Military Intelligence: The Civil War Provost Guard
•October 13, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
The Confederate provost guard functioned as a combination rear guard and prison keeper during the American Civil War. More »
•October 13, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
The Confederate provost guard functioned as a combination rear guard and prison keeper during the American Civil War. More »
•October 7, 2018 • 1 Comment
Few Union men saw more of the Civil War or its principal commanders than Medal of Honor awardee Horace Porter. More »
•October 5, 2018 • 1 Comment
His army reduced to shambles, Confederate General Jubal Early waited uneasily at Waynesboro, Virginia, to do battle one last time with Phil Sheridan. More »
•September 26, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
The Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid on Richmond aimed to skewer the Confederate capital, but instead became known as ‘The Dahlgren Affair.’ More »
•September 26, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
A skilled, brilliant officer in the Confederate Navy, John Taylor Wood inflicted major damage on the U.S. Navy. More »
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This American Civil War timeline covers the events of July to December 1862, from the Peninsula Campaign to the Battle of Stones River. More »
•September 18, 2018 • 1 Comment
Richmond National Battlefield Park preserves the major sites of Robert E. Lee’s Seven Days Battle against George McClellan near the Confederate capital. More »
•September 16, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
Lasting nine-and-a-half months, Battle of Petersburg was a major event in the American Civil War. Below are the major battle sites visitors shouldn’t miss. More »
•March 16, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
John Maxwell placed a bomb aboard a cargo ship at City Point in August 1864 in a desperate bid to slow the flow of supplies to Union troops at Petersburg. More »
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Abraham Lincoln clashed publicly with Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont over his hasty emancipation proclamation in Missouri. More »
