Monday, May 20, 2013

May 20, 1863


May 20, 1863

---Steamers Kate, Margaret, Jessie, and Annie run the blockade into Charleston with valuable cargoes.


---At Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, a brigade of Native American troops loyal to the Union attack and drive back a Confederate force from taking over the fort as the Rebels crossed the Arkansas River at that point.

Union cavalryman

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