America's Civil War Source
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A resource for those interested in the study of America's Civil War
Major General George Brinton McCellan
Major General George Brinton McCellan takes command of the Army of the Potomac of the Union. In Wheeling
Virginia a convention begins to set up an new state in Western Virginia to be called Kanawha. In Missouri
General Sterling Price declares that the Southern victory at Wilson's Creek has defeated the oppressors of
Missouri..