February 13th in History Part III

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On February 13th in 1861 Abraham Lincoln declared US president in Washington, D.C.

On February 13th in 1861 Robert E. Lee was ordered to return to Washington from Fort Mason to assume command of the Union Army. Instead, Lee resigned his commission and in June of 1862 assumed command of the Confederate Army

On February 13th in 1861 Col Bernard Irwin attacks & defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians

On February 13th in 1862 The ongoing Siege of Ft Donelson TN (running to the 16th of February)

On February 13th in 1862 Union Brigadier General John McClernand, one of General Ulysses S. Grant's officers, initiated the battle of Fort Donelson when he tried to capture a Rebel Battery along the outer works of Fort Donelson. The attack was unsuccessful. Grant captured the fort on February 16

On February 13th in 1864 Meridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek & Wyatt, Mississippi

On February 13th in 1866 Jesse James holds up his first bank, stealing $15,000 from the Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, Missouri

On February 13th in 1886 Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class

On February 13th in 1907 English suffragettes storm British Parliament & 60 women are arrested

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