| Date | Key Events for the Week of July 29, 1861 (War Week 17) |
| July 31 Wed | Grant Receives a Second Chance Lincoln appoints Ulysses S. Grant General of Volunteers in Illinois. Grant had resigned his army commission in 1854 due to “bad habits” and was working for his brother as a tanner when the war began. However, his West Point credentials are too valuable to be ignored by the U.S. Army. |
Friday, July 29, 2011
Timeline, Week 17 of the Civil War
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I am related to a robert sing in the civil war. He endured the war for all for years and made it in one piece he actually stole a journal from a union soldier to.
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