Civil War Info and Resources
Writer, poet, and journalist Walt Whitman wrote several poems about the Civil War, which were compiled into two volumes called Drum-Taps, and Sequel to Drum-Taps, both published in 1865. He became personally involved in...
After mortally wounding President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theater in Washington DC on April 14th, 1865, John Wilkes Booth escaped out of the city and into Maryland. Joining up with David Herold, another assassination...
At the outset of the Civil War, Maryland was one of four border states with legal slavery located between the seceding Confederate states and the remaining Union states. While none of these border states...
About seventy miles west of Key West, Florida, are seven islands consisting of sand, coral, and little else. Named the Tortugas by Spanish Explorer Ponce de Leon due to the many sea turtles in...
As part of its Presidential Commemorative Silver Medal Series, the U.S. Mint will release for sale the William McKinley commemorative medal on May 12th, 2025. McKinley was the 25th President of the United States,...
The 5th Wisconsin Infantry began serving in the Union cause in July 1861, almost at the very beginning of the Civil War. The regiment had seen action in most of the campaigns and battles...
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...
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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
