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Francis Jay Herron
February 17, 1837 – January 8, 1902 Major General Francis J. Herron was a prominent Union officer who served in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and commanded the Army of the Frontier in 1863. Francis Jay Herron was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 17, 1837. He was the third child of…
Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
February 19, 1821 – July 8, 1875 U.S. Senator and Congressman from Missouri, Frank P. Blair was one of President Abraham Lincoln's more successful political generals, rising to command the 15th and 17th Army Corps during most of the major campaigns in the Western Theater of the Civil War. Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (more commonly…
Franz Sigel
November 18, 1824 – August 21, 1902 During the American Civil War, Franz Sigel, one of President Abraham Lincoln's "political generals," achieved the rank of major general in the volunteer army and served as a corps commander with the Army of the Potomac. Franz Sigel was born in the town of Sinsheim, in the duchy…
Frederick Douglass
February 1818–February 20, 1895 After escaping from bondage on September 3, 1838, Frederick Douglass became a highly-acclaimed orator and writer supporting the abolition of slavery before the Civil War and the enactment of African American rights during Reconstruction. Acclaimed abolitionist and women's rights supporter Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland, near…
Freedman’s Village
1863–1900 Officially dedicated on December 4, 1863, Freedman's Village was a federal refuge for former slaves near Washington, D.C., throughout the last half of the 19th Century. On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed “An Act for the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia," more commonly…
Freedmen’s Bureau
1865–1872 The Freedmen's Bureau was an important agency of the early Reconstruction era, assisting freedmen (freed ex-slaves) in the South. By the spring of 1865, there was little doubt about the eventual outcome of the American Civil War. Anticipating issues related to the disposition of nearly four million slaves freed by President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation…
General Orders, No. 1 (CSA)
February 9, 1865 On February 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee issued General Orders, No. 1 (CSA) announcing that he had assumed command of the military forces of the Confederate States. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 1. HEADQUARTERS CONFEDERATE ARMY, February 9, 1865 In obedience to General Orders, No. 3, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, February 6, 1865,…
General Orders, No. 1 (U.S. War Department)
January 7, 1865 On January 7, 1865, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders, No. 1, announcing that President Abraham Lincoln had relieved Benjamin Butler of command of the Department of North Carolina. General Orders, No. 1 War Department, Adjutant General's Office Washington, January 7, 1865 By direction of the President of the United States,…
General Orders, No. 11 (U.S. War Department)
January 30, 1865 On January 30, 1865, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders, No. 11, merging the Department of Kansas into the Department of the Missouri, naming John Pope to command the Division of the Missouri, including the Departments of the Missouri and the Northwest, and transferring Samuel R. Curtis to the Department of…
General Orders, No. 118 (U.S. War Department)
June 27, 1865 At the conclusion of the Civil War, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders No. 118 on June 27, 1865, which divided the United States into military districts and divisions. GENERAL ORDERS No. 118. WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, June 27, 1865. ;;;;;;; The President directs that the United States be…