The 9th Illinois Infantry at the Battle of Shiloh
The 9th Illinois Infantry began the Civil War as a three months’ enlistment unit in April 1861. Upon the expiration of that term, it was reestablished as a unit for a three year enlistment....
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The 9th Illinois Infantry began the Civil War as a three months’ enlistment unit in April 1861. Upon the expiration of that term, it was reestablished as a unit for a three year enlistment....
In June of 1861, Michael H. Fitch enlisted in a volunteer company that became part of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry in July. He served in that regiment until July of 1862, when he was...
In July of 1861, Lieutenant Colonel John R. Baylor led his Texas volunteers into New Mexico Territory establishing a Confederate presence there. With U.S. regular troops being sent east to the main theatre of...
Following the Confederate defeat at the Battle of Five Forks on April 1st, 1865, General Robert E. Lee abandoned his defensive lines around Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia on April 2nd. The next day, U.S....
In late November, 1862 the three division Union Army of the Frontier was split into two widely separated parts. One division, under the command of Brigadier General James Blunt, was at Cane Hill in...
During the Civil War, the Confederacy had far less industrial capacity than the U.S. and had to rely on importing much of its war material and other goods from abroad. This was recognized early...
In the fall of 1863, U.S. forces from Major General Ambrose Burnsides’ Army of the Ohio (portions of the 9th and 23rd Corps) occupied Knoxville, Tennessee. While Burnside was occupying and fortifying that city,...
After withdrawing Confederate forces from Atlanta early in September of 1864 (and the subsequent capture of the city by Major General William T. Sherman’s army), Lieutenant General John Bell Hood began operations against Sherman’s...
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Abraham Lincoln
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