Operations at New Madrid and Island No. 10
February 28, 1862 – April 8, 1862 Brigadier-General John Pope's successful operations against New Madrid, Missouri and Island No. 10, on the Mississippi River, … Read more
Operations in Western Virginia
(June–October, 1861)
Order Authorizing Arrests of Persons Discouraging Enlistments
August 8, 1862 On August 8, 1862, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton issued a special order authorizing law enforcement officials to arrest anyone … Read more
Order of American Knights
Numerous Northerners opposed the Civil War. Most opponents usually utilized peaceful forms of protest to object to the war and referred to themselves as … Read more
Order To Prevent Evasion Of Military Duty And For The Suppression of Disloyal Practices
August 8, 1862 On August 8, 1862, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, under the authority of President Abraham Lincoln, issued an order making … Read more
Orders, No. —
May 24, 1861 On May 24, 1861, Brigadier General Joseph E. Johnston issued an unnumbered order announcing that he had assume command of the … Read more
Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel
July 28, 1809 – October 30, 1862 Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel was a world-renowned astronomer and a Union major general during the American Civil War … Read more
Overland Campaign
May 4-June 24, 1864 The Overland Campaign, also known as the Wilderness Campaign, was a Union offensive launched in May 1864, intended to defeat … Read more
Owen Brown Monument, Courthouse Lawn, Jefferson, Ohio
1914 Ohio’s American Civil War soldiers and civilians sought to commemorate the troopers’ devotion to and service with the United States by constructing monuments … Read more
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne
March 16 or March 17, 1828 – November 30, 1864 Major General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne was one of the Confederacy's leading general officers in … Read more