Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s Report on the 20th Maine at Gettysburg
One of the more well known episodes of the Battle of Gettysburg is the story of the 20th Maine Infantry on Little Round Top on Day 2 of the battle (July2nd, 1863). The 20th...
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The Iron Brigade in the Chancellorsville Campaign
On January 25th, 1863, Major General Joseph Hooker was promoted to command of the Army of the Potomac. Six weeks earlier, the army had suffered a bloody defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia;...
The 1st Colorado Volunteer Infantry at the Battle of Glorieta Pass, New Mexico
The Territory of Colorado was formed in February 1861, just as the nation was headed to Civil War. Although the citizens of Colorado generally favored the Union, there were also those who favored the...
African American Troops Played an Important Role in the Battle of Fort Blakely, Alabama
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...
General Montgomery Meigs Observes the Battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge
After Major General Ulysses S. Grant arrived in Chattanooga, Tennessee in late October 1863 and assumed command of the Union forces in that besieged city, he wasted no time in opening a new supply...
The 6th and 7th Wisconsin Infantry Regiments at the Battle of South Mountain
On September 4th, 1862, General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia began crossing the Potomac River into Maryland. Since taking command of the Confederate Army in early June, Lee had successfully driven the...
The 1st Iowa Infantry at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek
On August 10th, 1861, Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon’s four brigade Union Army of the West attacked Confederate forces under the command of Brigadier General Ben McCulloch and Missouri State Guard troops of Major General...
Major General John A. Logan’s Report on the Army of the Tennessee at the Battle of Atlanta
In mid July 1864, Major General William T. Sherman’s Union Army was closing in on Atlanta. Dissatisfied with General Joseph E. Johnston’s tactics emphasizing maneuver, Confederate President Jefferson Davis replaced Johnston with the ever...