Civil War Info and Resources
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...
In the later part of the 19th and early 20th centuries, William Cody was one of the most famous people in the world. Nicknamed Buffalo Bill from his time supplying buffalo meat to workers...
In the summer of 1862, Confederate forces invaded Kentucky to capture the state and bring it into the Confederacy. A border state with slavery, Kentucky’s residents had loyalties on both sides in the war,...
Date: September 18th-20th, 1861 Location: Approximately 40 miles east of Kansas City, in Lafayette County, Missouri Approximate Troop Strength: Union 3,500; Missouri State Guard (Confederate) 15,000. Commanders: Colonel James Mulligan (Union), Major General Sterling...
As part of its ongoing Presidential Silver Medal Series, the U.S. Mint will release for sale the Ulysess S. Grant commemorative medal on October 2nd, 2023. These medals are one troy ounce of 99.9%...
When the Civil War began in 1861, Louisa May Alcott was an aspiring writer working for the Atlantic Monthly magazine, the forerunner of today’s Atlantic. Born in Pennsylvania in 1832, her family eventually moved...
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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
