Civil War Info and Resources
Following the capture of Atlanta in September 1864, Major General William T. Sherman prepared for his next campaign. He proposed to march his army across Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah. He also proposed that...
In the first half of the 19th century, the United States built several masonry forts along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts for the purpose of defending those coasts from invasion. One of these forts...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
Though it was not officially declared a Federal holiday until 1870, both sides in the Civil War celebrated Christmas. The war went on, of course, no matter what the calendar said. Overall, there was...
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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
