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4 days ago · A list of Historical Markers and War Memorials in . THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE “Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”
6 days ago · The Fight at Cemetery Ridge. During the night of July 1, and on into the daylight hours of the 2nd, Union troops poured onto Cemetery Ridge south of Gettysburg. Over 2 miles long, flanked by Cemetery Hill on the north and the Round Tops on the south, the crest was the center of the Union line. To the west, across 1,200 yards of cultivated ...
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2 days ago · The Battle of the Wilderness was fought on May 5–7, 1864, during the American Civil War. It was the first battle of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant 's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The fighting occurred in a wooded area near Locust Grove, Virginia, about 20 ...
- May 5–7, 1864
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2 days ago · County map of Civil War battles by theater and year The Eastern theater refers to the military operations east of the Appalachian Mountains , including the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania , the District of Columbia , and the coastal fortifications and seaports of North Carolina .
- April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865, (4 years, 1 month and 2 weeks)
- Dissolution of the Confederate States of America
3 days ago · The Battle of Tannehill Furnace. McCalla, Alabama. Mar 01 to Mar 02, 2025. Civil War reenactments first began during the Civil War itself, when both Union and Confederate soldiers would stage mock battles in order to train for actual combat. However, these reenactments were not open to the public. It wasn't until the early 20th century that ...
2 days ago · Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, toward the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Northern Virginia —the Confederacy's most powerful army—from 1862 until its surrender in 1865, earning a ...
3 days ago · Bios of PA Civil War soldiers. In addition to battles fought, injuries and POW info, each biography typically has genealogy data such as birthplace and birthdate, parents, spouse, children and occupation before and after the War. Pension Roll of 1883. Civil War pension lists for Adams, Delaware, Berks, Lebanon, Lehigh, Schuylkill, and York ...
