Greetings! I am a Virginia resident, writing a novel loosely based on my ancestor's life as a CSA soldier (12th Mo. Cavalry) and POW at Point Lookout. I've done many, many hours of historical research on Missouri (and Point Lookout), but am missing some pieces I hope this forum can supply. I...
On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag - Treaty of Ghent signed, ending the War of 1812. - Raleigh Edward Colston, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen. - Skirmish at Wadesburg, MO. - Federal...
3rd Maryland Artillery, CSA Alternate Designation Ritter's Battery History One of the most traveled units in the Civil War, seeing action in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, Ritter's Battery was originally organized by Captain John Latrobe, of Baltimore, in the fall of 1861 in Virginia.
65th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, CSA actions in East Tennessee from May 1862 through the Battle of Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863, as recorded in the Official Records: Date Commander 65th GVI Activities and Movements 1-May-62 Col. Sumner J. Smith Formed as Smith's Legion Ga Vol. 1-May-62 LtCol JS Fain Loudon, TN, Fain's Battalion
Gone to Virginny- A Brief Look at the Unique Service of the First ...
1st Alabama Infantry Smith, Daniel P. Company K or First Alabama Regiment or Three Years in the Confederate Service. 3rd Alabama Infantry Third Alabama!: The Civil War Memoir of Brigadier General Cullen Andrews Battle, CSA by Brandon H. Beck (University of Alabama Press, 2000). 4th Alabama...
Brigadier General John Pegram (CSA) John Pegram was born in Petersburg, Virginia on 24 January 1832. His grandfather, John Pegram, had been a major general commanding all Virginia forces during the War of 1812. His father, James, was a prominent attorney, militia brigadier general, and bank...