In the early part of the Civil War, Union soldiers in camps or in the field were housed in large tents, especially the cone shaped Sibley tent. While the large Sibley tent could accommodate...
Before launching his final, successful campaign to capture Vicksburg, Mississippi, Major General Ulysses S. Grant made several other unsuccessful attempts to take the city. Situated on a high bluff on a sharp bend in...
Standing next to the Illinois Memorial in Vicksburg National Military Park is the Shirley House, a white frame structure that is the only surviving wartime structure within the park boundaries (though numerous antebellum buildings...
Name Meaning: John is of Hebrew origin and means “God is gracious”. Vital Stats Birthday: June 1st or 29th, 1831, depending on source. Birth Name: John Bell Hood Birthplace: Owingsville, Kentucky Date of Death:...
150 Years Ago in the Civil War As the calendar turned to June 1865, the final shots had fired, the last of the Confederate forces were preparing to surrender, and the nation began to...
150 Years Ago in the Civil War As the nation continued mourn the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the transition to peace was underway. With the surrenders of the Confederate forces of Robert E. Lee...
