, died from wounds suffered at Gettysburg.
On July 4th in 1863 A failed Confederate assault on Helena, Arkansas, left 640 casualties.
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