Dr. Jonathan Letterman’s Civil War Ambulance Corps
The Civil War produced casualties on a scale never seen in American history up to that time. Out of necessity, great improvements in the treatment of the wounded were made during the war, and...
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Joseph E. Johnston Quick Facts
Name Meaning Joseph is of Hebrew origin meaning: “Jehovah increases” Vital Stats Birthday: February 3rd, 1807 Birth Name: Joseph Eggleston Johnston Birthplace: Farmville, Virginia Date of Death: March 21st, 1891 Cause: Pneumonia Place of...
Battle of Shiloh; Fall of New Orleans; Siege of Yorktown, VA: April 1862
April 1862 in the Civil War There was significant action on several fronts as the Civil War passed its first anniversary. Union forces achieved success in the west and along the Atlantic coast, while...
Lt. William B. Cushing’s Attack on Jacksonville, N.C. November 1862
U.S. Navy officer William B. Cushing is perhaps best known for his daring October 1864 raid that destroyed the Confederate ironclad CSS Albemarle at Plymouth, North Carolina, but he had a number of additional...
The Destruction of the CSS Virginia May 1862
Following the historic clash between the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack) on March 9th, 1862, Virginia returned to port in Norfolk, Virginia for repairs and refitting. Besides repairing battle damage,...
Visiting Pea Ridge National Military Park
Pea Ridge National Military Park is located in northwest Arkansas on U.S. Highway 62 about 11 miles northeast of the city of Rogers. The Battle of Pea Ridge, or Elkhorn Tavern as it is also...
Battles at Pea Ridge, AR, Kernstown, VA and New Bern, NC; USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia; Confederate Invasion of New Mexico Stopped: March 1862
March 1862 in the Civil War As winter drew to a close, the fighting picked up on several fronts. The Union Armies continued the success they enjoyed in February with several victories in March. And...
The Death of Major General John Sedgwick May 9th, 1864
John Sedgwick was born in Cornwell Hollow, Connecticut in 1813 and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1837. He served in the Mexican War and was a major in the 1st ...