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Special Orders, No. 135 (U.S. War Department)
May 16, 1861 On May 16, 1861, the U.S. War Department issued Special Orders, No, 135 relieving Brigadier General William S. Harney as commander of the Department of the West. Special Orders, No. 135 War Department, Adjutant General's Office Washington, May 16, 1864 Brigadier General W. S. Harney is relieved from command of the Department…
Special Orders, No. 149 (CSA War Dept.)
September 10, 1861 On September 10, 1861, the Confederate War Department issued Special Orders, No. 149, appointing General Albert Sidney Johnston to command of Confederate forces in the Western Theater. SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 149. ADJ'T AND INSP. GENERALS OFFICE, Richmond, Va., September 10, 1861. General Albert Sidney Johnston, C. S. Army, is assigned to the…
Special Orders, No. 149 (Virginia Forces)
May 31, 1861 On May 31, 1861, Major General Robert E. Lee issued Sprcial Orders, No. 149, announcing that Brigadier General P.T.G. Beauregard was assigned to the command of the troops in the Alexandria line near Manassas Junction, Virginia. Special Orders, No. 149 HEADQUARTERS VIRGINIA FORCES Richmond, Va., May 31, 1861 General G.T. Beauregard, of…
Special Orders, No. 486 (AOP/CSA)
November 4, 1861 On November 4, 1861, General Joseph E. Johnston issued Special Orders, No. 486, ordering Major General Thomas J. Jackson to take command of the Valley District of the Department of Northern Virginia. SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 486. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, November 4, 1861. In accordance with Special Orders, No. 18, Adjutant…
Special Orders, No. 92 (Department of the Missouri)
December 25, 1861 On December 25, 1861, Major General Henry W. Halleck appointed Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis to command the Southwestern District of Missouri. SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 92. HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, December 25, 1861 III. Brig. Gen. S. R. Curtis is assigned to the command of the Southwestern District of…
Special Orders, No. 95 (Virginia Forces)
May 21, 1861 On May 21, 1861, Robert E. Lee, commander of Virginia's forces, issued Special Orders, No. 95, assigning Brigadier General Milledge Luke Bonham to command the state's troops on the Alexandria Line. Special Orders, No. 95 Headquarters Virginia Forces, Richmond, Va., May 21, 1861. I. Brig. Gen. M.L. Bonham, of the C.S. Army,…
Special Orders, No.(CSA)
July 21, 1861 On July 21, 1861, Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston issued an unnumbered special order approving Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard's plan of attack for the Battle of Bull Run I. SPECIAL ORDERS, No. – . HDQRS. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, July 21, 1861 – 4.30 a. m. The plan of attack given by…
Stand Watie
December 12, 1806 – September 9, 1871 The only American Indian to achieve the rank of general on either side during the American Civil War, Stand Watie was also the last Confederate general to lay down his sword. Stand Watie was born on December 12, 1806 in Oothcaloga, Cherokee Nation (modern-day Gordon County, Georgia). Watie's…
Stephen Arnold Douglas
April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861 Two-term United States Congressman and three-term United States Senator from Illinois Stephen A. Douglas was a prominent antebellum politician who championed popular sovereignty and was influential in the enactment of the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Stephen Arnold Douglas was born in Brandon, Vermont,…
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut
November 29, 1815 – March 27, 1882 Stephen A. Hurlbut was a political general who had a checkered career serving in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Stephen Augustus Hurlbut was born in Charleston, South Carolina, November 29, 1815. He was the third of four children born to Martin Luther Hurlbut and Lydia…