The Battle of Fort Stevens (District of Columbia) concludes: After two days of fighting Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early, commanding the Confederate (a voluntary union) Army of the Valley, withdraws from the field of battle having accomplished his goal of discouraging civilian support for the compulsory Union war effort.
[restored 4/15/2022]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 182.
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