Civil War, Day by Day
The chilling “Rebel Yell” shattered the early morning silence of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley that crisp October morning. It rolled along the banks of Cedar Creek, and echoed across Belle Grove Plantation, where General Phillip H. Sheridan had established his headquarters.
This Day in History
The Surrender at Yorktown


 
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