Civil War Info and Resources
On May 24th, 1864, approximately 2500 Confederate cavalry men under Major General Fitzhugh Lee attacked the U.S. base at Wilson’s Wharf, about 20 miles down the James River from Richmond, Virginia. This position on...
In the winter of 1863, Representative Elihu Washburne of Illinois introduced a bill to revive the rank of Lieutenant General in the U.S. Army. Although Winfield Scott held the rank of Brevet Lieutenant General,...
As part of its Presidential Silver Medal Series, the U.S. Mint will release the Benjamin Harrison commemorative medal for sale on February 10th, 2025. Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States, serving...
On December 31st, 1862, the Union Army of the Cumberland under Major General William Rosecrans clashed with the Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by General Braxton Bragg, along the Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee....
In late November 1864, Lieutenant General John Bell Hood’s Confederate Army of Tennessee marched north from Florence, Alabama into Tennessee. While Major General William T. Sherman was making his march from Atlanta to Savannah,...
Salt was an extremely valuable commodity during the Civil War as it was used as a preservative for meat in an era before refrigeration. Many Confederate salt processing facilities were located along the coasts,...
Although cavalry in the Civil War was utilized as a branch of the large armies that fought in major campaigns and battles, there were also countless smaller raids, expeditions, scouts, and actions undertaken by...
The April 6-7, 1862 Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee was by far the costliest battle in terms of casualties up to that point in the year old Civil War. Each side suffered over 1700...
The Sunken Road, or Bloody Lane as it would be named post battle, was the scene of some of the most intense fighting at the Battle of Antietam, a battle that featured a great...
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UNION
Abraham Lincoln
John Buford
Ambrose E. Burnside
Joshua L. Chamberlain
George A. Custer
David G. Farragut
James A. Garfield
Ulysses S. Grant
Winfield Scott Hancock
Rutherford B. Hayes
Nathaniel Lyon
George B. McClellan
James B. McPherson
George G. Meade
John F. Reynolds
John Sedgwick
Philip H. Sheridan
William T. Sherman
Edwin M. Stanton
George H. Thomas
CONFEDERACY
Jefferson Davis
Richard H. Anderson
Braxton Bragg
Patrick Cleburne
Nathan Bedford Forrest
A. P. Hill
John Bell Hood
Stonewall Jackson
Albert Sidney Johnston
Joseph E. Johnston
Robert E. Lee
James Longstreet
John S. Mosby
George E. Pickett
Leonidas Polk
Sterling Price
Edmund Kirby Smith
J.E.B. Stuart
Richard Taylor
