Category: War

May 20, 2017

Guerrilla Warfare in Missouri Continued Until the Very End of the Civil War

While the State of Missouri was the site of a few conventional battles between Union and Confederate armies, there were by far more raids, attacks, and other actions conducted by smaller groups of guerilla...

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March 2, 2017

Lt. Col. Edward Hallowell’s Report on the 54th Massachusetts Infantry ‘s Assault on Fort Wagner

The July 18th, 1863 assault of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry upon Fort Wagner on Morris Island near Charleston, South Carolina, cemented that regiments place in history. The 54th led the attack on the fort...

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February 12, 2017

Private Charles C. Pike of the 11th New Hampshire Infantry Recalls the Assault on the Sunken Road and Marye’s Heights at the Battle of Fredericksburg

On December 13th, 1862, at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, wave after wave of Union troops attempted a frontal assault on the fortified Confederate position just west of town. Rebel infantrymen manned a stone...

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January 17, 2017

Colonel Peter J. Osterhaus’ Report on His Division’s Action at the Battle of Pea Ridge

German born Peter J. Osterhaus had a long and distinguished career for the Union Army in the Civil War. Living in Missouri at the beginning of the war, Osterhaus joined the army in April...

War

December 17, 2016

Major General John G. Foster’s Report on his Expedition to Goldsboro, North Carolina, December 1862.

The Union Army and Navy captured significant portions of the North Carolina coastal regions in 1861 and 1862, and held onto much of it for the remainder of the Civil War. Federal forces launched...

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December 2, 2016

Colonel John M. Oliver’s Report on His Brigade’s Action in the Capture of Fort McAllister

On December 10th, 1864, the leading elements of Major General William T. Sherman’s army began to arrive at Savannah, Georgia, the final objective of his March to the Sea from Atlanta. Though Sherman had...

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November 19, 2016

Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Randall’s Report on the 149th New York Infantry at the Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee

In late November 1863, Major General Ulysses S. Grant began operations to lift the siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Union Army of the Cumberland under Major General William Rosecrans had retreated to Chattanooga following...

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September 25, 2016

U.S.S. Kanawa Captures Four Confederate Blockade Runners

On April 19th, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation stating that a blockade of southern ports by the United States was in effect. In theory, this tactic would prevent both the export of...

Category: War

Guerrilla Warfare in Missouri Continued Until the Very End of the Civil War

Lt. Col. Edward Hallowell’s Report on the 54th Massachusetts Infantry ‘s Assault on Fort Wagner

Private Charles C. Pike of the 11th New Hampshire Infantry Recalls the Assault on the Sunken Road and Marye’s Heights at the Battle of Fredericksburg

Colonel Peter J. Osterhaus’ Report on His Division’s Action at the Battle of Pea Ridge

Major General John G. Foster’s Report on his Expedition to Goldsboro, North Carolina, December 1862.

Colonel John M. Oliver’s Report on His Brigade’s Action in the Capture of Fort McAllister

Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Randall’s Report on the 149th New York Infantry at the Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee

U.S.S. Kanawa Captures Four Confederate Blockade Runners

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