Grant's Grand Assault

“We did not go far, only for six rods [100 feet]…soon…by the lively use of bayonets, frying-pans, tin plates, and cups, we had a temporary protection, and the satisfaction of holding practically all the ground we had been over.”

Oscar Waite, ...

President Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America and party camped near here in a wooded area, when trying to reach Mobile, in his flight from Federal Soldiers. The party, on horseback, stopped at Warthen’s Store to purchase food ...

Old Stone Church

Placed by the

Rockland County Society

to mark the oldest building dedicated to God’s service

now standing in the County of Rockland, New York

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“Old Stone Church”

was erected in the year 1813 by a newly organized ...

The Last Days of Fort Mulligan

In December of 1863, Colonel James Mulligan returned to

New Creek and Colonel Joseph Thoburn took command of the

1,785 Union soldiers at Petersburg. Confederate Major General

Fitzhugh Lee’s forces began to move on Petersburg on January 3rd, with intentions of capturing Colonel ...

Confederate Fortifications

The diary of Edward R. Crockett, 4th Texas Infantry, illustrates the daily pressure of life in these trenches:

June 4th

“We work hard last night & dawn on the 4th have a heavy work completed. We have quit sleeping almost ...

History of Coastal Defenses

During the late 18th century, the first coastal defenses built in the United States were earthen forts constructed on high points near important harbors. Soon thereafter, star-shaped stone forts were built in the years leading up to the War of ...

Turchin's Brigade

Baird's Division - Palmer's Corps.

Turchin's Brigade

Baird's Division - Palmer's Corps.

Brig. Gen. John B. Turchin.

Nov. 25th, 1863, 5 P.M.

82 Indiana - Col. Morton C. Hunter.

11th Ohio - Lieut. Col. Ogden Street

17th Ohio - Maj. Benjamin F. Butterfield.

17th Ohio - Capt. Benjamin ...

Confederate Casualties

Battle of Chattanooga

Confederate Casualties - Battle of Chattanooga.

Nov. 23d to Nov. 27th, 1863.

The losses here given by Divisions include Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and operations following as far as Ringgold Gap, GA.

Longstreet's Corps (McLaw's ...

The Stoneman Raid

Closing in on Atlanta in July, 1864, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, found its vast fortifications “too strong to assault and too extensive to invest.” To force an evacuation, he sent Maj. Gen. George Stoneman’s cavalry [US] (2112 men ...

The Battle of Sutherland

The Battle of Sutherland

April 2, 1865

Dedicated in sacred memory to those valiant Confederates who remained steadfast to the end, and who gave their last full measure of devotion in defense of their homeland. Here the Confederates, under the Generals Wilcox ...