Civil War Info and Resources
January 1863 in the Civil War The Emancipation Proclamation, released in preliminary form a few days after the Battle of Antietam, was issued in its final form by President Abraham Lincoln on New Year’s...
Lt. William B. Cushing, USN, made a name for himself in the Civil War by taking on tough, dangerous assignments that were adventures in themselves. These included such actions as his November 1862 raid...
Captain Gates P. Thruston of the 1st Ohio Infantry served as the ordnance officer for Major General Alexander McCook’s Right Wing of the Union Army of the Cumberland at the Battle of Stones River....
The USPS should be releasing the designs for the 2013 Civil War commemorative stamps in December or January, but in the meantime, the postal service has released the design for another Civil War related...
Name Meaning George is of Greek origin and means “farmer”. Vital Stats Birthday: January 16, 1825 Birth Name: George Edward Pickett Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia Date of Death: July 30th, 1875 Cause: Scarlet Fever Place...
The 11th New Hampshire Infantry entered Federal service in September 1862 and was assigned to the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Division in the Union Army’s 9th Corps. The regiment first saw action at...
December 1862 in the Civil War After a relatively quiet November, the month of December 1862 saw significant fighting in several locations. After his late November victory at the Battle of Cane Hill in...
As a general rule, the Union Army in the east scaled back active campaigning in the winter months and constructed shelters and camps of a more substantial nature than those of the warmer times...
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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