Civil War The Civil War was America's bloodiest and most divisive conflict, pitting the Union Army against the Confederate States of America. The war resulted in the deaths of more than 620,000 people, with millions more injured and the South left in ruins. ...
At the beginning of 1863 the Confederacy seemed to have a fair chance of ultimate success on the battlefield. But during this year three great campaigns would take place that would shape the outcome of the war in favor of the North. One would see the final solution to the control of the...
In 2014, bone fragments were recovered during archaeological monitoring of sanctioned earth moving on Manassas National Battlefield Park (MNBP) in Prince William County, Virginia (Fig.1). Established in 1940, MNBP commemorates the 1861 and 1862 Civil War battles of First and Second Manassas, also...
Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war. Wellsville, Kansas Black Jack Battlefield Some say that the battle fought at this Kansas site in 1856 was the first unofficial battle of the American Civil War. ...
Travel through history as The Civil War Muse leads you on battlefield tours. These educational expeditions in Kansas and Missouri describe the battles, gives biographies of key individuals, and tells what the soldiers faced.
List of every major American Civil War battle, including photos, images, or maps of the most famous American Civil War battles when available. While it is not ...
June 3— In need of food and supplies, General Robert E. Lee launched his Second Invasion of the North. June 9— The Battle of Brandy Station, the largest cavalry battle of the war, took place in Virginia. June 20— West Virginia was admitted to the Union. ...
Ernest A. McKay, The Civil War and New York City (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1990) Google Scholar J. Thomas O’Connor, Civil War Boston: Home Front and Battlefield (Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press, 1997) Google Scholar Edward K. Spann, Gotham at War: New York City...
that it was time to try and stem this Union drive. Taylor gained a victory at Mansfield on April 8. Banks withdrew from that battlefield to Pleasant Hill, but he knew that fighting would resume the next day. Early on the 9th, Taylor’s reinforced forces marched toward Pleasant Hill in ...
Sunday, October 23: The Battle for Byram’s Ford Epilogue Local Battlefield Preservation Civilian Life in Jackson County during the Civil War The war has imposed hardships on Jackson County civilians. For two years, amid battles, invasions, skirmishes, assassinations, and robberies; families fought...