Two Of The Confederacy’s Worst Defeats Concluded On The Same Day
A hot July day that turned the tide of war
5 min readJun 4, 2022
President Abraham Lincoln was likely not planning to wake up to good news on July 4th, 1863. His forces were engaged across North America in a brutal war that had ground on for far longer than anyone had anticipated. 1862 quickly turned into 1863 without any signs that the war was…