A Day in the Life of the Civil War

William Joyce Sewell was promoted to Colonel of the 5 th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry 6 January 1863. William J Sewell was born 6 D...

Brigadier General Frederick Lander A part of the Romney Campaign, the Battle of Hancock was fought 5 January 1862. Confederate Gene...

Stables located at the MT Vernon Arsenal The Mount Vernon Arsenal was seized by troops under the order of the Alabama Governor on 4 Jan...

Two weeks after the first southern state; South Carolina seceded, Delaware’s legislature voted on 3 January 1861 not to secede from the U...

Confederate Colonel John Hugh Means, the 64 th Governor of South Carolina was killed in action August 30 th 1862 at the Second Battle o...

The 9 th Pennsylvania Cavalry was organized August 29 th 1861 at Camp Cameron, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The 9 th Pennsylvani...

A part of Confederate General Robert E Lee’s retreat back into Virginia following the Battle of Gettysburg, the Battle of Manassas Gap, o...