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The Second Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Second Manassas was fought August 28–30, 1862 in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War. It was the culmination of an offensive campaign waged by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia against Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia, and a battle of much larger scale and numbers than the First Battle...
This project is created to honor lives lost in the American Civil War as well as those who fought and led to establishing the America we have today. Roughly 2% of the population, an estimated 620,000 men, lost their lives in the line of duty. (www.civilwar.org/education/civil-war-casualties.html)www.civilwar.org/education/history/faq/ Civil War Trust The war began when the Confederates bombarde...
UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS 86th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry OVERVIEW: Organized April 4, 1864, from 14th Corps de Afrique Infantry. Attached to District of West Florida, Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, United States Colored Troops, Dept. of the Gulf, to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, District of West Florida, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, District o...
This project is a holding place for the various projects created involving 1862 and the US Civil War.
The Union Army of the Potomac fought in most of the Eastern Theater campaigns, primarily in (Eastern) Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. After the end of the war, it was disbanded on June 28, 1865, shortly following its participation in the Grand Review of the Armies.= Famous Units =Because of its proximity to the large cities of the North, such as Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and New Yor...
The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was fought on June 27, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the most significant frontal assault launched by Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman against the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, ending in a tactical defeat for the Union forces. Strategically, however, the battle failed to deliver the result tha...
The Battle of New Hope Church (May 25–26, 1864) was a clash between the Union Army under Major General William T. Sherman and the Confederate Army of Tennessee led by General Joseph E. Johnston during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. Sherman broke loose from his railroad supply line in a large-scale sweep in an attempt to force Johnston's army to retreat from its strong position ...
Atlanta Campaign (Umbrella Project): Note this is an Umbrella Project for the entire Atlanta Campaign. Please add profiles to the battles (found below) that your relative fought in. The Atlanta campaign was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864. Union Maj. Gen. William Tecu...
Chaplains who died in war time: This project is for any Chaplain who died for the USA during a time for war. This project is open to all FAITHS. American Rev (1776-1781): War of 1812: American Civil War(1861-1865): Union: Confederate: Spanish-American War: World War I: World War II: Capt.CNC Thomas Leroy Kirkpatrick. KIA/Pearl Harbor/ USS Arizona. Korean War: Vietnam: Cold War: Gu...
This project is used to relate all battles of the Civil War that were fought in 1862. resources Wikipedia Son of the South
Virginia State Convention 1861 In February 1861 the Commonwealth of Virginia held a statewide Constitutional Convention in the City of Richmond. The new constitution was not adopted but instead resulted in an Ordinance of Succession from the United States. This is often referred to as the "Virginia Secession Convention" because of the resultant document. List of Delegates: John Janney ...
The Battle of Selma, Alabama (April 2, 1865), formed part of the Union campaign through Alabama and Georgia, known as Wilson's Raid, in the final full month of the American Civil War. Union Army forces under Major General James H. Wilson, totaling 13,500, invaded southern Alabama, opposed by Confederates under Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest, who a force of only 2,000, with mainly bo...
Wikipedia ===Battles==* Battle of Hoke's Run * Battle of Philippi * Battle of Laurel Hill * Battle of Rich Mountain * Battle of Corrick's Ford * Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes * Battle of Carnifex Ferry
This project is for those who were born in the Northern States(Union) who fought for the Southern States (Confederate). Northern-born Confederates: Union States and Territories: Washington, D.C.: Commander (C.S.N) Thomas William Brent California: Colorado Territory: Connecticut: Delaware:
The following is from Wikipedia: is article is about anti-secessionism in the southern U.S.. For pro-UK sentiment in Ireland outside Northern Ireland, see Southern Irish unionism. In the United States, Southern Unionists were white people living in the Confederate States of America, opposed to secession, and against the Civil War. These people are also referred to as Southern Loyalists, Union L...
The Second Battle of Corinth,October 3–4, 1862:
The Battle of Fort Myers was fought on February 20, 1865, in Lee County, Florida during the last months of the American Civil War. This small engagement is known as the "southernmost land battle of the Civil War." Wikipedia Fort Myers-A Brief Battle News-Press Story Civil War Album-Fort Myers
The Battle of Pickett's Mill (May 27, 1864) was fought in Paulding County, Georgia, between Union forces under Major General William Tecumseh Sherman and Confederate forces led by General Joseph E. Johnston during the Atlanta Campaign in the American Civil War. Sherman sent Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood's division, supported by other formations, to turn Johnston's right flank, but the Federa...
6th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Wheeler's):
The Battle of the Head of Passes was a bloodless naval battle of the American Civil War. It was a naval raid made by the Confederate river defense fleet, also known as the “mosquito fleet” in the local media, on ships of the Union blockade squadron anchored at the Head of Passes. The mosquito fleet deployed three fire rafts, which were ignited and followed the ironclad ram CSS Manassas into the...
The Battle of Tampa, also known as the "Yankee Outrage at Tampa", was a minor engagement of the American Civil War fought June 30 – July 1, 1862, between the United States Navy and a Confederate artillery company charged with "protecting" the village of Tampa, Florida. Although small, Tampa's port was a key hub of trade for Central Florida, and several blockade runners from Tampa regularly slip...
First Battle of Bull Run=First Battle of Bull Run, also known as First Manassas (the name used by Confederate forces), was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the city of Manassas. It was the first major land battle of the American Civil War.Just months after the start of the war at Fort Sumter, the Northern public clamored for a march against the Confederate capit...
Battle of Kolb's Farm, June 22, 1864: The Battle of Kolb's Farm saw a Confederate corps under Lieutenant General John B. Hood attack parts of two Union corps under Major Generals Joseph Hooker and John Schofield. This action was part of the Atlanta campaign of the American Civil War fought between the Confederate Army of Tennessee led by General Joseph E. Johnston and Union forces commanded by...
Battle of Marietta,June 9, 1864– July 3, 1864:
Battle of Ezra Church, July 28, 1864: The Battle of Ezra Church, also known as the Battle of Ezra Chapel and the Battle of the Poor House (July 28, 1864) saw Union Army forces under Major General William T. Sherman fight Confederate States Army troops led by Lieutenant General John B. Hood in Fulton County, Georgia during the Atlanta campaign in the American Civil War. Sherman sent Oliver Otis...
Battle of Honey Springs, July 17, 1863: The Battle of Honey Springs, also known as the Affair at Elk Creek, on July 17, 1863, was an American Civil War engagement and an important victory for Union forces in their efforts to gain control of the Indian Territory. It was the largest confrontation between Union and Confederate forces in the area that would eventually become Oklahoma. The engageme...
The Battle of Mobile Bay of August 5, 1864, was a naval and land engagement of the American Civil War in which a Union fleet commanded by Rear Admiral David G. Farragut, assisted by a contingent of soldiers, attacked a smaller Confederate fleet led by Admiral Franklin Buchanan and three forts that guarded the entrance to Mobile Bay: Morgan, Gaines and Powell. Farragut's order of "Damn the torpe...
Battle of Vernon, September 28, 1864: The Battle of Vernon, Florida was a minor skirmish of the American Civil War that took place on September 28, 1864, near the town of Vernon, Florida. Coming a day after the larger Battle of Marianna, this conflict involved a company of Home Guard troops from Vernon who were going to the aid of their Confederate compatriots in that city. Unbeknownst to the ...
Battle of Chustenahlah, December 26, 1861: The Battle of Chustenahlah was fought in Osage County, Oklahoma, (then Indian Territory) on December 26, 1861, during the American Civil War. A band of 9,000 pro-Union Native Americans was forced to flee to Kansas in bitter cold and snow in what became known as the Trail of Blood on Ice. On December 25, McIntosh was told that Cooper’s force could not...
Battle of Gainesville, August 17, 1864: The Battle of Gainesville was an American Civil War engagement fought on August 17, 1864, when a Confederate force defeated Union detachments from Jacksonville, Florida. The result of the battle was the Confederate occupation of Gainesville for the remainder of the war. The Union troops arrived in Gainesville on August 17, to find the town occupied by ...
Battle of Adairsville, Battle of Cassville, May 17, 1864: The Battle of Adairsville was a battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War on May 17, 1864, just northeast of Rome, Georgia. The brief engagement was a Confederate delaying action that allowed General Joseph E. Johnston to bait a trap for the Union army at Cassville. Wikipedia
The Campbellton Cavalry (100 Great Things about Jackson County, Florida)William J. Daniel was a member of the Cambellton Cavalry He is buried at Campbellton Baptist Church. With the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Marianna approaching, the next few articles in our list of 100 Great Things about Jackson County, Florida, will focus on the men and boys that defended the county on September 26-2...
This project is for both units and profiles for The Army of the James during the American Civil War 1861-1865. Army of the James From Wikipedia Wikipedia The Army of the James was a Union Army that was composed of units from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina and served along the James River during the final operations of the American Civil War in Virginia. The Union Departments o...
The blockade runners of the American Civil War were seagoing steam ships that were used to make their way through the Union blockade that extended some 3,500 miles (5,600 km) along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastlines and the lower Mississippi River. Blockade runners imported from England most of the guns and other ordinance the Confederacy needed. To get through the blockade these ships,...
Oklawaha Rangers, Cavalry, CSA: William Pearson:
Confederate States Senate:
This project is used to relate all units from Iowa who served in the Union Army.
Florida Secession Convention:
Battles:13th Georgia Infantry Regiment“Bartow Light Infantry”1861:June Organized at Griffin, Georgia under Colonel Walton Ector, Lieutenant Colonel Marcellus Douglass.Summer In western VirginiaDecember Ordered to Charleton, South Carolina1862:February 1 Colonel Ector died in Greenville, Georgia, where he had hoped to recover his health. Lieutenant Colonel Douglass was promoted to colonel. Capta...
Please add to this project the profiles of Civil War soldiers, both Union and Confederate, who died in Jeffersonville, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky. Since the two cities are across the Ohio River from each other, it is often difficult to locate exactly which city the soldiers died in.==Jeffersonville, Indiana==* Camp Joe Holt * Jefferson General Hospital ==Louisville, Kentucky==* United Sta...
The Battle of Utoy Creek, August 5, 1864–August 7, 1864:
The 60th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia and in Tennessee.The 60th Virginia (also called 3rd Regiment, Wise Legion) was organized in August 1861. The unit served in Field's, McCausland's, and T. Smith's Brigade. It fought ...
Camp Curtin, Union Training Camp, Harrisburg,PA 1861-1865: Wounded from Antietam: Captain. William Shorts POW processed to Ft.Delaware: 2nd Lt. George Washington Mathews, (CSA) (1823-1909)
U.S.S. Constitution(1797) Original Six Frigates of the United States Navy Naval Act of 1794 Quasi-War First Barbary War War of 1812 Constitution vs. Guerriere
The 50th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia and in Tennessee.The 50th Virginia was organized in July 1861, with ten companies and three companies of cavalry temporarily attached. The regiment partificated in the Battle of Car...
USS Monongahela (1862):
Marion Light Artillery, Florida, CSA:
Smith's Cavalry Company, AKA Marianna Dragoons Florida, CSA:
Milton Light Artillery Company, Florida, CSA:
General Order No. 11 (1863): Some Events that led up to it. American Civil War: Lawrence massacre: Areas Effected: Bates County, Missouri: Cass County, Missouri: Jackson County, Missouri: Vernon County, Missouri: Results: Villagization: No man's land:
1st (Reserves) Infantry, Florida, CSA:
27th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Whitfield's Legion) (1st Texas Legion):
10th Florida Infantry Regiment (CSA):
Florida Rangers, USA:
1st Florida Special Cavalry Battalion, CSA:
8th Florida Infantry(CSA):
48th New York Volunteer Infantry From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ‹ The template Infobox military unit is being considered for merging. › 48th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Active September 10, 1861 to August 16, 1865 Country United States Allegiance Union Branch Infantry Engagements Siege of Fort Pulaski Battle of Secessionville Second Battle of Fort Wagner Second Battle of Charles...
This project is for those who served in the 39th Missouri Infantry. 39th Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union) United States Gotoarrow.png U.S. Military Gotoarrow.png Missouri Gotoarrow.png Missouri Military Gotoarrow.png Missouri in the Civil War Gotoarrow.png39th Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union)Contents [hide] 1 Brief History 2 Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin 3 Other S...
The Greenwood Club Cavalry (100 Great Things about Jackson County, Florida)Grave of Captain Henry Robinson The school boys of Greenwood turned out in defense of their homes and families at the Battle of Marianna 150 years ago this month. Their company, the Greenwood Club Cavalry, is #59 on our list of 100 Great Things about Jackson County, Florida.Please click here to see the entire list as it ...
Company A, 1st Artillery – Lieutenant Frank E. Taylor:
5th United States Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment:
UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS 82nd Regiment, United States Colored Infantry OVERVIEW: Organized April 4, 1864, from 10th Corps de Afrique Infantry. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Corps de Afrique, Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1864. Consolidated with 80th United States Colored Troops July 6, 1864, to form new 79th United States Colored Troops. Reorganized July, 1864, by consolidation of 97...
Fort Jefferson Fort Jefferson was built to protect one of the most strategic deepwater anchorages in North America. By fortifying this spacious harbor, the United States maintained an important “advance post” for ships patrolling the Gulf of Mexico and the Straits of Florida. Nestled within the islands and shoals that make up the Dry Tortugas, the harbor offered ships the chance to resupply, re...
Friday, September 18, 2009 the Scottish Chief Not much going on in the news this week relating to North Carolina and the War. I did find this item of interest. Recently, divers found the remains of a couple of Blockade Runners in the Hillsborough River near Tampa, Florida. Having grown up re-enacting in the Sunshine State, I often like to take note of events related to the war years. So what do...
The Milton Light Artillery was organized by J.L. Dunham at Appalachicola, Fla., in November, 1861, and was mustered into Confederate service there late that month. Dunham was assisted by Lieutenants Abell (senior 1st), Bull (junior 1st), Stephens (senior 2nd) and Rambo (junior 2nd). The Milton Light Artillery was named in honor of John Milton. Moved to Tallahassee, Fla., the company was armed w...
BATTERY "E" 3rd ARTILLERY. At Washington, D.C., May, 1861. Attached to Sherman's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army, Northeast Virginia, to August, 1861. Sherman's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1861. W. T. Sherman's South Carolina Expeditionary Corps to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the South, t...
C.S.S. Neaffie: may have been a barge or steamer.
Skirmish at Cedar Creek, AKA Camp Mooney or McGirt's Creek,March 1, 1864:
1st Regiment, Rhode Island Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that participated in the American Civil War. They were badly routed at the Battle of Middleburg, a blemish on an otherwise competent combat record. The regiment was organized between December 1861 and March 1862 at Pawtucket as the 1st New England Cavalry. Late in that month, the regiment was sent to Washington D.C. and initially assigne...
Irish in the American Civil War==There are only two conflicts in Irish history which have seen close to 200,000 Irishmen in uniform. One is the First World War the other is the American Civil War. Irish-American Catholics served on both sides of the American Civil War 1861-1865 as officers, volunteers and draftees. Immigration due to the Irish Great Famine 1845 - 1852 had provided many thousand...
Records for the Dallas County Home Guards typically only show men in Captain Thomas Franklin's Co. A, Captain Jason Lemons' Co. C, Captain Matthew Pare's Co. F, and Captain Joseph Eldrige's Co. G, most of them serving from June 24, 1861, to September 24, 1861. However, the Osage Regt., Missouri Home Guards, organized by Col. Joseph McClurg at Linn Creek, Camden County, in the spring and summer ...
The 15th Regiment of Alabama Infantry was a Confederate volunteer infantry unit from the state of Alabama during the American Civil War. Recruited from six counties in the southeastern part of the state, it fought mostly with Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, though it also saw brief service with Braxton Bragg and the Army of Tennessee in late 1863 before returning to Virginia in early...