Herman Melville’s Poem Shiloh: A Requiem
The April 6-7, 1862 Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee was by far the costliest battle in terms of casualties up to that point in the year old Civil War. Each side suffered over 1700...
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Colonel Francis C. Barlow’s Report on His Command’s Action at the Sunken Road in the Battle of Antietam
The Sunken Road, or Bloody Lane as it would be named post battle, was the scene of some of the most intense fighting at the Battle of Antietam, a battle that featured a great...
The 16th Michigan Infantry on Little Round Top at The Battle of Gettysburg
The 3rd Brigade of the 1st Division of the Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, under the command of Colonel Strong Vincent, is remembered for its role in defending Little Round Top at...
Major Bradford Hancock’s Report on His Brigade’s Action at the Battle of Sabine Crossroads, or Mansfield, Louisiana, April 8, 1864
In March and April 1864, a combined U.S. Army and Navy expedition up the Red River of Louisiana had successfully advanced about 150 miles and was closing in on Shreveport. Confederate Major General Richard...
The 8th United States Colored Troops (USCT) at the Battle of Olustee, Florida February 1864
On December 8th, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconciliation, a preliminary step for reconstruction of the South after the Civil War. One of the provisions of the proclamation allowed...
Brigadier General John Caldwell’s Brigade in the Assault on Marye’s Heights at the Battle of Fredericksburg
The December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia was one of the bloodiest of the Civil War, in large part due to wave after wave of Union assaults against the fortified Confederate positions on Marye’s...
Colonel John C. Starkweather’s Report on His Brigade at the Battle of Perryville
In the summer of 1862, Confederate forces invaded Kentucky to capture the state and bring it into the Confederacy. A border state with slavery, Kentucky’s residents had loyalties on both sides in the war,...
General Morgan L. Smith’s Division at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
By late June of 1864, Major General William T. Sherman’s campaign to capture Atlanta had been in progress for almost two months. Sherman and his opponent, General Joseph E. Johnston, had spent that time...