Civil War Info and Resources
Name Meaning Jefferson Davis was named after Thomas Jefferson. The surname means “son of Jeffrey.” Vital Stats Birthday: June 3, 1808 Birth Name: Jefferson Finis Davis Birthplace: Christian County (now Todd), KY Date of...
The Black Hawk war took place in Illinois and southern Wisconsin in the spring and summer of 1832. A band of Native Americans consisting of members of the Sauk tribe plus smaller numbers of...
Name Meaning Abraham is of Hebrew origin, meaning “father of a multitude” Vital Stats Birthday: February 12, 1809 Birth Name: Abraham Lincoln Birthplace: Hardin County, KY Date of Death: April 15, 1865 Cause: Assassinated...
Famous Legal Arguments is a book by Moses Field, published in 1897. It includes the legal argument of future Attorney General, Edwin M. Stanton, who was practicing law in 1859, when N.Y. Congressman Daniel...
June 1861 in the Civil War As the Civil War entered its first summer, there were several minor actions and skirmishes as both sides ramped up their preparations for war. On June 3rd, Union...
Here is a poem by newspaperman, George Morrow Mayo, written during World War I, referencing the Civil War, which became quite popular. He hoped the spirit of Ulysses L. Grant would be with soldiers...
Mississippi was the second state to secede from the Union, doing so on January 9th, 1861. It was also the home state of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy. About 80,000 men from...
On the morning of June 19, 1864 the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama left the port of Cherbourg, France and prepared to do battle with the United States Navy’s sloop of war USS Kearsarge....
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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