Tagged: kentucky

July 1, 2012

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...

January 4, 2012

Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky; Edwin M. Stanton Named Secretary of War: January 1862

150 Years Ago in the Civil War As the second year of the Civil War began, the main armies on both sides remained inactive for the most part. In Washington, President Abraham Lincoln continued to...