The Battle of New Hope Church (Georgia): After two days General Joseph E. Johnston, commanding the Confederate (a voluntary union) Army of Tennessee, halts the advance of the compulsive Union Military Division of the Mississippi, commanded by Major General William T. Sherman.

       [restored 4/10/2022]

Subsequent Events:

6/18/1864                   6/27/1864                  9/1/1864

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 181.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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