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August 11th, 1864 Jubal Early Pulls Out Confederate General Jubal Early pulled out of Winchester, Virginia, in advance of the arrival of Union General Philip Sheridan. Early pulled further south up the Shenandoah Valley.

August 10th, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln Meets with Samuel Pomeroy and Frederick Douglas  President Abraham Lincoln met with Senator Samuel Pomeroy, of Kansas, and with abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass. Lincoln’s personal secretary John Hay recorded, “[Douglass] intends to … Continue reading →