Civil War Info and Resources
The U.S. Treasury Department made its much anticipated announcement April 20th, 2016, regarding the portrait of a woman on a denomination of U.S. currency. Originally, it was intended that Alexander Hamilton would be removed...
Name Meaning: Leonidas is of Greek origin and means “lion”. Vital Stats Birthday: April 10th, 1806 Birth Name: Leonidas Polk Birthplace: Raleigh, North Carolina Height: About 6 Feet Date of Death: June 14th, 1864...
The U.S. Navy and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on March 23rd, 2016 that the USS Conestoga, a Navy ocean going tugboat that disappeared at sea in 1921, had been located...
Name Meaning John is of Hebrew origin and means”God is gracious”. Vital Stats Birthday: September 13th, 1813 Birth Name: John Sedgwick Birthplace: Cornwall Hollow, Connecticut Date of Death: May 9th, 1864 Cause of death:...
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:...
