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Jackson waves a rusted sword and turns back a Union rout at Cedar Mountain

Nathaniel Banks attacked at two-to-one odds; A.P. Hill's division arrived just in time to save Jackson's line.

By August 1862, John Pope's Army of Virginia was pushing south into Culpeper County, and Stonewall Jackson moved to strike its vanguard before reinforcements arrived. On August 9, in 98-degree heat, Nathaniel Banks attacked Jackson's forces despite being outnumbered two to one. Confederate lines nearly broke, but Jackson rallied his men personally, and the arrival of A.P. Hill's division turned the tide. The counterattack broke the Union line, opening the Northern Virginia Campaign…

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Bockscar drops a second atomic bomb, on Nagasaki

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Bambi's loan runs out; the Forest Service names a bear of its own

Disney's Bambi was only on loan for a year. When the deal ran out, the Forest Service needed a mascot of its own.
1942

In the dark off Guadalcanal, Mikawa's cruisers sink four Allied warships in under an hour

Then, fearing carriers that had already left, the Japanese admiral turns north and leaves the invasion transports untouched.
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1870

A 69-year-old grandmother votes in Laramie; no American woman has voted legally in 63 years

Louisa Ann Swain stopped for yeast on her way to the polls, then voted half an hour ahead of the next woman in line.
1864

Sherman orders every civilian out of Atlanta

Five days after the mayor's surrender, the general clears the city he plans to hold through the fall and then destroy.
1863

Little Rock falls; the last Confederates are out by five o'clock

The city's civilian government hands over Arkansas's capital two hours after Sterling Price's army disappears south.
1862

Lincoln warns the South: free the slaves by New Year's or the Union will do it for you

The order comes five days after Antietam, tying freedom to a battlefield victory.
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