William “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s Civil War Service
In the later part of the 19th and early 20th centuries, William Cody was one of the most famous people in the world. Nicknamed Buffalo Bill from his time supplying buffalo meat to workers...
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Battles of Atlanta, Monocacy, and the Petersburg Crater: July 1864
July 1864 in the Civil War As July 1864 began, the Army of the Potomac was engaged in siege operations outside of Petersburg, Virginia. In northern Georgia, Major General William T. Sherman’s army was...
Mississippi’s Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration
Mississippi was the second state to secede from the Union, doing so on January 9th, 1861. It was also the home state of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy. About 80,000 men from...