view gallery |  Civil War Earthworks, Suwannee River SP, Florida
in U.S. Civil War Sites Remains of the Earthworks in Suwannee River State Park. posted by: BONSAIRAD location: Florida date approved: 12/12/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Clarksville in the Civil War / Depredations - Clarksville, AR
in U.S. Civil War Sites This double-sided Civil War Marker is on the right side of the sidewalk leading to the entrance to the Johnson County Courthouse; in Clarksville, Arkansas. posted by: The Snowdog location: Arkansas date approved: 11/30/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Camp Halleck - Rogers, AR
in U.S. Civil War Sites This Civil War marker describes action at this location in the Spring of 1862 during the American Civil War - in Rogers, Arkansas posted by: The Snowdog location: Arkansas date approved: 11/18/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Action at Dardanelle - Dardanelle, AR
in U.S. Civil War Sites This historical marker describes action at Dardanelle, Arkansas. posted by: The Snowdog location: Arkansas date approved: 11/17/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Battle of McDowell-McDowell VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites May 8, 1862, one mile southeast, Jackson and Edward Johnson, C.S.A. defeated Milroy and Schenck, U.S.A. This church served both Blue and Gray as a hospital. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/10/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Battle of McDowell-McDowell Battlefield Trail - McDowell VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites The McDowell Battlefield Trail is a 1.5 -mile hike that will take you to the battleline on top of Sitlington’s Hill—the scene of heavy fighting on May 8, 1862. Sitlington’s Hill is a spur of Bull Pasture Mountain. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/10/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  War Comes to Fairfield - Woodford VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites War brought profound changes to the Chandler family, Fairfield, and the slaves who toiled on the plantation. Three of Thomas Chandler’s sons enlisted in the Confederate army. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/8/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  A Staggering Blow - Woodford VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites Jackson's death fell heaviest on Gen. Robert E. Lee. He had come to rely on Jackson to carry out his plans, and Jackson had seldom failed him. "Such an executive officer the sun never shone on," Lee once said of his subordinate. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/8/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Rhea's Mill Battle Monument - Prairie Grove AR
in U.S. Civil War Sites This tower was the chimney of Rhea's Mill, which stood 6 miles northwest of this spot. The mill was operated by the Federal army before and after the battle of Prairie Grove. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Arkansas date approved: 11/7/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  General James G. Blunt - Prairie Grove AR
in U.S. Civil War Sites General Blunt of Kansas commanded the First Division of the Federal army in the battle of Prairie Grove. He was made Brigadier General in April 1862 and given command of all Kansas troops. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Arkansas date approved: 11/7/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  March of the Armies December 3-7, 1862 - Prairie Grove AR
in U.S. Civil War Sites General Hindman on the Arkansas River planned to drive General Blunt's Federal army out of northwest Arkansas. The Confederate army left Van Buren on December 3. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Arkansas date approved: 11/7/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Battle of Prairie Grove December 7, 1862 - Prairie Grove AR
in U.S. Civil War Sites The battle on this field was fought between the Confederate army of General T.C. Hindman (Arkansas) and Federal forces commanded by Generals James G. Blunt (Kansas) and F.J. Herron (Iowa). posted by: Don.Morfe location: Arkansas date approved: 11/7/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Major General Thomas C. Hindman - Prairie Grove AR
in U.S. Civil War Sites Thomas C. Hindman commanded the Confederate army in the battle of Prairie Grove. He was born 1828 in Tennessee. Served in the War with Mexico, later moving from Mississippi to Helena, Ark. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Arkansas date approved: 11/7/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Third Battle of Winchester - Winchester VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites (The Battle of the Opequon)-September 19, 1864-The decisive assault in the campaign set in motion by General Grant to free the Shenandoah Valley from the control of the Confederacy took place here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/5/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Second Battle of Kernstown Two U.S. Presidents Fought at Kernstown - Winchester VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites Future U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes led his 1,300 Ohioans and West Virginians into position on the east side of the Valley Pike. Hayes sent his young aide Lt. William McKinley, another future U.S. President, to retrieve the "Mountaineers. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/5/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Second Battle of Winchester June 13, 1863 - Winchester VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites When Confederate Gen. Richard Ewell's Second Corps spearheaded the Army of Northern Virginia's second invasion of the North in June 1863, his first task was to destroy Gen. Robert Milroy's command of approximately 8,000 troops. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/5/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The First Battle of Kernstown - Kernstown VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites The Beginning of “Stonewall” Jackson’s Valley Campaign. The First Battle of Kernstown, fought by 10,000 Americans on March 23, 1862, was the first battle waged in the Shenandoah Valley. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/5/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Pritchard House - Kernstown VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites Fighting swirled around the home during the First and Second Battles of Kernstown, as it did during smaller engagements on June 13, 1863, and August 17, 1864. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/5/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Second Battle of Kernstown-Mulligan’s Final Stand - Winchester VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites Late in the afternoon on July 24, 1864, 1,800 Union soldiers led by Colonel James A. Mulligan fell back to this lane. Major General John B. Gordon’s Confederate force attacked from the ground beyond Opequon Church. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/5/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The First Battle of Kernstown An Unheralded Commander's Unique Victory - Winchester VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites At 9:00 A.M. on March 23, 1862, Confederate artillery unlimbered near the Valley Turnpike and fired on this height, called Pritchard's Hill, to begin the First Battle of Kernstown. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/5/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  First Battle of Winchester - Winchester VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites May 25, 1862 between Confederates under Brig. Gen. T.J. “Stonewall” Jackson and the Federals under Maj. Gen. N.P. Banks began just south of this site. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/4/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Kernstown Battles - Kernstown VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites First Kernstown-March 23, 1862 Stonewall Jackson attacked what appeared to be a withdrawing federal force led by federal Br. Gen. Shields. Second Kernstown
July 23, 1864 – Federal General George Crooke’s corps was camped to the north of here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/4/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Battle of Kernstown March 23, 1862 - Kernstown VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites General James Shields with 7,000 Federals defeated Stonewall Jackson with 3,500 Confederates. Jackson's object was to create a diversion which would prevent troops being sent to McClellan for the attack on Richmond. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/4/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  1st Battle of Winchester - Winchester VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites Jackson launched his attack on Winchester at 5 a.m. May 25. Contesting this thrust was Colonel George Gordon’s 3rd Brigade. General Dick Taylor’s Louisiana Brigade, reinforced by the 10th and 23rd Virginia, succeeded in flanking Gordon on the west. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/4/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Battle of White Oak Road The Walking Trail - Petersburg VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites Welcome to the Civil War Preservation Trust’s White Oak Road Battlefield! The battlefield walking trail is a two-thirds-of-a-mile path that takes you past six wayside signs interpreting the 1865 battle, the remains of the Confederate earthworks. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/2/2020 last visited: never |
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