A Day in the Life of the Civil War

The “California Hundred”, which would become a part of the 2 nd Massachusetts Cavalry, was organized December 10 th 1862 in San Francis...

The first move of the spring of 1865 was the Battle of Lewis’s Farm was fought March 29 th 1865 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia and was the...

Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early’s last battle was fought March 2 nd 1865 at the Battle of Waynesboro in Virginia. ...

Confederate General Robert E Lee signed an Amnesty Oath October 2 nd 1865, but his citizenship was restored. On April 9 th 1865 at ...

Confederate General James Dearing was mortally wounded at the Battle of High Bridge and may have become the last officer to die in the war...

Fort Stanton outside of Washington DC was closed March 20 th 1866, and everything in it sold off with the land returned to its owners. Wh...

The 5th Wisconsin a Union infantry regiment was formed July 12th 1861 in Madison, Wisconsin. The 5th Wisconsin Infantry was formed at Cam...

Confederate General Joseph E Johnston was on his second day of negotiating the surrender of his army April 18th 1865. After Confederate G...

The United State 1st Cavalry Band left their post in Fort Mason, Texas March 29th 1861, when it was turned over to the Texas Confederate A...

Confederate General Joseph Robert Davis, the nephew of Confederate President Jefferson Davis was born January 12th 1825. Joseph Robert...

The ardent slave holder, supporter of the Confederacy and the man who fired the first shot of the Civil War, Edmund Ruffin was born January ...

The 20th Maine and Joshua L Chamberlain were mustered into service on August 20th 1862 under Colonel Adelbert Ames. They were assigned to th...

The Battle of Dinwiddie Court House was fought on March 31st 1865 as part of the Appomattox Campaign. Major General Philip H Sheridan o...

The Wilmer McLean house known as the “Surrender House” as it was the house in which Ulysses S Grant excepted Robert E Lee’s surrender, was...

The official end of the Civil War was declared on August 20th 1866. Although many people assume the end of the Civil War occurred when Gener...

He was known as the Lion of Little Round Top. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain died February 23, 1914. Joshua Chamberlain was born September...

General Charles Griffin a Union general was born on December 18th 1825 in Granville, Ohio. He went to Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio and...