The U.S. Civil War: Was it one nation divided, remaking itself, or two nations at war? There is no one answer. But every day was a day of great change.
Saturday, June 8, 2013
August 7, 1861---Freed men lose their homes in Rebel raid
AUGUST 7, 1861:
J.B.
Magruder burns the village of Hampton, Virginia, near Fort Monroe. The town had
been set aside by the Union as a settlement for freed men.
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