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July 13 in U.S. military history

1861: Following their victory in the Battle of Rich Mountain in western Virginia two days ago, Union forces led by

1798: Having been disbanded after the end of the Revolutionary War 15 years ago, President John Adams re-institutes the United

1775: Gen. George Washington, the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, takes formal command of his troops in Cambridge,

1863: The Battle of Gettysburg enters its second day. Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain’s 20th Maine Volunteers occupy “Little Round Top”

1864: After two months of flanking maneuvers, driving Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s Confederate Army of Tennessee some 70 miles