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| May 15, 1861 | Robert Anderson promoted to Brigadier General | |
| Robert Anderson | ||
| May 15, 1861 | Nathaniel Lyons [US] occupies Jefferson City, capital of Missouri | Missouri |
| May 15, 1862 | Battle of Drewry's Bluff
Battle of Proctor Creek |
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| Peninsula Campaign | ||
| May 15, 1862 | Benjamin Butler issues Order Number 28, directing his troops to treat any woman who insults them as they would a woman "plying her advocation (a prostitute)." It was this order that led to his title, the Beast of New Orleans | Louisiana |
| Benjamin Butler | ||
| May 15, 1863 | A portion of the Tredegar Iron Works and a nearby flour mill burn. | Virginia |
| Richmond, Virginia | ||
| May 15, 1863 | Joe Johnston orders John Pemberton to break out of Grant's tightening noose. Pemberton refuses the order. | Mississippi |
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| Second Vicksburg Campaign | ||
| May 15, 1864 | Battle of New Market
Major General John Breckinridge [CS], using a ragtag force that included VMI cadets attacked Franz Sigel's [US] line near the north fork of the Shenandoah River. Sigel eventually withdrew to Strasburg. |
Virginia |
| John Breckinridge | ||
| May 15, 1867 | Nebraska ratifies the 14th Amendment | |
| 14th Amendment |
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| April 12, 1861 May 10, 1865 |
The American Civil War | |
| The Civil War | ||
| May 8, 1864 May 19, 1864 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
In an inconclusive battle, General Ulysses S. Grant [US] and Robert E. Lee [CS] battle for days southwest of Fredericksburg Union 18,399 Confederate 9,000 |
Virginia |
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Bloodiest Civil War battles | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Overland Campaign | ||
| Richard Ewell | ||
| May 13, 1861 May 15, 1861 |
The First Wheeling Convention | West Virginia |
| First Wheeling Convention | ||
| May 13, 1864 May 15, 1864 |
Battle of Resaca | Georgia |
| George Thomas | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| Atlanta Campaign | ||
| Battle of Resaca | ||
| Leonidas Polk | ||
| William Hardee | ||
| James McPherson | ||
| May 9, 1864 May 24, 1864 |
Sheridan's Raid on Richmond | Virginia |
| Sheridans Raid on Richmond | ||
| Richmond, Virginia | ||
| May 14, 1863 May 18, 1863 |
General Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and the Confederate Cabinet meet to discuss the "Summer Strategy" for 1863. | |
| The Gettysburg Campaign |
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