Civil War Ships in the News Spring 2014
A Round Up of Civil War Era Ships in the News in the Spring of 2014 USS Monitor Restoration Resumes Ever since portions of the Union ironclad USS Monitor were recovered from the waters...
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The General Lloyd Tilghman Equestrian Statue at Vicksburg
There are a lot of equestrian statues of Civil War generals at National Military Parks and battlefields, as well as other locations. Most of these have the general riding the horse and if the...
General George Custer’s Report on His Brigade’s Action at the Battle of Yellow Tavern
On May 8th, 1864, shortly after the Overland Campaign began, Major General Phillip Sheridan, the Army of the Potomac’s Cavalry Corps commander, took the 10,000 men of his three divisions on a raid...
Overland and Atlanta Campaigns Begin: May 1864
May 1864 in the Civil War With all planning and preparations complete, the much anticipated spring campaigns under the overall command of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant began in early May. Grant’s plan called...
Union Soldiers Recall the Fighting at the Mule Shoe Salient at Spotsylvania Courthouse
After the Battle of the Wilderness on May 5th to 7th, 1864, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant continued his Overland Campaign by moving the Union Army southeast toward Spotsylvania Courthouse. There were a series...
Future President Benjamin Harrison and the 70th Indiana Infantry at the Battle of Resaca, Georgia
The 70th Indiana Infantry was formed in August 1862 and spent most of its time in service prior to May 1864 guarding railroads and in garrison duty in Kentucky and Tennessee. That month, the...
Colonel Lewis Grant’s Report on the 1st Vermont Brigade at the Battle of the Wilderness
On May 5th, 1864, the Union Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia clashed in the Battle of the Wilderness, the first battle of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland...
Review: The Civil War: The Untold Story
Many historians believe the North won the Civil War by winning in the west. With victories at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and Atlanta, Union armies captured territory and inflicted damage on both Confederate...