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On July 16th, 1861, Brigadier General Irvin McDowell’s Union Army began a march from Washington DC toward Centreville and Manassas Junction, Virginia. At this point in the three month old Civil War, there had...
In the fall of 1863, U.S. forces from Major General Ambrose Burnsides’ Army of the Ohio (portions of the 9th and 23rd Corps) occupied Knoxville, Tennessee. While Burnside was occupying and fortifying that city,...
In September 1863, Union forces under Major General Ambrose Burnside occupied Knoxville, Tennessee. Union Army engineers immediately set about the task of constructing a defensive line of earthworks and other fortifications. One of these...
After the Civil War ended in the spring of 1865, those who survived the ordeal went home to resume normal lives. Many went back to being farmers, blacksmiths, businessmen, and so on in their...
After losing the Battle of Chickamauga on September 19th and 20th, 1863, the Union Army of the Cumberland retreated to Chattanooga, Tennessee. General Braxton Bragg’s Confederates occupied the high ground on Lookout Mountain...
Date: September 19-20, 1863. Location: Catoosa and Walker Counties in northern Georgia Approximate Troop Strength: Union 58,000 to 60,000: Confederate 66,000-68,000. Commanders: Major General William Rosecrans (Union); General Braxton Bragg (Confederate). Estimated Union Casualties:...
December 1862 in the Civil War After a relatively quiet November, the month of December 1862 saw significant fighting in several locations. After his late November victory at the Battle of Cane Hill in...
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...
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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
