Wednesday, October 16, 2013

October 17, 1863---Of Generals and Emperors



OCTOBER 17, 1863:             

Maximilian, Archduke of Austria, is officially coronated Emperor of Mexico by Emperor Napoleon III of France. The Confederacy waits in expectation that the French puppet “Empire” will join the Civil War on the side of the South. This never happens. 



Ulysses S. Grant is given overall command of the Western Theatre (west of the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River) by President Lincoln.

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