A Day in the Life of the Civil War

The Battle of Haw’s Shop [also called the Battle of Enon Church] was fought in Hanover County, Virginia May 28 th 1864. Union Genera...

The Battle of Mile Hill a cavalry skirmish fought September 2 nd 1862 near Leesburg, Virginia was a set up to the start of the Maryland C...

A part of the Gettysburg Campaign the Second Battle of Funkstown was fought July 10 th 1863 near the town of Funkstown, Maryland. As...

The Battle of Hunterstown was a small cavalry batter fought July 2 nd 1863 as a part of the Gettysburg Campaign. With the Union Army...

In Loudoun County, Virginia on June 17 th 1863 the cavalry fight known as the Battle of Aldie took place. Confederate Major General ...

In the early morning hours of June 12 th 1862 Confederate General J E B Stuart left with 1,000 cavalry to make a circular ride clean arou...

Confederate Captain Redmond Burke was killed November 25 th 1862 as he approached a home in Shepherdstown, Virginia. Redmond Burke was...

The Battle of Buckland Mill was a cavalry fight between Union Brigadier General H Judson Kilpatrick and Confederate Major General JEB Stua...

United States Colonel Robert E Lee led a detachment of Marines against John Brown on October 18 th 1859, bringing an end to the Raid on  ...

Confederate Major General J E B Stuart’s cavalry raided the town of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania and tried to burn railroad bridges October 11...

A part of the retreat from Gettysburg, the Battle of Boonsboro was fought July 8th 1863 in Washington County, Maryland. As the Confedera...

Abolitionist John Brown with followers on June 2nd 1856 attacked an encampment, causing the Battle of Black Jack. A posse of 750 pro-sla...

Confederate artillery officer Major John Pelham died March 17th 1863 during the Battle of Kelly‘s Ford. John Pelham was born September 7...

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

Two small winter patrols encountered each other at a crossroad on December 20th 1861 and the Battle of Dranesville took place. Union Briga...

Sheridan’s Cavalry expedition hit its high point on May 11th 1864 at the Battle of Yellow Tavern. As the Battle of Spotsylvania Court H...

The winter of 1863 saw both Armies settled into camps on opposite sides of the Rappahannock River. There were several small skirmishes, b...

On October 16th 1859 perhaps the first shot of the Civil War was fired by twenty-two men, five of whom were black. The abolitionist Jo...

J.E.B. Stuart finding himself cut off by retreating Federal troops on October 13, 1863, hid in a ravine until the Union soldiers moved on. A...