Civil War Info and Resources
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...
In the later part of the 19th and early 20th centuries, William Cody was one of the most famous people in the world. Nicknamed Buffalo Bill from his time supplying buffalo meat to workers...
Name Meaning Rutherford is of Old English origin and means “cattle crossing”. Vital Stats Birthday: October 4th, 1822 Birth Name: Rutherford Birchard Hayes Birthplace: Delaware, Ohio Date of Death: January 17th, 1893 Cause: Heart...
The history of St. Augustine, Florida goes a long way back in time. The city was founded by the Spanish in 1565 and is the oldest continuously inhabited town settled by Europeans in the...
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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
