Thursday, June 25, 2026

Today in
U.S. Civil War History

1864 - Union troops began digging a tunnel toward the Confederates at Petersburg, Virginia. The plan was to blow a hole in the Confederate lines and break the stalemate. The explosion was set off on July 30.


U.S. Civil War Quote

"War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over." - Union General William T. Sherman said this shortly before beginning his brutal March to the Sea

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