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David G. Farragut Quick Facts
Name Meaning: David is of Hebrew origin and means “beloved” Vital Stats Birthday: July 5th, 1801 Birth Name: James Glasgow Farragut Birthplace: Campbell’s Station, Tennessee Date of Death: August 14th, 1870 Cause: Heart disease...
General William T. Sherman Informs His Army of the Death of Abraham Lincoln
On the morning of April 17th, 1865, General William T. Sherman was boarding a train in Raleigh, North Carolina on his way to meet with General Joseph E. Johnston in Durham to discuss terms...
General George A. Custer’s Report on the Appomattox Campaign
On March 29th, 1865, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant began the initial movements of the final campaign of the Civil War. Grant ordered his cavalry commander, Major General Philip Sheridan, to move toward Dinwiddie...
Fall of Richmond and Petersburg, Appomattox Campaign; Surrenders of Lee and Johnston; Lincoln Assassinated: April 1865
April 1865 in the Civil War After four years of fighting, the end was near as the calendar turned to the fifth April of the war. At Petersburg, Virginia, Ulysses S. Grant had begun...
General John Hartranft’s Report on the Battle of Fort Stedman
By late March of 1865, the Union siege of Petersburg, Virginia had reduced the Confederate defenders there nearly to desperation. Almost all supply lines had been cut and the Federals had more of everything–men,...
General James D. Morgan’s Division Holds the Line at The Battle of Bentonville
In March 1865, General William T. Sherman’s army entered North Carolina after marching through South Carolina with little opposition. Sherman’s plan was to continue north and join Ulysses S. Grant’s forces which were engaged...
Battles of Bentonville and Fort Stedman; Siege of Mobile; Lincoln’s Second Inauguration: March 1865
March 1865 in the Civil War William T. Sherman’s army was approaching North Carolina after rampaging through South Carolina and U.S. Grant continued to tighten his grip on Petersburg, Virginia. All signs indicated the...