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.
The
Battle of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Confederate troops numbering 2,000 try to take
the Union-garrisoned town of Pine Bluff, and are repulsed by 1,000 Federals, a
large number of whom are emancipated slaves.