Harney-Price Agreement (Transcript)
May 21, 1861
John Clifford Pemberton
August 10, 1814 – July 13, 1881 Vilified by Northerners for leaving the U.S. Army to fight for the South, and by Southerners for … Read more
Leonidas Polk
April 10, 1806 – June 14, 1864 An ordained Episcopal bishop, Confederate Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk was killed by a Union artillery shell at … Read more
Patterson’s Battery of Ohio Volunteer Artillery
1863–1865 In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal government with 260 regiments of men, including infantry, artillery, and cavalry units. Ohioans also … Read more
Paulsen’s Battery of Ohio Volunteer Artillery
1862 In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal government with 260 regiments of men, including infantry, artillery, and cavalry units. Ohioans also … Read more
Peace Democrats
A majority of Northerners supported the Union war effort, yet a sizable and vocal minority opposed the conflict. Most of the opponents, the Copperheads, … Read more
Peninsula Campaign
March 17–August 14, 1862 The Peninsula Campaign, also known as the Peninsular Campaign, was an ill-fated Union offensive launched by Major General George B. … Read more
Peninsular Campaign
March 17–August 14, 1862
Petersburg Campaign
June 1864 – March 1865 Beginning in June 1864, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's Petersburg Campaign was a nine month-long Union offensive that consisted … Read more