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Although Admiral David Farragut’s warships had effectively closed Mobile, Alabama as a port after the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864, the city of Mobile itself remained in Confederate hands. It wasn’t until...
On April 19th, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation stating that a blockade of southern ports by the United States was in effect. In theory, this tactic would prevent both the export of...
April 1865 in the Civil War After four years of fighting, the end was near as the calendar turned to the fifth April of the war. At Petersburg, Virginia, Ulysses S. Grant had begun...
March 1865 in the Civil War William T. Sherman’s army was approaching North Carolina after rampaging through South Carolina and U.S. Grant continued to tighten his grip on Petersburg, Virginia. All signs indicated the...
August 1864 in the Civil War Fighting continued on several fronts as the event filled summer of 1864 moved into August. The capture of the Confederate port at Mobile, Alabama had long been a...
Following the capture of New Orleans in April 1862, taking the port of Mobile, Alabama became a priority for the Union high command. With New Orleans out of the picture, the Alabama city became...
January and February 1861 in the Civil War As the new year began, several southern states began seizing federal military installations as a precaution while the issue of secession was considered. Arsenals were seized in...
The State of New Jersey sent nearly 77,000 men to fight for the Union in the Civil War, and over 5700 died. At the Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863, five of the top...
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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
