Friday, February 6, 2026

Today in
U.S. Civil War History

1862 - In Tennessee, General Ulysses S. Grant captured Fort Henry. It was the first major Union victory.

1865 - Confederate General John Pegram was killed at the Battle of Dabney's Mill, Virginia.

1865 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis selected John C. Breckinridge to be Secretary of War.


U.S. Civil War Quote

"Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can, and strike him as hard as you can. And keep moving on!" - Ulysses S. Grant's philosophy of war

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