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Wednesday, 11 February 2026
May 12 Battle of Todd's Tavern VA (Sheridan's Raid). 
May 12 Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River (Fort Darling).
May 12 US Union colonel Emory Upton (24) promoted to Brigadier-General
May 13 -16] Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Resaca Georgia.
May 13 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Resaca GA
May 13 Junius Daniel, Confederate brig-general, dies at 35
May 14 Battle of Reseca GA -Atlanta- (2nd day)
May 14 Eleanor Everest Freer, composer
May 14 William N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies
May 15 Battle of New Market VA
May 15 Battle of New Market, Virginia.
May 15 Battle of Resaca GA (3rd day)
May 15 Skirmish at Marksville (Avoyelles) (Red River Campaign)
May 16 Atlanta Campaign-battle of Resaca, ends (since May 13).
May 16 Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Resaca, ends (since May 13)
May 16 Battle of Bermuda Hundred VA.
May 16 Last battles at Drewry's Bluff VA (6666 casualties)
May 16 Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered.
May 17 Battle of Adairsville GA, Union forces Confederates to retreat.
May 17 Battle of Adairsville Georgia, Union forces Confederates to retreat
May 17 N Hawthorne, writer, dies at 59
May 18 Battle of Yellow Bayou LA (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks).
May 18 Battle of Yellow Bayou, LA (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks).
May 18 James Byron Gordon, Confederate brig-gen, dies at 41.
May 18 Jan P Veth, Bayern, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer/art historian.
May 19 Battle of Port Walthall Junction VA (Bermuda Hundred)
May 19 Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA (Bermuda Hundred)
May 19 Carl Ethan Akeley, US, naturalist, devoleped animal mount process.
May 19 Last engagement in series of battles known as Spotsylvania.
May 19 Nathaniel Hawthorne, US, writer (Scarlet Letter), dies
May 19 Skirmish at Cassville GA
May 20 Battle at Ware Bottom Church VA, 1400 killed or injured.
May 20 Battle at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia, 1400 killed or injured
May 20 John Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at 70.
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