Battle and Siege of Lexington Missouri 1861 Facts and Trivia
Date: September 18th-20th, 1861 Location: Approximately 40 miles east of Kansas City, in Lafayette County, Missouri Approximate Troop Strength: Union 3,500; Missouri State Guard (Confederate) 15,000....
View ArticleColonel John C. Starkweather’s Report on His Brigade at the Battle of Perryville
In the summer of 1862, Confederate forces invaded Kentucky to capture the state and bring it into the Confederacy. A border state with slavery, Kentucky’s residents had loyalties on both sides in the...
View ArticleBrigadier General John Caldwell’s Brigade in the Assault on Marye’s Heights...
The December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia was one of the bloodiest of the Civil War, in large part due to wave after wave of Union assaults against the fortified Confederate positions on...
View ArticleThe 8th United States Colored Troops (USCT) at the Battle of Olustee, Florida...
On December 8th, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconciliation, a preliminary step for reconstruction of the South after the Civil War. One of the provisions of...
View ArticleCaptain G.J. Van Brunt of the USS Minnesota Reports on the Battle of Hampton...
The March 8th-9th Action Included the Battle Between the USS Monitor and CSS Merrimack, (also known as CSS Virginia) On March 8th, 1862, the 40 gun steam frigate USS Minnesota was on blockade...
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