Civil War Info and Resources
Name Meaning: Joshua is of Hebrew origin and means “God is Salvation”. Vital Stats: Birthday: September 28, 1828 Birth Name: Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain (he would eventually reverse his first and middle names) Birthplace: Brewer,...
Name Meaning: Edmund is of Old English origin and means “wealthy protector”. Vital Stats Birthday: May 16th, 1824 Birth Name: Edmund Kirby Smith (often referred to as Kirby Smith or E. Kirby Smith) Birthplace:...
The most famous Richmond in the Civil War is of course, Richmond, Virginia. But another Richmond, this one in east central Kentucky, also was the scene of a battle involving thousands of soldiers. In...
In February of 1865, the 24th Michigan Infantry was reassigned from duty at Petersburg, Virginia to Springfield, Illinois. The 24th Michigan had been part of the Iron Brigade of five Wisconsin, Indiana, and Michigan...
After the Union victory at the Battle of Five Forks on April 1st, 1865, Federal forces were in place to cut the South Side Railroad, the last railroad supply line into the besieged city...
Throughout the Civil War, the city of Charleston, South Carolina had both a strategic and symbolic value to the Union. The first shots of the war occurred at Fort Sumter in the city’s harbor,...
White, Black, and Native American Union Soldiers Fought Confederate Native Americans and Texans for Control of Fort Gibson in Indian Territory For the first two years of the Civil War, Confederate forces generally controlled...
During the Peninsula Campaign in the Spring of 1862, Major General George B. McClellan’s Union Army of the Potomac advanced to the outskirts of Richmond, Virginia before being stopped at the May 31st-June 1st...
