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Defend America on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 11:05:13 PM
November 26,
1863
Mine Run campaign begins
Union
General George Meade moves against General Robert E. Lee's Army of
Northern Virginia after months of inaction following the Battle of
Gettysburg. Meade's troops found no weaknesses in Lee's lines, and the
offensive was abandoned after only five days.
Meade was under
pressure from the Lincoln administration to act before the end of 1863.
For months after Gettysburg, the two battered armies nursed their
wounds and gazed warily at one another across the Rappahannock River.
In October 1863, Lee attempted to move his army between the Union force
and Washington, D.C., but his offensive failed at Bristoe Station. Now,
Meade hoped to attack part of Lee's army.
November 26,
1941
FDR establishes modern Thanksgiving holiday
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill officially establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.