Robert E. Lee

Lee issues his famous Chambersburg order, 1863

“Winnie” Davis born, 1864

June Twenty-Eighth

COL. WILLIAM MOULTRIE; SERGEANT JASPER; “PALMETTO DAY”

The battle holds a conspicuous place in the history of the Revolution. It was our first clear victory over the British, and won over one of England’s most distinguished naval officers.

John J. Dargan

Defence of Fort Sullivan, (Moultrie,) 1776

North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana readmitted to the Union, 1868