A Day in the Life of the Civil War

Confederate Major Joseph White Latimer died August 1 st 1863 from wounds he received during the Battle of Gettysburg. Joseph White L...

Union General Judson Kilpatrick received an appointment on June 28 th 1863 to command the Third Division of the Army of the Potomac’s Cav...

One of the leaders of the Union Irish Brigade, Colonel Patrick Kelly was killed June 14 th 1864 while at the head of his men at the Siege...

Fort Connor A part of Union Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer’s Michigan Brigade, the 6 th Michigan Cavalry was mustered out of ...

Confederate General James Jay Archer died October 24 th 1864 from an illness he developed while a Prisoner of War. James Jay Archer w...

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

General Ewell A little known part of the Gettysburg Campaign, the Skirmish of Sporting Hill took place June 30th 1863 near Hampden, Penns...

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

The priest who gave a general absolution at Gettysburg, Reverend William Corby died December 28th 1897. William Corby was born October 2n...

Union Major General and Medal of Honor winner William Joyce Sewell died December 27th 1901. William Joyce Sewell was born December 6th 18...

John Badger Bachelder an artist and the preeminent early historian of the Battle of Gettysburg died December 22nd 1894. John Badger Bach...

Union Cavalry officer Brigadier General John Buford Jr died December 16th 1863. John Buford Jr was born March 4th 1826 in Versailles, Wo...

Jonathan Letterman the “Father of Battlefield Medicine”, a Union surgeon during the Civil war was born December 11th 1824. Jonathan Lett...

The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War; established December 9th 1861, was set up to investigate issues related to the Civil War. ...

President Abraham Lincoln gave his few appropriate remarks at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery November 19th 1863. Four...

Union General Andrew Lintner Harris the last Civil War General to serve as a United States Governor, was born November 17th 1835. Andrew ...

The Gettysburg Civil War Women’s Memorial was dedicated in the Evergreen Cemetery on November 16th 2002. A bronze monument; the Gettysbur...

Confederate Major General Pierce Manning Butler Young was born November 15th 1836. Pierce Manning Butler Young the son of doctor R M Youn...

Confederate General Carnot Posey was mortally wounded at the Battle of Bristoe Station, and died November 13th 1863. Carnot Posey the so...

Confederate Brigadier General Robert Doak Lilley died November 12th 1886. Robert Doak Lilley was born January 28th 1836 near Greenville V...