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August 1st, 1864
Sheridan Appointed Commander of Army of Shenandoah 

General Philip Sheridan

Union General Ulysses S. Grant appointed General Philip Sheridan commander of the Army of the Shenandoah. This happened after General Jubal Early’s raid on Washington, and now Pennsylvania and Maryland, was undertaken to force a withdrawal of Union Troops from the siege of Petersburg.

July 29th, 1862
Confederate Spy Gets Arrested 

The Old Capital Prison

Confederate spy Marie Isabella “Belle” Boyd was arrested by Union troops and taken to Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC. She was arrested two more times before the war ended.