Philip H. Sheridan Quick Facts
Name Meaning Greek: Lover of horses Vital Stats Birthday: March 6, 1831 Birth Name: Philip Henry Sheridan Birthplace: Disputed * Date of Death: August 5th, 1888 Cause: Heart attack Place of Death: Nonquitt, MA...
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James Longstreet Quick Facts
Name Meaning James is of Hebrew origin meaning “he who supplants” Vital Stats Birthday: January 8th, 1821 Birth Name: James Longstreet Birthplace: Edgefield District, SC Height: 6′ * Date of Death: January 2nd, 1904...
Battle of Ball’s Bluff; First City Class Gunboats Launched: October 1861
October 1861 in the Civil War As the Civil War moved into its first autumn, neither army had any immediate plans for major offensive operations. In Washington, General George McClellan busied himself with organizing...
George B. McClellan Quick Facts
Name Meaning George is of Greek origin meaning “farmer” Vital Stats Birthday: December 3, 1827 Birth Name: George Brinton McClellan Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA Date of Death: October 29th, 1885 (gravesite) Cause: Heart attack Place...
Capture of Paducah, Kentucky; fighting at Carnifex Ferry, Virginia, and Lexington, Missouri: September 1861
September 1861 in the Civil War There were no battles that were on the scale of those at Bull Run, Virginia and Wilson’s Creek, Missouri in July and August, but there were some significant smaller...
Stonewall Jackson Quick Facts
Name Meaning Thomas is of Aramaic origin, meaning “twin” Vital Stats Birthday: January 21, 1824 Birth Name: Thomas Jonathan Jackson Birthplace: Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) Date of Death: May 10, 1863 Cause: Pneumonia contracted...
Indiana’s Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration
The state of Indiana furnished over 210,000 men for the Union Army and Navy in the Civil War, and over 24,400 of these men died in the war. One of the more famous Indiana...
John S. Mosby, George A. Custer and the Front Royal Executions of 1864
In August 1864, Major General Phillip Sheridan launched a campaign to drive Confederate forces out of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. Sheridan organized his Army of the Shenandoah as it was called, in the northern end...