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Sunday, 05 April 2026
May 12 Battle of Raymond MS. 
May 12 Battle of Raymond, Miss
May 12 Charles Bordes, composer
May 14 Battle of Jackson MS.
May 14 Battle of Jackson, MS
May 14 Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46.
May 16 Battle of Champion's Hill MS-bloodiest action of Vicksburg Campaign.
May 16 Battle of Champion's Hill, MS-bloodiest action of Vicksburg Campaign.
May 16 Lloyd Tilghman, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 47.
May 17 Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi.
May 17 Battle of Big Black River Bridge, MS
May 18 Siege of Vicksburg MS
May 18 Siege of Vicksburg, MS
May 19 Siege of Vicksburg, investment of city complete
May 21 Siege on Port Hudson, Louisiana begins
May 22 General Grant begins siege on Vicksburg
May 22 War Department establishes Bureau of Colored Troops.
May 23 Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan
May 27 CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die.
May 27 Edward Payson Chapin, Union brig general, dies at 31
May 27 Siege of Port Hudson LA
May 28 1st black regiment (54 Mass) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War
May 28 Edmund Kirby Jr, Union-brig-gen, dies of injuries at 23
May 28 Georg Adler, German state economist.
May 28 The inaugural black regiment (54 Massachusetts) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War
May 31 Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer.
Jun 02 Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves.
Jun 02 Paul Felix Weingartner, Germany, conductor (Zara, Dalmatia)
Jun 04 Edmond R H Regout, Dutch industrialist/politician.
Jun 05 Arthur Somervell, composer
Jun 05 Battle of Franklin's Crossing, VA (Deep Run).
Jun 05 CSS "Alabama" captures the "Tailsman" in the Mid Atlantic.
Jun 06 Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA and Williamsport, MD
Jun 07 Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA-Jefferson Davis' home burnt
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