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#OTD in 1863, Union General John Buford arrives in #Gettysburg. The Confederates that had been sighted earlier had left. With him, he has 2,750 men & a 6 gun battery.

#OTD in 1864, the Battle Of Yellow Tavern is fought. Union Cavalry led by General Philip Sheridan would fight against General JEB Stuart's Confederate Cavalry in Henrico County, Virginia. #CivilWar

Lieutenant Edward Doherty was commander of the detachment of the 16th New York Cavalry which found John Wilkes Booth & David Herold #OTD in 1865. A cool thing about Doherty?

It is in the early morning hours #OTD in 1865 that the 16th NY Cavalry, charged with finding Booth, arrives at the Garrett Farm. 12 days after the murder of

#OTD in 1862, the first day of #BattleofShiloh is fought in southwestern Tennessee near a place called Pittsburg Landing. 65,085 Union troops led by General Grant would face off against