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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Apr 30 Swift Run Gap, WV skirmishes. 
May 01 Union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans.
May 02 Marie F M Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine)
May 04 -5] Battle at Williamsburg, Virginia
May 04 Battle at Williamsburg VA
May 04 Yorktown VA - McClellan halted his troop before town as it is full of armed torpedoes left by CS Brigadier General Gabrial Rains.
May 05 French army intervenes in Puebla, Mexico: Cinco de Mayo.
May 05 Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya)
May 05 Peninsular Campaign-Battle of Williamsburg VA
May 06 Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44
May 07 Battle of West Point VA (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville)
May 07 Battle of West Point, VA (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville).
May 07 Much of Enschede Netherlands destroyed by fire.
May 08 Valley Campaign Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell VA.
May 08 Valley Campaign: Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell Va.
May 09 Battle of Farmington MS
May 09 Battle of Farmington, MS.
May 09 US Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis MD to Newport RI.
May 10 Battle of Plum Run Bend TN (Plum Point Bend).
May 10 Battle of Plum Run Bend, TN (Plum Point Bend)
May 11 Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk VA
May 11 Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk, VA
May 11 CSS Virginia blown up by Confederates to prevent capture
May 12 Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge LA.
May 12 Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge Louisiana
May 14 Adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents chronograph
May 14 Adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents the chronograph.
May 15 -May 17] Battle of Princeton WV.
May 15 Arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde)
May 15 Battle of Drewry's Bluff (Fort Darling) VA
May 15 Battle of Princeton WV
May 15 Confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London.
May 15 Department of Agriculture created.
May 15 General Benjamin F Butler issues "Woman's Order" - women of New Orleans to be treated as whores as a result of their treatment of Union soldiers
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