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3 days ago · An unarmed Confederate soldier, his head bowed, stands atop a granite pillar, apparently gazing down in sorrow at the men beneath his feet. However, it’s based on a painting by John Adams Elder called “Appomattox,” the moment the cause became lost. The base has the great seal of the Confederacy on its front.
3 days ago · Lee ordered Longstreet to move with Major General Charles W. Field's division to the Petersburg defenses. He also ordered Major General William Mahone to send Brigadier General Nathaniel Harris's brigade to Petersburg from the Bermuda Hundred line. Porter reports victory; Grant orders general assault
4 days ago · The First Alabama cavalry was organized at Montgomery, November, 1861, under Col. J. H. Clanton. It was ordered to Tennessee, and was at Jackson, Tenn., March 6, 1862; ordered to Monterey March 31st, and opened the battle of Shiloh, with light loss, reporting 588 present for duty. Was with Generals Walker, Beall, Chalmers and Wheeler in the ...
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2 days ago · Federals Close in on Richmond. On the morning of May 27, Major-General George G. Meade’s Federal Army of the Potomac (with General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant in overall command) was on the move in northeastern Virginia. The men had disengaged from General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and were moving southeast toward ...
1 day ago · The Confederate States of America ( CSA ), commonly referred to as the Confederate States ( C.S. ), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway [1] republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865. [8] The Confederacy comprised eleven U.S. states that declared secession and warred ...
4 days ago · On July 1, Cemetery Hill was the rallying point for retreating Union troops of the I Corps and XI Corps who were overwhelmed by Confederate assaults from the west and north. One of the great controversies of the battle was the failure of Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell to attack and capture Cemetery Hill. Second day.
2 days ago · 50. 150. 730. Conclusion: Union Victory. Peninsula Campaign. The Battle of Hanover Court House, also known as the Battle of Slash Church, took place on May 27, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. On May 27, elements of Brig. Gen. Fitz John Porter's V Corps extended north to protect the ...
