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Confederate Impressment During the…
Impressment was the informal and then, beginning in March 1863, the legislated policy of the Confederate government to seize food, fuel, slaves, and…
Revenue Act of 1861
The Revenue Act of 1861, formally cited as Act of August 5, 1861, Chap. XLV, 12 Stat. 292, included the first U.S. Federal income tax statute…
Robert Ransom Jr
Robert Ransom Jr. (February 12, 1828 – January 14, 1892) was a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. His brother Matt W. Ransom was also a…
Lincoln’s Thanksgiving of 1863
In October 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation of thanksgiving, calling upon the nation to set aside the fourth Thursday of…
The Trent Affair
John Slidell In accordance with the authority conferred by this Congress, the Confederate President appointed John Slidell and James M. Mason diplomatic…
Confederate Generals (A-D)
Adams, Daniel Weisiger / Kentucky / Born 31 May 1821 Frankfort, Kentucky / Died New Orleans, Louisiana 13 June 18722nd Lieutenant Mississippi Militia /…
Alexander W. Campbell
Alexander William Campbell (June 4, 1828 – June 13, 1893), was a Confederate States Army Brigadier General during the American Civil War. He was a…
Old Capital Prison
In November 1861, Secretary of State William H. Seward told Lord Richard Lyons, British Ambassador to the United States, “My Lord, I…
Civil War Biographies
Robert Anderson
Born: June 14, 1805, Louisville, KY Died: October 26, 1871, Nice, France Battles/wars: Black Hawk War; Second Seminole War; Mexican–American War; Spouse: Eliza Bayard Clinch Place of burial: West Point Cemetery,…
James Jay Archer
Born: December 19, 1817, Havre de Grace, MD Died: October 24, 1864, Richmond, VA Place of burial: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA Education: Princeton University Units: Regiment of Voltigeurs and…
Lewis Addison Armistead
Born: February 18, 1817, New Bern, NC Died: July 5, 1863, Gettysburg, PA Buried: Old Saint Pauls Cemetery, Baltimore, MD Battles and wars: Battle of Chapultepec, Mohave War, MORE Uncle: George…
Joseph Bailey
Born: May 6, 1825, Morgan County, OH Died: March 21, 1867, Nevada, MO Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Battles and wars: American Civil War Commands helds: 4th Wisconsin…
Civil War Battles
Battle of Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. The combat, between…
Battle of Blackburn’s Ford
The Battle of Blackburn’s Ford took place on July 18, 1861, in Prince William County and Fairfax County, Virginia, as part of the First…
The Battle of Fort…
The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–14, 1861) was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War. Following…
Battle of Wilson’s Creek
The Battle of Wilson’s Creek, also known as the Battle of Oak Hills, was the first major battle of the Western Theater of the American Civil War.…
Revolutionary Biographies
James Johnston
Colonel James Johnston was born (ca.1742 and died on July 23, 1805) in North Carolina. He was the son of Henry Johnston of Scottish…
Daniel Morgan
Overview Daniel Morgan (c. 1736 – July 6, 1802) was an American pioneer, soldier, and United States Representative from Virginia. One of…
William Alexander
Life Alexander was an educated, ambitious and bright young man and was proficient in mathematics and astronomy. He joined his mother in…
Charles Mawhood
Lt. Col. Charles Mawhood was the British commander at The Battle of Princeton. Born 23 December 1729 Military service began with purchase…
Revolutionary War Battles
The Battle of Princeton
Overview Many Americans do not realize that George Washington crossed and re-crossed the Delaware River a total of four times in the…
The Battle of Chelsea…
The Battle of Chelsea Creek was the second military engagement of the Boston campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It is also known…
The Battle of Quebec
Overview The Battle of Quebec was an attempt on December 31, 1775, by American colonial forces to capture the city of Quebec,…
The Siege of Fort…
Overview On April 19, 1775 the Revolutionary War had begun with the skirmishing at Lexington and Concord Massachusetts. Once the British detachment retreated…
Revolutionary Featured Events
The French and Indian…
The Beginning of the War Unlike the previous wars between European powers in the 1700s, the French And Indian War was begun in North America—in…
The Revolutionary Christmas
It is accepted among some historians that Hessian soldiers who fought alongside the British first introduced the Christmas tree to the colonies…
American Society in Revolt
Training the Continental Army As the colonies prepared themselves for war, new militias were formed throughout America, primarily to defend local communities…
The Sugar and Stamp…
Growing Discontentment with Britain During the period from 1763 to 1775, in the twelve years after the French and Indian War and before the outbreak…
The War Post
From 1861 to 1865, the United States of America was torn apart by a Civil War, divided between the North and the South, the Union and the Confederacy, and the free states, and the slave states. The causes of the war were many, and ran deep. From the founding of the nation through the election of President Lincoln in 1860, the issues festered until finally South Carolina declared its independence in December of 1860. More states followed and in 1861 they formed their own nation, with their own constitution. They called themselves the Confederate States of America.
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