 view gallery |   Battle of Monterey Pass/Michigan Cavalry Brigade - Waynesboro PA
in U.S. Civil War Sites Monterey Pass Battlefield Park--(Side 1) Battle of Monterey Pass
(Side 2) Michigan Cavalry Brigade posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Pennsylvania date approved: 5/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Kinston Battlefield Park-Harriet's Chapel and Starr's Battery Site - Kinston NC in U.S. Civil War Sites This site was the center of the Confederate’s final line of defense during the Dec. 13-14, 1862 Battle of Kinston. It occurred as Union General John G. Foster’s Division was enroute from New Bern to Goldsboro to destroy the Wilmington-Weldon Railroad Bridge posted by: Don.Morfe location: North Carolina date approved: 4/25/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Zion Union Cemetery - Mercersburg PA in U.S. Civil War Sites Eighty-eight African Americans from Mercersburg volunteered to defend the Union during the Civil War. At least 36 of those veterans lie in Mercersburg Zion Union Cemetery, established in 1876 by local Black citizens. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Pennsylvania date approved: 4/23/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Massacre Site - Concordia, MO in U.S. Civil War Sites This town was known as "Freedom, MO" back then. Populated by German Protestants who understood persecution from their home land. Re-named Concordia after the Civil War because they believed new hope for concord between North and South existed. posted by:  YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 4/20/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | The Battle of Richmond - Richmond, KY in U.S. Civil War Sites It was Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith's battle-hardened army that engaged the untried Union soldiers at the four engagements that comprised the Battle of Richmond. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 4/1/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Michigan Light Artillery Regiment / Batteries F and G - Richmond, KY in U.S. Civil War Sites Michigan Light Artillery Regiment
During the Civil War more than three thousand men served in Michigan's First Regiment of Artillery. The twelve batteries saw action in both major theaters. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 4/1/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | "Rally, boys! Rally to the Colors!" - Richmond, KY in U.S. Civil War Sites After the early morning engagement near Mt. Zion Church both sides regrouped. Manson deployed the Union forces here at Duncannon Road, placing his brigade on the east side of the Old State Road (US 421) and Gen. Cruft's brigade on the west side. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 3/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | The Battle of Richmond - Richmond, KY in U.S. Civil War Sites August 23, 1862
BIG HILL Confederate Col. John Scott's cavalry defeats cavalry commanded by Col. Leonidas Metcalfe near the Cox house on Big Hill. The Confederate victory opens the road to Richmond. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 3/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | The Generals - Richmond, KY in U.S. Civil War Sites Union Mahlon Dickerson Manson (1818-1895) Confederate-Edmund Kirby Smith (1824-1893) posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 3/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Slavery at Pleasant View Farm - Richmond, KY in U.S. Civil War Sites In 1856 McCord sold the property to Kavenaugh Armstrong, who lived in the house at the time of the Battle of Richmond. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 3/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Battle of Richmond Phase One - Kingston - Richmond, KY in U.S. Civil War Sites In the early morning hours of August 30, 1862, Gen. Patrick Cleburne moved his soldiers up the Old State Road to Kingston. Union artillery near Mt. Zion Church opened fire. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 3/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Union Artillery - Richmond, KY in U.S. Civil War Sites The Battle of Richmond began on a hot and hazy August morning. Gen. Mahlon Manson drew up his brigade on the best available high ground between his column and the Confederates advancing from the south. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 3/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | "Defeat and Destruction Seemed Inevitable" - Richmond, KY in U.S. Civil War Sites The Confederates wasted little time in exploiting the gap between Manson and Cruft. "The order then reached us to move across to that portion of the field in double-quick," wrote Col. Benjamin J. Hill. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 3/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Battle of Richmond- Richmond KY in U.S. Civil War Sites Gen. Mahlon Manson's brigade had almost no combat experience. The "grizzled veterans" of the brigade were the 18th Kentucky. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 3/28/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Race to Richmond - Richmond, KY in U.S. Civil War Sites The Confederates destroyed the Union line at Duncannon Road. They hit Cruft's brigade with a rolling musket volley, reloaded, jumped the fence and scattered his line. Manson's brigade fared no better. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 3/28/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Fight at Rogersville - Richmond, KY in U.S. Civil War Sites Gen. Mahlon Manson was south of Richmond when he received word that Confederate cavalry was to his south. Manson marched his brigade forward, placing his artillery on a rise and deployed his infantry on both sides of the Old State Road. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 3/28/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | General William "Bull" Nelson - Richmond, KY in U.S. Civil War Sites Staunch Unionist and Friend of President Abraham Lincoln. William Nelson, born in 1824, near Maysville, Kentucky, grew up in an atmosphere of influence and wealth. After graduating from the Naval Academy in 1846, he attained the rank of lieutenant. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 3/28/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | General Edmund Kirby Smith - Richmond, KY in U.S. Civil War Sites Edmund Kirby Smith commanded the victorious Confederate army at the Battle of Richmond. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 3/28/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | General Mahlon Manson - Richmond, KY in U.S. Civil War Sites Crawfordsville, Indiana-Mahlon Dickerson Manson spent his first years near Piqua, Ohio, where he was born in 1820. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 3/28/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Patrick Ronayne Cleburne - Richmond, KY in U.S. Civil War Sites The most well-known participant in the Battle of Richmond was General Patrick Cleburne, a charismatic young officer who rose rapidly through the Confederate ranks. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 3/28/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Mt. Zion Church - Field Hospital - Richmond, KY in U.S. Civil War Sites As the battle raged, ambulances drawn by sweating horses raced into the churchyard, bringing more and more casualties to Mt. Zion Church. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 3/28/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Selecman’s (Snyder’s) Ford in U.S. Civil War Sites Selecman’s (Snyder’s) Ford — Prince William County Historical Commission posted by: heaven03 location: Virginia date approved: 3/16/2020 last visited: 2/2/2020 |
 view gallery | Maclay Mansion (Gleim Mansion) - Tipton, MO in U.S. Civil War Sites Built by the Williams' for a girls school, sometimes called "Rose Hill" Seminary.. posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 3/10/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Battle of Leasburg, Missouri in U.S. Civil War Sites The retreating Union troops dig in their heals. posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 2/15/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Grimes County Greys, the 4th Texas Volunteer Infantry in U.S. Civil War Sites The Confederate Memorial Park at 121 S. Main Street, Anderson, TX 77830 in Grimes County TX is at the actual site where enlistments, organizational assignments and recruit training took place for the Grimes County Greys from 1861-1865. posted by: WayBetterFinder location: Texas date approved: 2/12/2020 last visited: 2/18/2020 |
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