Nathaniel Lyon Quick Facts
Name Meaning: Nathaniel is of Hebrew origin and means “God has given. Vital Stats Birthday: July 14th, 1818 Birth Name: Nathaniel Lyon Birthplace: Ashford, Connecticut Date of Death: August 10th, 1861 Cause: Killed in...
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DNA Testing Confirms That Old Abe the War Eagle Was Male
Old Abe, the Bald Eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry in the Civil War, and the inspiration for the army’s 101st Airborne eagle insignia, has been confirmed by DNA testing to have been...
General Lew Wallace’s Report on the Battle of Monocacy
In early July, 1864, Major General Lew Wallace, commander of the Federal Middle Department with his headquarters in Baltimore, faced a difficult situation. A Confederate army of 15,000 men under General Jubal Early had...
Visiting Gettysburg National Military Park
The three day Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (July 1st-3rd, 1863) was the largest and costliest in terms of casualties in the Civil War, with over 51,000 total casualties, including over 7,000 killed. The Union...
The 5th Wisconsin Infantry at the Battle of Williamsburg
On the night of May 3rd, 1862, during the Peninsula Campaign in Virginia, Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston withdrew his forces from his defensive lines at Yorktown, and began retreating towards Richmond. Union army...
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Isaac Reeve Reports on the Surrender of His Command After the Secession of Texas
After the State of Texas adapted an ordinance of secession from the United States on February 1st, 1861, U.S. Army soldiers and cavalrymen at the various forts and garrisons scattered throughout the Lone Star...
Honoring the Fallen on Memorial Day
The first widely observed Memorial Day occurred on May 30th, 1868. Earlier that month Union General John A. Logan, the national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, a Civil War veterans organization,...
The Sgt. Richard Kirkland Memorial at Fredericksburg
Located near the Stone Wall and Sunken Road at the foot of Mary’es Heights in Fredericksburg, Virginia, the site of intense fighting at the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, is the Sgt. Richard Rowland...