Events

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Battles/Soldiers 06/21/1860 William Walker sails from New Orleans for Honduras on his last filibustering expedition
Battles/Soldiers 10/03/1859 William Walker launches another fillibustering attempt against Nicaragua from New Orleans
Military/Violent 06/28/1856 William Walker is elected president of Nicaragua
Military/Violent 05/08/1854 William Walker is driven from Mexico and taken into custody by the U.S. military
Battles/Soldiers 10/13/1855 William Walker captures the Nicaraguan capital of Granada
Battles/Soldiers 08/06/1860 William Walker and his men capture Trujillo on the Honduran coast
Military/Violent 05/01/1857 William Walker and his followers surrender to an American naval squadron and are returned to the United States
Battles/Soldiers 04/04/1854 William Walker and his fellow filibusters leave Baja California for Sonora
Lawmaking/Litigating 02/03/1858 William Walker and his companions are indicted in New Orleans under the Neutrality Laws
Battles/Soldiers 10/15/1853 William Walker and 45 followers invade Baja California, in northwestern Mexico
Battles/Soldiers 10/08/1861 William Tecumseh Sherman takes command of the Department of the Cumberland, replacing Robert Anderson
Personal 07/10/1860 William T. Sherman, teaching in Louisiana, writes to his wife with cynicism about the upcoming election
Campaigns/Elections 11/03/1860 William T. Sherman, teaching in Louisiana, writes to his wife about local attitudes on the election
Personal 11/23/1860 William T. Sherman writes to his wife from Louisiana that she stay in Ohio
Campaigns/Elections 11/10/1860 William T. Sherman writes to his wife from Louisiana about the election
Personal 09/11/1850 William Stoker’s family moves to Troup County, Georgia
Battles/Soldiers 01/24/1864—03/13/1864 William Stoker returns to Coffeeville, Texas on furlough
Personal 06/06/1858 William Stoker marries in Texas
Battles/Soldiers 05/06/1862 William Stoker enters Company H of the 18th Texas Infantry in Jefferson, Texas
Personal 01/01/1872 William Still publishes his records