Civil War Info and Resources
As part of its ongoing Presidential Silver Medal Series, the U.S. Mint will release for sale the Rutherford B. Hayes commemorative medal on February 13th, 2024. Hayes was the 19th President of the United...
Name Meaning Rutherford is of Old English origin and means “cattle crossing”. Vital Stats Birthday: October 4th, 1822 Birth Name: Rutherford Birchard Hayes Birthplace: Delaware, Ohio Date of Death: January 17th, 1893 Cause: Heart...
Following his defeat at the Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia, on September 19th, 1864, Lieutenant General Jubal Early withdrew his Confederate Army of the Valley some 20 miles up the Shenandoah Valley to Fisher’s...
Rutherford B. Hayes commanded the 2nd Division of the Union Army of West Virginia at the Battle of Cedar Creek in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley fought on October 19th, 1864. The future 19th President of...
In the final third of the 19th century, Civil War service was almost a prerequisite for those aspiring to be President of the United States. Seven of the next eight men who served as...
Ohio native and future 19th President of the United States Rutherford B. Hayes was a 38 year old Cincinnati lawyer when he was appointed major of the 23rd Ohio Infantry in June of 1861....
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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
