Tenting on the Old Campground
By 1863, dozens of major battles and hundreds of smaller actions had claimed the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers. Regiments in the Civil War were often made up of men from small...
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Confederate Capital moved to Richmond; Death of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth; War Preparations Continue: May 1861
May 1861 in the Civil War After the firing on Fort Sumter in April, both sides began preparations for war, and more states were forced to pick one side or the other. On May...
The Death of General James B. McPherson at the Battle of Atlanta July 22, 1864
Ohio native and West Point graduate James B. McPherson served as Chief Engineer for General Ulysses S. Grant during the Fort Henry and Fort Donelson campaigns in Tennessee in early 1862. McPherson impressed his...
Spring 2011 Civil War Film News
Sally Field has been cast as Mary Todd Lincoln in director Stephen Spielberg’s upcoming biographic film about Abraham Lincoln’s Civil War presidency. Daniel Day-Lewis will portray Lincoln in the film, which is based on...
Goober Peas
“Goober Peas” is such a well known Civil War song because its popularity continued long after the war was over. It even entered the elementary music curriculum when instilling patriotism in school children was...
‘When the Regiment Came Back’ by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox was not a Civil War poet, per se, although she did live through the war and at least had the direct experience of seeing her brothers leave to serve their country....
The Baltimore Riot of April 19th, 1861
On April 15th,1861, President Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 troops in response to the rebellion that had commenced three days earlier when Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Response to the...
Thanksgiving Day 1863: First Official Thanksgiving
Sara Hale and Abraham Lincoln When most people think of the origins of the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S., they think of the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians celebrating at Plymouth in 1621. While the...