A Day in the Life of the Civil War

John Newton received his appointment to Union Major General March 30 th 1863. John Newton was born August 25 th 1822 in Norfolk, Vi...

Union Colonel Ulric Dahlgren was killed during a raid on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia on March 2 nd 1864. Ulric Dah...

United States President Abraham Lincoln wrote a letter on January 26 th 1863 to Union General Joseph Hooker upon his ascending to comman...

The Battle of Fort Sanders a part of the Knoxville Campaign was fought November 29 th 1863, hastening the end of the Siege of Knoxville....

Francis V Randall The 17 th Vermont Infantry a part of the Union IX Corps mustered out of service July 14 th 1865. The 17 th Ver...

Union engineers began before dawn December 11 th 1862 building a pontoon bridge across the Rappahannock River, so troops could be moved i...

Confederate Colonel and former United States Congressman Henry Marchmore Shaw was killed November 1 st 1864. Henry Marchmore Shaw wa...

The Battle of Blountsville was fought in the Sullivan County, Tennessee area on September 22 nd 1863. Union Major General Ambrose E ...

The National Rifle Association was started by former Civil War veterans and was granted a charter November 17 th 1871 by the state of New Y...

The Battle of Campbell’s Station was fought November 16 th 1863 in the Farragut, Knox, Tennessee area. Confederate Lieutenant General Jam...

The 21st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was organized in Worchester, Massachusetts and mustered into Union service August 23rd 1861. ...

Clement Laird Vallandigham an Ohio Copperhead Democrat was on May 5th 1863 arrested under General Order Number 38, and forced to leave the...

The Battle of Roanoke Island, an amphibious battle was fought February 7th and 8th 1862 in the North Carolina Sound. The first opening o...

Union General George Gordon Meade and the Army of the Potomac received a “Thanks of Congress” January 28th 1864 for their part in the Ba...

Union Major General Ambrose E Burnside missed his chance to attack at Fredericksburg before the Confederates massed there, and so the batt...

The Battle of Blue Springs was fought October 10th 1863 in Green County, Tennessee. Heading a mission into East Tennessee, Union Major Ge...

On the morning of March 14th 1862 the Union took the city of New Berne North Carolina. Union General Ambrose E Burnside left Roanoke Nor...

The Battle of the Crater began on July 30th 1864 with a bang. After weeks of hard work, shortly before dawn on July 30th 1864 Union Major Ge...