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...
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Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address March 4th 1865
March 4th, 1865 was rainy and wet in Washington D.C. It was also Inauguration Day for Abraham Lincoln’s second term as President of the United States. After nearly four long years of Civil War,...
The Wounding and Death of General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
On the evening of May 1st, 1863, Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson met to discuss strategy at the intersection of the Plank Road and Furnace Road west of Fredericksburg, Virginia....
The Battle of Grand Gulf
In mid April 1863, the gunboats, troop transports, and supply barges of Major General Ulysses S. Grant’s command successfully steamed past the batteries at Vicksburg, Mississippi. With the vessels now on the Mississippi River below...
Winfield Scott Hancock Quick Facts
Name Meaning Winfield is of Old English origin and means “friend’s field”. Vital Stats Birthday: February 14th, 1824 Birth Name: Winfield Scott Hancock Birthplace: Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania Date of Death: February 9th, 1886 Cause: ...
Visiting Monocacy National Battlefield at Frederick, Maryland
In of June 1864 the Union Army of the Potomac had pushed the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia back to the Richmond and Petersburg area after the extremely costly Overland Campaign. As the Federals...
Emancipation Proclamation; Battle of Stones River Concludes; Battle of Arkansas Post; Burnside Replaced: January 1863
January 1863 in the Civil War The Emancipation Proclamation, released in preliminary form a few days after the Battle of Antietam, was issued in its final form by President Abraham Lincoln on New Year’s...
Lt. William B. Cushing Spends Christmas Day 1864 Under Fire at Fort Fisher
Lt. William B. Cushing, USN, made a name for himself in the Civil War by taking on tough, dangerous assignments that were adventures in themselves. These included such actions as his November 1862 raid...