A Day in the Life of the Civil War

At the Battle of Seven Pines [also called the Battle of Fair Oaks], Confederate General Joseph Eggleston Johnston was wounded, and the com...

A part of the Vicksburg Campaign, the Battle of Jackson was fought May 14 th 1863 in Mississippi. Confederate General Joseph E Johns...

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

Robert Patterson was mustered into service and given command of the districts of Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland and Pennsylvan...

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

The Battle of Dallas, part of the Atlanta Campaign happened on May 28th 1864. Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman learned on M...

Part of the Peninsula Campaign, the Battle of Eltham’s Landing took place on May 7th 1862. Brigadier General William B Franklin had been...

The first major battle of the Peninsula Campaign fought on May 5th 1862 was the Battle of Williamsburg. The Battle of Williamsburg or th...

The Battle of Averasborough in North Carolina was fought on March 16th 1865. Part of General William Tecumseh Sherman’s army in South...

The First Battle of Dalton began February 22nd 1864 in Georgia. As part of General William Tecumseh Sherman’s march on Meridan Mississippi ...

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...

Confederate General Joseph E Johnson’s army was camped at Greensboro on April 26th 1865 when he surrendered to General William Tecumseh Sh...