Reverdy Johnson: A Constitutional Kind of Guy
The story of Reverdy Johnson is a particularly interesting one if you look at it from the standpoint of a Southerner whose main interest in life was constitutional law, a pursuit that led him...
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Battle of Malvern Hill; U.S. Grant Named Commander of Western Union Armies: July 1862
July 1862 in the Civil War In late June 1862, General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate forces launched a series of battles that pushed Major General George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac back from the...
The 1st Brigade Band: Civil War Music Historians
I recently attended Evansville, Wisconsin’s annual Civil War commemoration event. In addition to reenactors portraying soldiers and civilians of 150 years ago, the event also featured the 1st Brigade Band. The band took part in a...
Stolen Lincoln Documents Returned to National Archives; Who Captured General G.W. Custis Lee?
Civil War in the News August 2011 An 1862 document endorsing the appointment of a chaplain to a Hagerstown, Maryland military hospital following the Battle of Antietam that had been stolen from the government...
Civil War Figures That Participated in the Black Hawk War of 1832
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...
Abraham Lincoln Quick Facts
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...
Spring 2011 Civil War Film News
Sally Field has been cast as Mary Todd Lincoln in director Stephen Spielberg’s upcoming biographic film about Abraham Lincoln’s Civil War presidency. Daniel Day-Lewis will portray Lincoln in the film, which is based on...
April 1861: The Civil War Begins
April 1861 in the Civil War On April 5th 1861, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles ordered a Naval expedition to proceed to Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor for the purpose of resupplying the...