June 15, 1945 - Friday - 80 years ago today

Status - John Skinner - USS St. Croix

The St. Croix had boarded more troops in New Guinea and was now approaching the Philippines to deliver them, this time to Manila.

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Fighting continues on Okinawa, in the Philippines and in New Guinea.  Many ships continue to be damaged or sunk by kamikaze aircraft near Okinawa.  A typhoon at Okinawa also damaged a number of ships, including battleships and carriers, on June 5th.

The Berlin Declaration ended Nazi rule in Germany and divided the country into four occupied zones, one each administered by Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union.  These zones would form the basis for East and West Germany.  The Potsdam Conference was scheduled for mid-July.  

Organization of the new United Nations continued in San Francisco.

 More Information:

• Official Navy Chronology, pp. 687-697.
• The Liberation of the Philippines, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 228-302. 
  
• Victory in the Pacific, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 272-309.
• USS_Saint_Croix
• Events of June, 1945

 

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June 15, 1865 - Thursday - 160 years ago today

Status - 40th Indiana - 4th Army Corps - 2nd Division - 2nd Brigade

The 4th Army Corps is at Nashville during this time.

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Confederate forces in Texas surrendered, and this was the last major force to do so. 

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John Baer - Home, Tippecanoe County, IN

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More Information:

• The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 218. .
• Events: 1865   
  

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June 1, 1945 - Friday - 80 years ago today

Status - John Skinner - USS St. Croix

The St. Croix landed its complement of forces at Tarragona on the east side on Mindanao, Philippines for mop up operations.  St. Croix next made for New Guinea to embark more troops, these also destined for the Philippines.

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Fighting continues on Okinawa, in the Philippines and in New Guinea.  Many ships continue to be damaged or sunk by kamikaze aircraft near Okinawa.

The Churchill government in Britain fell on May 23rd.  New elections were scheduled for July.

Tokyo was firebombed on the 24th, and Yokohama on the 29th.

 More Information:

• Official Navy Chronology, pp. 679-687.
• The Liberation of the Philippines, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 228-302. 
  
• Victory in the Pacific, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 250-272.
• USS_Saint_Croix
• Events of May, 1945

 

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June 1, 1865 - Thursday - 160 years ago today

Status - 40th Indiana - 4th Army Corps - 2nd Division - 2nd Brigade

The 4th Army Corps is at Nashville during this time.

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Confederate President Jefferson Davis is imprisoned at Fort Monroe, VA.  Although he spends two years imprisoned, he is never tried for any actions while President of the Confederacy.

The Army of the Potomac parades through Washington, D. C. for a grand review.  Next day, Sherman's western army does the same.  

Most of the Confederate forces in the trans-Mississippi surrender.  A general amnesty is declared by President Johnson for most of the Confederate soldiers.  High ranking army officers and other officials of the Confederacy, as well as the largest Southern property holders, are not included. Most are granted amnesty by the President after applying individually, and all their lands are returned (slaves, of course, are not).  The new agricultural system in the South - sharecropping - actually varies little from the days of slavery.

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John Baer - Home, Tippecanoe County, IN

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More Information:

• The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. pp. 214-215. 
• Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, pp. 864-899.
• Events: 1865   
  

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