Civil War Info and Resources
In March and April 1864, a combined U.S. Army and Navy expedition up the Red River of Louisiana had successfully advanced about 150 miles and was closing in on Shreveport. Confederate Major General Richard...
The March 8th-9th Action Included the Battle Between the USS Monitor and CSS Merrimack, (also known as CSS Virginia) On March 8th, 1862, the 40 gun steam frigate USS Minnesota was on blockade...
The U.S. Postal Service will release a pane of 20 stamps honoring 10 individuals who escaped slavery or helped others to escape via the Underground Railroad, a clandestine organization of former slaves, free men,...
On December 8th, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconciliation, a preliminary step for reconstruction of the South after the Civil War. One of the provisions of the proclamation allowed...
As part of its ongoing Presidential Silver Medal Series, the U.S. Mint will release for sale the Rutherford B. Hayes commemorative medal on February 13th, 2024. Hayes was the 19th President of the United...
As part of its Commemorative Coin Program, the U.S. Mint will release three coins honoring Harriet Tubman. These coins include a five dollar gold coin, a silver dollar, and a half dollar. The coins...
Though it was not officially declared a Federal holiday until 1870, both sides in the Civil War celebrated Christmas. The war went on, of course, no matter what the calendar said. Overall, there was...
The December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia was one of the bloodiest of the Civil War, in large part due to wave after wave of Union assaults against the fortified Confederate positions on Marye’s...
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UNION
Abraham Lincoln
John Buford
Ambrose E. Burnside
Joshua L. Chamberlain
George A. Custer
David G. Farragut
James A. Garfield
Ulysses S. Grant
Winfield Scott Hancock
Rutherford B. Hayes
Nathaniel Lyon
George B. McClellan
James B. McPherson
George G. Meade
John F. Reynolds
John Sedgwick
Philip H. Sheridan
William T. Sherman
Edwin M. Stanton
George H. Thomas
CONFEDERACY
Jefferson Davis
Richard H. Anderson
Braxton Bragg
Patrick Cleburne
Nathan Bedford Forrest
A. P. Hill
John Bell Hood
Stonewall Jackson
Albert Sidney Johnston
Joseph E. Johnston
Robert E. Lee
James Longstreet
John S. Mosby
George E. Pickett
Leonidas Polk
Sterling Price
Edmund Kirby Smith
J.E.B. Stuart
Richard Taylor
