- Loading
Muskets and Memories
I recommend this book to anyone who has even a marginal interest in Civil War history. - Mark Nyffeler
Categories
- 1861
- 1862
- 1863
- 1864
- 1865
- African-American
- Architecture
- Artillery
- Assassination
- Battlefield Preservation
- Battles
- Biography
- Birthday
- Books
- Booth
- Casualties
- Causes
- Cemeteries
- Chinese
- Civilians
- Commemoration
- Diary
- Documents
- Education
- Events
- Film
- Flag
- Frederick Aiken
- Gettysburg
- Graves
- Journal
- Letters
- Letters to the Editor
- Lincoln
- Literature
- Marine Corps
- Maryland
- Medicine
- Miscellaneous
- Museums
- Music
- National Archives
- Navy
- News
- Obituaries
- Original Photos
- Poll
- Quantrill
- Railroad
- Reenactment
- Regiments
- Roster
- Slavery
- Spy
- Sultana
- Surratt
- Technology
- This Date in Civil War History
- This Week in the Civil War
- Trail of Blood on Ice
- Trans-Mississippi
- Uncategorized
Top Posts & Pages
- 2013-2015 Civil War Reenactment Calendar
- Civil War Vets Help Popularize The National Pastime
- Historical Inaccuracies in 'The Conspirator'
- Reenactment Calendar
- The Lincoln Assassination: New research unravels old myths
- Frederick Aiken The Attorney - Historians Weigh In
- The bridge that saved an Army: The ‘Grapevine Bridge’ and the Battle of Fair Oaks
- On this date in Civil War history: April 9, 1864 - Battle of Pleasant Hill
- On This Date in Civil War History: May 1-3, 1863 - The Battle of Chancellorsville
- Historian Recounts Role of Chinese Americans Who Fought In US Civil War
Tag Archives: Congress
This Week in the American Civil War: April 19-25, 1865
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Information courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force (www.mncivilwar150.com and “Minnesota Civil War 150” on Facebook) Major Highlights for the Week Wednesday April 19, 1865 FUNERAL SERVICES FOR PRESIDENT LINCOLN President Andrew … Continue reading
Posted in 1865, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged 1865, Abraham Lincoln, Alabama, Albany, Andrew Johnson, April, Arkansas, Big Gravois River, Blue Ridge Mountains, Buzzard Roost, Cabinet, Capitol building, Charlotte, City Hall, Confederate Rangers, Congress, David Herold, Department of the Gulf, diplomatic corps, E. Kirby Smith, East Room, Fort Zarah, Georgia, Gumbo Creek, Harrisburg, Hendersonville, Henry Halleck, Howard's Gap, Illinois, Independence Hall, Indiana, James Harrison Wilson, Jefferson Davis, John Pope, John Singleton Mosby, John Wilkes Booth, Joseph E. Johnston, Kansas, Lincoln Assassination, Lincoln Funeral Train, Linn Creek, Macon, Marines, Mary Todd Lincoln, Military Division of the James, Military Division of the Missouri, Millwood, Mimms Mills, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Mississippi River, Missouri, Montpelier Springs, Munford's Station, Nathaniel P. Banks, New York, New York City, North Carolina, Old Capitol, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Port Conway, Potomac River, Radical Republicans, Rappahannock River, Richard H. Garrett, Robert E. Lee, Robert Todd Lincoln, Rocky Creek Bridge, Spring Hill, Springfield, St. Louis, Supreme Court, Tad Lincoln, Thirteenth Amendment, Tobesofkee Creek, Trans-Mississippi Department, U.S. Capitol, Ulysses Grant, Virginia, White House, William T. Sherman
Leave a comment
This Week in the American Civil War: December 2-8, 1863
Information courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force (www.mncivilwar150.com and “Minnesota Civil War 150” on Facebook) Major Highlights for the Week Wednesday December 2, 1863 The Federal Army of the Potomac was completing its withdrawal to north … Continue reading
Posted in 1863, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged "Mounted Rangers", 1st Minnesota Cavarly, Abraham Lincoln, Ambrose Burnside, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of Tennessee, Army of the Potomac, Braxton Bragg, Cape Cod, Charleston Harbor, Cheat River, Chesapeake, Clinch River, Congress, Crab Gap, Dalton, Eagleville, Fort Sumter, Georgia, Greeneville, Henry S. Foote, Independence, James Longstreet, Jefferson Davis, John C. Braine, Knoxville, La Fayette, Meadow Bluff, Mine Run Campaign, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Mississippi, Morris Island, Murrell's Inslet, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Nebraska Territory, Niobrara, Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, Raccoon Ford, Rapidan River, Richmond, Ripley, Robert E. Lee, Rutledge, South Carolina, Tennessee, U.S.S. Weehawken, Virginia, Walker's Ford, West Virginia, William J. Hardee, William T. Sherman
Leave a comment
‘Lincoln’ Historically Inaccurate? Congressman Joe Courtney Finds Big Error in Film
[amazon_enhanced asin=”B009AMANBA” /] Rep. Joe Courtney, of Connecticut, recently took in a viewing of Steven Spielberg’s film, which chronicles Honest Abe’s last months in office as he fights to abolish slavery, but was miffed when he saw two Connecticut congressmen … Continue reading
Posted in 1865, African-American, Film, Lincoln
Tagged 13th Amendment, 2012, 2013, Academy Award, Congress, Connecticut, Daniel Day Lewis, inaccurate, Joe Courtney, Lincoln (film), Oscar, Slavery, Steven Spielberg
Leave a comment
This Week in the American Civil War – April 9-15, 1862
Information courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday April 9, 1862 As news of Federal victories at Shiloh and Island No. 10 spread across the North, relief organizations rushed money, boats, food … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged Alabama, Arizona Territory, Charles H. Olmstead, Chesapeake Bay, compensated emancipation, Congress, conscription, Corinth, David Hunter, Decatur, Diamond Grove, emancipation, folklore, Fort Pillow, Fort Pulaski, George B. McClellan, Georgia, Glllett's Farm, Great Locomotive Chase, Island No. 10, James J. Andrews, Lost Creek, Merrimack, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Missouri, Monitor, Montevallo, New Mexico Territory, North Carolina, Ormsby Mitchel, Pebbly Run, Peninsula Campaign, Peralta, Picacho Pass, Pittsburg Landing, President Lincoln, Purdy, Rappahannock River, Ringgold, Santa Fe Road, Seabrook Island, Shiloh, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, The General, Tuscon, W.H.L. Wallace
Leave a comment
Mill Springs Sesquicentennial Commemoration Kicks Off Fundraising Efforts for 16 Acres of Hallowed Ground
Prior to 150th anniversary reenactment of the Battle of Mill Springs, Civil War Trust announces fundraising campaign to preserve 16 additional acres on the battlefield (Mill Springs, Ky.) – At a ceremony prior to the beginning of tomorrow’s Mill Springs Battlefield … Continue reading
In Memory: Senator Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861)
Edward Baker was born in London, England. his family moved to the United States in 1815, and Baker spent the next ten years of his life in Philadelphia before his family moved to Indiana and then Illinois. While still a … Continue reading