Confederate Victory

"The Rebels were all around us and our only refuge was the open canopy of heaven."

Sgt. Charles E. Smith

32nd Ohio Infantry

September 14, 1862

Thousands of Federal soldiers huddled in ravines on Bolivar Heights to escape the Confederate ...

Decisive Confederate Victory

The Largest All-Cavalry Battle of the Western Hemisphere

The Battle of Trevilian Station

Confederate Gen. Wade Hampton's victory over Gen. Philip H. Sheridan at Trevilian Station on June 11-12, 1864, prevented Sheridan from joining Gen. David Hunter and destroying the Virginia Central ...

A Great Confederate Naval Victory

On March 8, 1862, the day before her epic battle with the U.S.S. Monitor, the Confederate ironclad ram Virginia (formerly the U.S.S. Merrimack) engaged and sank in the James River two powerful Union sailing Ships of War, the U.S.S. Cumberland ...