Civil War Info and Resources
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...
The original Twilight Zone television series had several episodes that dealt with the topic of war including some set during the Civil War. Rod Serling, the show’s creator, was a World War II combat...
Union and Confederate armies used several types of guns in field artillery units in the Civil War. One of the more commonly used and effective field artillery pieces was the Model 1857 12 Pounder,...
The 3rd Brigade of the 1st Division of the Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, under the command of Colonel Strong Vincent, is remembered for its role in defending Little Round Top at...
As part of its four year American Women Quarter series, the U.S. Mint has released a quarter honoring Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, a Civil War surgeon who was awarded the Medal of Honor despite...
Appropriately, the largest monument on the Gettysburg battlefield honors the soldiers of Pennsylvania who defended their home state in that July 1-3, 1863 battle. Situated on Cemetery Ridge, the Pennsylvania State Monument is 110...
During the Civil War, neither the U.S. or Confederate military or government issued any type of identification to their soldiers. Although official identification in the form of the now familiar metal “dog tags” were...
Less than a month after the Civil War began, Marcus A. Hanna enlisted in the U.S. Navy for one year on May 9th, 1861. Hanna was a Landsman, at the time the lowest rank...
As part of its ongoing commemorative series of Presidential Silver Medals, the U.S. Mint will release for sale the James A. Garfield commemorative medal on April 30th, 2024. Garfield was the 20th President of...
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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
