Portal:American Civil War/This week in American Civil War history/23

May 30
1861 - Battle of Aquia Creek -

1862 - Siege of Corinth -

1864 - Battle of Old Church -

1864 - Battle of Totopotomoy Creek -

May 31
1861 - Battle of Aquia Creek -

1862 - Battle of Seven Pines -

June 1
1861 - Battle of Aquia Creek -

1862 - Battle of Seven Pines -

1864 - Battle of Cold Harbor -

June 2
1864 - Battle of Cold Harbor -

June 3
1807 - Fairview - A son is born to Samuel Emory Davis and his wife Jane, their tenth child. They name him Jefferson after the Virginia-born founding father

1861 - Philippi - A coordinated double envelopment of Union infantry under Thomas A. Morris overwhelmed poorly armed Confederates defending a covered bridge crossing the Tygart River in what is now Barbour County, West Virginia

1864 - Cold Harbor - Advancing in pre-dawn fog, three Union infantry corps under George Meade were decimated in the face of strong improvised Confederate earthworks. The assault would lead to the deaths of as many as 7,000 Federal casualties in just three hours.

June 4
1864 - Battle of Cold Harbor -

June 5
1862 - Battle of Tranter's Creek

1864 - Battle of Piedmont -