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Top Posts & Pages
- On this date in Civil War history – Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Court House – April 9, 1865
- The Lincoln Assassination: New research unravels old myths
- 150 Years Ago: Battle of Ball's Bluff Oct. 21, 1861
- Reenactment Calendar
- Lieutenant General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863) C.S.A.
- Biography: Major General Thomas Green, CSA (1814-1864)
- On this date in Civil War history: March 28, 1862 -Battle of Glorieta Pass
- Bombardment of Fort Henry (Feb. 2-6, 1862)
- A Moment in Time: A Few Appropriate Remarks
- This Week in the American Civil War: September 24-30, 1862
Tag Archives: President Abraham Lincoln
This Week in the American Civil War – April 2- April 8, 1862 (150 years ago)
Information Courtesy of the Minn. Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday April 2, 1862 Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston issued orders for the movement of his newly organized army at Corinth, Mississippi, to attack Major General … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Battles, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged 16th U.S. Infantry, 1st Minnesota Light Artillery, abolishing slavery, Alabama, Albert Sidney Johnston, Andrew Johnson, Benjamin Prentiss, Bloody Pond, Cairo, Carondelet, casualties at Shiloh, Chickasaw, compensated emancipation, Corinth, Don Carlos Buell, Earl Van Dorn, Eastport, Fort Pillow, General George B. McClellan, gunboats, heavy rain, Hornets Nest, illegal slave trade, Illinois, Irvin McDowell, Island No. 10, John B. Magruder, John Pope, Joseph E. Johnston, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Missouri, Monterey, Nashville, New Madrid, Oakland Cemetery, oath of allegiance, P.G.T. Beauregard, Peach Orchard, Peninsula Campaign, Pittsburg Landing, President Abraham Lincoln, Richmond, Savannah, Shiloh Church, St. Paul, Sunken Road, Tennessee, tornado, U.S. Senate, Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia, W.H.L. Wallace, William Acker, Yorktown
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This Week in the American Civil War – March 5-11, 1862 (150 years ago)
Courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday March 5, 1862 Federal troops under Major General Nathaniel Prentice Banks advanced up the Shenandoah Valley from Harper’s Ferry, western Va., to Winchester, Va., and … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged Battle of Hampton Roads, Battle of Pea Ridge, Benjamin McCullough, C.S.S. Virginia, Cherokee, Cherokee Mounted Rifles, Earl Van Dorn, George B. McClellan, Indian Territory, James McIntosh, Joseph E. Johnston, Merrimack, Minnesota, Monitor, Nathaniel P. Banks, President Abraham Lincoln, President Jefferson Davis, Samuel Curtis, Sewell's Point, U.S.S. Minnesota, Virginia
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This Week in the American Civil War - February 26- March 4, 1862 (150 years ago)
From the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday February 26, 1862 Kentucky senator William E. Simms declared in the Confederate Congress that the Confederacy would defend her rights to the last extremity. In Washington, … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged Albert Sidney Johnston, Amelia Island, Andrew Johnson, Arkansas, Berryville, Charles F. Smith, Charleston, Columbus, Comanche Pass, Confederate, Corinth, Eastport, Fayetteville, Federal, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Fort Pillow, General George B. McClellan, gunboats, Harpers Ferry, Henry Hopkins Sibley, Henry W. Halleck, ironclad, Island No. 10, John C. Pemberton, John Minor Botts, John Pope, Joseph E. Johnston, Kentucky, Leonidas Polk, Loan and Treasury Bill, Martinsburg, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Murfreesboro, Nashville, New Madrid, New Mexico, New York, Norfolk, Osage Springs, P.G.T. Beauregard, Pittsburg Landing, Portsmouth, President Abraham Lincoln, President Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Rio Grande, Robert E. Lee, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tennessee River, U.S.S. Monitor, Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia, William Simms
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Copper thieves steal sword at Lincoln tomb
CHICAGO (AFP) — Thieves have snatched a copper sword from the burial site of president Abraham Lincoln, one of the most revered leaders in US history, local media reported. The roughly three-foot (90-centimeter) sword was brandished by the statue of … Continue reading
Posted in Graves, Lincoln
Tagged grave robbing, Illinois, Lincoln Assassination, President Abraham Lincoln, Springfield
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Northampton Community College celebrates opening of Civil War exhibit
By Sara K. Satullo | The Express-Times A crowd quickly developed around Brian Alnutt as he guided visitors through the Civil War exhibit on loan toNorthampton Community College. Alnutt is an assistant professor of history at the college and was acting … 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
150 Years Ago: Battle of Ball’s Bluff Oct. 21, 1861
Ball’s Bluff was a small battle by the standards of the Civil War, but it had ramifications far beyond its size. It was only the second significant battle in the east, and received a great deal of attention in both … Continue reading
Posted in 1861, Battlefield Preservation, Casualties, Cemeteries, Commemoration, Graves, Lincoln, Maryland, This Date in Civil War History, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged Balls Bluff, Edward Baker, General Charles P. Stone, General George B. McClellan, Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, President Abraham Lincoln, Virginia
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Spielberg to film ‘Lincoln’ scenes in Richmond
By BOB LEWIS, Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. – The Capitol of Virginia, onetime seat of the Confederacy, is being converted for a few weeks more in keeping with how it looked at the close of the Civil War — for … Continue reading
Civil War-era balloon technology still used in battle
WASHINGTON - During the civil war, the Union Army Balloon Corps performed aerial reconnaissance on the Confederate Army. Fast forward today and “the U.S. military is deploying balloons in wars zones today,” says John Deperro, balloon enthusiast and Civil War … Continue reading
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Tagged 1861, Afghanistan, balloon, Intrepid, John Deperro, June, Kabul, Kevin Knapp, President Abraham Lincoln, Thaddeus Lowe, Union Army
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