The 19th Indiana Infantry at the Battle of South Mountain
On the afternoon of September 14th, 1862, the 4th Brigade of the 1st Division of the 1st Corps, of the Army the Potomac was ordered to advance west up the National Road and attack...
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The 12th New Hampshire Infantry at the Battle of Chancellorsville
The 12th New Hampshire Infantry was formed in the summer of 1862 and entered Federal service in September of that year. The regiment was under the command Colonel Joseph Potter, a West Point graduate...
Remains of Two Sailors From USS Monitor to be Buried in Arlington National Cemetery
The U.S. Navy announced on February 12th, 2013 that the remains of two sailors found in the turret of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery on March...
“War is Cruelty and You Cannot Refine It” William T. Sherman’s September 1864 Letter to the Mayor of Atlanta
After the city of Atlanta fell to Union forces on September 2nd, 1864, Major General William T. Sherman made the extraordinary decision to remove the remaining civilian population from the city. In his memoirs,...
Capt. James F. Fitts of the 114th New York Infantry Describes the June 14th, 1863 Assault on Port Hudson
In the spring and early summer of 1863, the Union Army began its final, and ultimately successful, campaigns to secure control of the entire Mississippi River. Only two Confederate strongholds remained on the river,...
General Hooker Reorganizes the Army of the Potomac; Gunboats in Action on the Mississippi: February 1863
February 1863 in the Civil War After a very active December and January, the armies took time out in February 1863 to reorganize and rest before resuming active campaigning in the spring. Land action...
2013 Civil War Commemorative Stamps
The U.S. Postal Service has announced the designs for its 2013 Civil War commemorative stamps. During the 2011-2015 Civil War Sesquicentennial, the Post Office is issuing two stamps each year commemorating significant events in...
The Sinking of the USS Hatteras
The Union Navy’s USS Hatteras was in the news 150 years after it was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico by the CSS Alabama on January 11th, 1863. A scientific expedition consisting of researchers...