The Battle of Wilson's Creek took place in Missouri. It was significant in that it was the first major battle of the war to occur west of the Mississippi. The Confederates won but did not achieve its major objective of taking over Missouri, which very li
The Friends of the Little Bighorn Battlefield received a grant of $25,000 from a Montana foundation, which wishes to remain anonymous. Friends donated 100% of this gift to the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument for construction of the new Visitor Center. This generous grant of $25K...
Ringgold Gap, Following the Union victory at Missionary Ridge, Yankee troops set out in pursuit of the Confederates retreating toward Dalton
Up the street (with the stone bridge over a creek) on the right side of the village, before entering the main area, look for a farm house with a fenced backyard and an army tent in the back left corner. Opposite of the tent is a storage shack with a manual crate....
Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla For abriefbut dramatic period, Bloody Bill played the leading role in the most violent arena of the entire war-and did so with a viciousabandonthat spread fear throughout the land...
Before dawn on October 15, Confederate artillery opened on the town and Rebels advanced on Glasgow by various routes, forcing the Yankees to fall back. The Union forces retreated out of town and up the hill toward the fortifications on Hereford Hill. There they formed a defensive line in this...
About 4:00pmGen.Winfield Scott Hancockarrived to examine the situation for Meade and decide whether to drop back to previously prepared positions along Pipe Creek, some 15 miles (24 km) southeast. After recognizing the importance of Culp’s Hill and ordering that it be occupied, Hancock studied...
(19 km) southeast of Chattanooga. Confederate GeneralBraxton Braggcollected reinforcements and prepared to do battle, assisted by GeneralJames Longstreet. For two days the conflict raged in a tangled forest along Chickamauga Creek. Dazed by the ferocious Confederate assault, the main body of the ...
Afterward he joked that he had seen no “live, fighting Indians” during the war but had had “a good many bloody struggles with the mosquitoes.” Meanwhile, aspiring to be a legislator, he was defeated in his first try and then repeatedly reelected to the state assembly. He considered ...