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Special Orders (Department of Virginia and North Carolina) (Unnumbered 6/17/1864)
June 17, 1864 On June 17, 1864, Major General Benjamin F. Butler issued special orders announcing that he was with drawing his previous orders relieving Major General Quincy A. Gillmore of his command. SPECIAL ORDERS Hdqrs. Dept. of Va. and N. Carolina, In the Field, Va., June 17, 1864 So much of special orders from…
Special Orders, No. 230 (U.S. War Department)
July 7, 1864 On July 7, 1864, the U.S. War Department issued Special Orders, No. 230 relieving Major General Franz Sigel and Major General Julius Stahel from duty in the District of Harper's Ferry. SPECIAL ORDERS, Number 230 WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, July 7, 1864. Brigadier General A. P. Howe is assigned to…
Special Orders, No. 36 (Headquarters, Armies of the United States)
June 17, 1864 On June 17, 1864, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant issued Special Orders, No. 36 (Armies of the United States) announcing that he was relieving Major General Quincy A. Gillmore of his command of the Tenth Army Corps at his own request. Special Orders, No. 36 Hdqrs. Armies of the United States, City…
Special Orders, No. 5 (Department of Tennessee and Georgia, CSA)
September 28, 1864 On September 28, 1864, General John Bell Hood issued Special Orders, No. 5, Department of Tennessee and Georgia, announcing that William J. Hardee was relieved from duty with the Army of Tennessee. SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 5. HDQRS. DEPT. OF TENN. AND GA., In the Field, September 28, 1864. I. By direction of…
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…
Stanton’s Dispatch Adding the State of Kentucky to the Department of the Ohio
August 7, 1864 On August 7, 1864, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton added the State of Kentucky to the Department of the Ohio. Major-General BURBRIDGE, August 7, 1864, Louisville, Ky.: Your communication by General Holt and your telegram received. Your proceedings against disloyal persons in your command are approved. Your telegram has been forwarded…
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…
Sterling Price
September 20, 1809 – September 29, 1867 Sterling Price was an antebellum governor of Missouri, United States Congressman, and prominent Confederate commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Sterling Price was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia on September 20, 1809. He was the third son and the fourth of five children…
Stonewall Brigade
June 1861–May 1864 Populated by recruits from Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, and originally commanded by Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, the Stonewall Brigade participated in nearly every major campaign in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. The history of the storied Stonewall Brigade begins with its legendary first commander, Thomas J. Jackson. In 1851, First…
Susan B. Anthony
February 15, 1820–March 13, 1906 Susan B. Anthony is frequently recognized as the most influential leader in the struggle for women's suffrage in America. Acclaimed suffragist Susan Brownell Anthony was born on February 15, 1820, in Adams, Massachusetts. She was the second oldest of Daniel and Lucy Read Anthony's eight children. Anthony was raised in…