Morris Island, in the south side of Charleston Harbor, seemed to Union Gen. Quincy Gillmore to be the key to capturing the place where the…
Evacuation of Fort Wagner
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Civil War Music
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All Quiet Along The PotomacAshokan FarewellAura LeaBabylon Is FallenBattle Hymn Of The RepublicBilly BarlowClod PolesDixieDo They Miss Me At Home?Flight Of The DoodlesFor The Dear…
Lafayette McLaws
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January 15, 1821 – July 24, 1897 Native Georgian Lafayette McLaws graduated 48th in the West Point class of 1842 and served in the Mexican…
Ambrose Powell Hill
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November 9, 1825 – April 2, 1865 Virginian Confederate Gen. Ambrose P. Hill and his large Rebel division (six brigades), called the “Light Division” for…
Jubal Anderson Early
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November 3, 1816 – March 2, 1894 About six feet tall, but thin and stooped from arthritis, Jubal A. Early did not look like what…
Lewis Addison Armistead
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State Served: VirginiaHighest Rank: Brig-GenBirth Date: 1817Death Date: 1863Birth Place: New Berne, North CarolinaArmy: ConfederacyPromotions: Promoted to Full Colonel (57th VA Inf)Promoted to Full Brig-Gen…
The Last Battle
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Many people think the American Civil War ended with the surrenders of the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of Tennessee in April 1865.…
John Brown Gordon
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Born February 6, 1832 – Died January 9, 1904 John B. Gordon was born in Upson County, Ga. in 1832. He dropped out of the…
John Clifford Pemberton
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John C. Pemberton was born to an old and influential Quaker family in Philadelphia in 1814 and graduated from West Point in 1837 at the…
Battle of Roanoke Island
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The 1862 battle for Roanoke Island, N.C., was one of the earliest eastern victories for the Union. Led by Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, a flotilla…