Poetry: Sherman’s March to the Sea
“Sherman’s March to the Sea” is a poem written in 1864 by Samuel Hawkins Marshall Byers III, 5th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Byers wrote it while a prisoner in Colombia, S.C. The poem was set...
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Lincoln Reelected, Sherman Begins March to the Sea, Battle of Franklin: November 1864
November 1864 in the Civil War With the major campaigns bogged down in the mid summer of 1864, it appeared that Abraham Lincoln’s chances at being reelected President of the United States were slim...
Future President Rutherford B. Hayes’ After Action Reports on the Battles of Winchester, Fisher’s Hill, and Cedar Creek
Ohio native and future 19th President of the United States Rutherford B. Hayes was a 38 year old Cincinnati lawyer when he was appointed major of the 23rd Ohio Infantry in June of 1861....
Nathan Bedford Forrest Quick Facts
Name Meaning Nathan is of Hebrew origin meaning “God has given”. Vital Stats Birthday: July 13th, 1821 Birth Name: Nathan Bedford Forrest Birthplace: Chapel Hill, Tennessee Date of Death: October 29th, 1877 Cause: Complications...
Battles of Allatoona Pass, Cedar Creek, and Westport; Confederates Raid St. Albans Vermont: October 1864
October 1864 in the Civil War While the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac remained deadlocked around Petersburg and Richmond, there was a great deal of action in other places...
The 7th Wisconsin Infantry at Gettysburg
The 7th Wisconsin Infantry was formed in the late summer of 1861 and sent east, where it was brigaded with the 2nd and 6th Wisconsin Infantry regiments, plus the 19th Indiana Infantry. This brigade...
Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles was Not a Fan of General Nathaniel Banks
Gideon Welles served as Secretary of the Navy from 1861-1869, which at that time was a cabinet level office. Welles had a real insider’s look at the operations of the Lincoln Administration and the...
General Stand Watie’s Report on the Battle of Second Cabin Creek September 1864
Like the rest of the country, the Native American population was divided as which to side to support in the Civil War. This division extended to individual tribes, with the Cherokees being perhaps the...