When James D Cotham was born on 2 December 1860, in Hickman, Tennessee, United States, his father, James Cotham, was 40 and his mother, Susanah Sparks, was 34. He lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870. He died before 1870, in Hickman, Tennessee, United States.
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The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): variant of Cotton .
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