What happened on March 5 during the U.S. Civil War? On this day in the US Civil War there were some engagements such as at Unionville, Tennessee 1863 and ongoing campaigns in Virginia and the Carolinas in 1864. The fact that the Confederacy ordered all vessels to give half freight capacity to government shipments in 1864 indicates the northern blockade was having an impact. It is sad that in 1867 Alexandria, VA rejected thousands of negro votes. [~138758:COL Mikel Burroughs] [~67210:LTC Stephen Curlee] [~124935:LTC Thomas Tennant] [~527810:MAJ Ken Landgren] [~780368:MAJ Stephen Conway] [~308468:SGM David W.F. 'Dave' aka "Auto" Carr LOM DMSM former MP SGT] [~362072:SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas] [~106303:SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL] [~287024:SSgt Robert Marx] [~620665:SSG Leo Bell] [~76036: SSG Ed Mikus] [~786700:SGT John McConnell] [~334546:SFC William Farrell] [~768589:SP5 Mark Kuzinski] [~271566:PO3 Steven Sherrill] [~673920:SGT Forrest Stewart] [~182753:SGT Robert Hawks] [~378759:SrA Christopher Wright] [~656696:SPC Corbin Sayi] [~215692:CPO Tim Dickey]

Posted on Mar 5, 2016

What happened on March 5 during the U.S. Civil War?

LTC Stephen F.

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On this day in the US Civil War there were some engagements such as at Unionville, Tennessee 1863 and ongoing campaigns in Virginia and the Carolinas in 1864. The fact that the Confederacy ordered all vessels to give half freight capacity to government shipments in 1864 indicates the northern blockade was having an impact. It is sad that in 1867 Alexandria, VA rejected thousands of negro votes.

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1. On Tuesday March 5, 1861 (a) In Texas, the Secession Convention approved an ordinance that accepted Confederate statehood and (b) The First Confederate Flag, known as the "Stars and Bars," is introduced.

2. On Thursday March 5, 1863 Battle of Unionville, Tennessee. Confederate Cavalry under Earl Van Dorn and Nathan Bedford Forrest drive Union Cavalry off on the 4th, then surround and engage the remaining infantry. In a period of relative inactivity follow

3. On Saturday March 5, 1864 (a) The Confederate government orders all vessels to give half freight capacity to government shipments and (b) In western Virginia, General John C. Breckenridge took control of Confederate forces in the Appalachian Mountains.

4. On Tuesday March 5, 1867 Alexandria, Virginia rejects thousands of votes cast by Negroes, who were granted universal suffrage under the Reconstruction Act.

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SSG Leo Bell

Posted 9 y ago

Great history

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LTC Stephen F.

Posted 9 y ago

As far as I am concerned the most significant event which happened on March 5 in the civil war the Confederate government ordered all vessels to give half freight capacity to government shipments. They must have realized that their internal lines of communications were being constricted an interdicted to some degree. I was saddened to learn that the City of Alexandra, which is just across the Potomac river from Washington, D.C., rejected each of the thousands of votes cast by Negroes in the city election. This was in defiance of the universal suffrage granted under the Reconstruction Act.

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PV2 Glen Lewis

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I did a short research but didn't find the half freight order but did find these two events.
61 The first Confederate flag was introduced. 62 The battle of Unionville, Tennessee.

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SFC William Farrell

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One step forward for blacks and two steps backwards LTC Stephen F.. I did not know about the votes being rejected and even thought it was more than 160 years ago, it hurts to read it. I can never understand how we decided to treat people that way.

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