What happened on March 1 during the U.S. Civil War? I expect that the most significant thing which was occurring on March1 was not what we would consider newsworthy. Soldiers and their families were experiencing drudgery and heartbreak on a daily basis during this conflict. in 1861 PGT Beauregard was promoted and sent to Charleston, SC. In 1864 the son of Robert E. Lee turned back an assault on Richmond. http://www.historynet.com/civil-war [~138758:COL Mikel Burroughs] [~67210:LTC Stephen Curlee] [~780368:MAJ Stephen Conway] [~188441:CPT L S] [~106303:SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL] [~368184:SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"] [~308468:SGM David W.F. 'Dave' aka "Auto" Carr LOM DMSM former MP SGT] [~786700:SGT John McConnell] [~742174:Sgt Kelli Mays] [~53411:SGT Jinger Jarrett] [~768589:SP5 Mark Kuzinski] [~378759:SrA Christopher Wright] [~271566:PO3 Steven Sherrill] [~640136:SN Greg Wright] [~673920:SGT Forrest Stewart] [~182753:SGT Robert Hawks] [~567961:SPC Rickey Cook]

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What happened on March 1 during the U.S. Civil War?

LTC Stephen F.

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I expect that the most significant thing which was occurring on March1 was not what we would consider newsworthy. Soldiers and their families were experiencing drudgery and heartbreak on a daily basis during this conflict. in 1861 PGT Beauregard was promoted and sent to Charleston, SC. In 1864 the son of Robert E. Lee turned back an assault on Richmond.
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1. March 1, 1861 (a) P. G. T. Beauregard appointed Brigadier General [CS]; (b) Jefferson Davis orders General P. G. T. Beauregard to Charleston; (c) Texas accepted as a state by the provisional government of the Confederate States of America; (d) The U. S

2. March 1, 1864 Federal cavalry raid by Judson Kilpatrick and Ulric Dahlgren on Richmond, Virginia [continues from the previous day]. Custis Lee, son of Robert E. Lee, turns back a force of 500 cavalry troops under General Ulric Dahlgreen, 2 miles west o

3. March 1, 1867 Nebraska becomes a state

4. Soldiers and civilians from north and south died of their wounds. Union prisoners were being sent to Andersonville Prison in Georgia which had recently opened.

5. All of the above, or other [please explain

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Of the items listed, I would say that Nebraska becoming a state was the most significant thing. Battles, and even wars, matter only inasmuch as they have a lasting effect on the nation(s) involved, whereas a new state joining the union redefines the nation itself.

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PO3 Steven Sherrill

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Thanks for sharing LTC Stephen F. I keep reminding myself the biggest tragedy of this was that it was American's fighting Americans. It wasn't like the war for independence where we were fighting for freedom from rule across the whale trail. Brothers fighting brothers, families destroyed, and a nation torn in half. So I chose all of the above.

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