Portal:American Civil War/This week in American Civil War history/21
May 16[edit]
1863 - Champion Hill -
1864 - Proctor's Creek -
May 17[edit]
1863 - Big Black River Bridge - This Hinds County, Mississippi victory by the Union XIII Corps under John A. McClernand bottled Confederate forces up in the Mississippi River fortress at Vicksburg
1864 - Adairsville - Retreating Army of Tennessee commander Joseph E. Johnston deployed William Hardee's corps astride the Kingston road, repulsing the Union IV Corps under Oliver O. Howard in pursuit; darkness prevented reinforced attack
May 18[edit]
1861 - Battle of Sewell's Point -
1864 - Battle of Spotsylvania Court House -
May 19[edit]
1861 - Battle of Sewell's Point -
1862 - Battle of Whitney's Lane -
May 20[edit]
1863 - Battle of Pogue's Run -
1864 - Battle of Ware Bottom Church -
May 21[edit]
1863 - Battle of Plains Store -