Visiting Fort Craig National Historic Site
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...
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Mary A. Livermore of the U.S. Sanitary Commission Recalls a Visit to a Civil War Regimental Field Hospital
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...
President Lincoln’s Southern Port Blockade Proclamation
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...
Old Fort Jackson Helped Guard the Savannah River During the Civil War
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...
Elbridge Copp of the 3rd New Hampshire Infantry Describes the Scene in Washington DC in 1861
From the earliest days of the Civil War, Washington DC was a busy hub of military activity in addition to being the home of the Federal government. With the Confederacy and a hostile army...
The Green-Meldrim House Served as William T. Sherman’s Headquarters After the Capture of Savannah
Major General William T. Sherman’s army concluded its March to the Sea with the capture and occupation of Savannah, Georgia on December 21st, 1864. The next morning , Sherman and his staff rode into...
Brigadier General Nathan Kimball’s and Colonel Thomas E. Rose’s Reports on the Union Right at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee
In November 1864, as Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set out from Atlanta on their March to the Sea, the Confederate Army of Tennessee under the command of General John Bell...
Visiting Fort Pulaski National Monument
In the first half of the 19th century, the United States built dozens of masonry forts along the East and Gulf coasts to protect ports and prevent invading armies from using rivers to move...