Civil War Info and Resources
Between 1768 and 1771, planter and politician William Fitzhugh built a Georgian style mansion on Stafford Heights above the Rappahannock River across from Fredericksburg, Virginia. Fitzhugh named the home Chatham Manor, after William Pitt,...
Name Meaning: Richard is of Old German origin and means “powerful leader”. Vital Stats: Birthday: October 7th, 1821 Birth Name: Richard Herron Anderson Birthplace: Sumter County, South Carolina Date of Death: June 26th, 1879...
Name Meaning: John is of Hebrew origin and means “God is gracious”. Vital Stats: Birthday: March 4th, 1826 Birth Name: John Buford, Jr. Birthplace: Woodford County, Kentucky Date of Death: December 16th, 1863 Cause...
In June 1861, construction began on a large earthen fort on the south bank of the Ogeechee River south of Savannah, Georgia, as part of the defenses of that port city. Originally, this earthwork...
In 1854, the U.S. Army established a post named Fort Craig near the west bank of the Rio Grande in New Mexico Territory, about 35 miles south of the town of Socorro along El...
In June of 1861, President Abraham Lincoln signed an order creating the United States Sanitary Commission, a private organization dedicated to aiding wounded and sick Union soldiers and sailors. The USSC was modeled after...
On April 19th, 1861, just six days after the surrender of Fort Sumter to Confederate forces, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring that the port cities of the Confederate states would be subject...
Besides the famous Fort Pulaski, there were other Confederate river defenses that guarded against attack on the City of Savannah, Georgia, via the Savannah River. The most formidable of these defenses was a brick...
