Portal:American Civil War/This week in American Civil War history/10

February 28
1861 - Colorado is organized as a United States territory.

1862 - Battle of New Madrid -

1863 - CSS Nashville - renamed Rattlesnake, sunk by USS Montauk (1862) in Savannah area.

February 29
1864 - American Civil War: Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid fails - Plans to free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted.

March 2
1861 - Nevada Territory and Dakota Territory are organized as political divisions of the United States

1864 - Battle of Walkerton -

1865 - Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia -

March 3
1865 - Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congress authorized formation of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands to aid former slaves through education, health care and employment

March 4
1861 - Montgomery - First national flag of the Confederate States of America (the Stars and Bars) was adopted

1865 - Richmond - Last national flag of the Confederate States of America was adopted

March 5
1863 - Thompson's Station - Confederate corps commander Earl Van Dorn attacked a probing Union force in Williamson County, Tennessee with two cavalry divisions, capturing an entire infantry brigade and its commander, John Coburn

March 6
1857 - Washington, D.C.- The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case, shocking many in the North

1865 - Natural Bridge - A small band of Confederate soldiers, supported by elderly citizens and young students from nearby Florida Military and Collegiate Institute repelled attacks from two United States Colored Troops regiments, successfully defending the Florida state capitol at Tallahassee