What was the most significant event on April 30 during the U.S. Civil War?

2016-05-01T19:22:58-04:00

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 1 at 2016 10:51 PM

2016-05-01T22:51:08-04:00

April 30, 1863
About noon, Ulysses S. Grant begins crossing the Mississippi and landing U. S. troops south of Vicksburg.
April 30, 1864
Battle of Jenkin's Ferry

Response by LTC Stephen F. made May 1 at 2016 10:56 PM

2016-05-01T22:56:33-04:00

I tried to remove this question because I accidently "posted it" with no information SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas and MSgt Private RallyPoint Member. If either of you has sufficient admin privileges I would like help in removing this question.
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What was the most significant event on April 30 during the U.S. Civil War? | RallyPoint

1863: During the Raid on Rome, Georgia, [US] COL Abel Streight fights a pitched battle at Day's Gap, Alabama 1863: Supply lines were critical but unheralded aspects of warfare throughout the civil war. U.S. Grant’s campaign against Vicksburg, MS required herculean efforts to develop and maintain supply lines through swampy areas and across the mighty Mississippi. 1864: Jefferson Davis's 5-year-old son Joseph Evan Davis died following a fall...