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Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
May 28, 1818 – February 20, 1893 Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was an American military leader. As a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, Beauregard served in the Eastern and Western theaters and was the victorious field commander at the First Battle of Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia on July 21,…
Potts’ Battery of Ohio Volunteer Artillery
1862–1865 In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal government with 260 regiments of men, including infantry, artillery, and cavalry units. Ohioans also served in several other regiments from other states, most notably from Kentucky, West Virginia, and Massachusetts, as well as in federal units. In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal…
President Lincoln’s Executive Order Naming Major General Henry Halleck as General-in-Chief of All US Land Forces
July 11, 1862 On July 11, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued an executive order naming Major General Henry Halleck as General-in-Chief of all US land forces. Executive Order – Making Henry W. Halleck General-in-Chief July 11, 1862 Ordered, That Major-General Henry W. Halleck be assigned to command the whole land forces of the United States…
President Lincoln’s Executive Order Tendering Thanks to William T. Sherman
September 3, 1864 On September 3, 1864, President Lincoln issued an executive order offering the thanks of the nation to William T. Sherman for his successful campaign in Georgia that led to the capture of Atlanta. The national thanks are tendered by the President to Major-General William T. Sherman and the gallant officers and soldiers…
President Lincoln’s Response to John C. Fremont’s Emanicpation Proclamation
September 11, 1861 On September 11, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln ordered John C. Fremont to modify his emancipation proclamation to comply with the Confiscation Act of 1861. Washington, D.C. Sep. 11, 1861 Major General John C. Fremont, Sir: Yours of the 8th in answer to mine of 2nd Inst. is just received. Assuming that you,…
President’s War Order No. 3
March 11, 1862 Issued by President Abraham Lincoln on March 11, 1862, War Order Number 3, consolidated three western departments, including the Department of the Ohio, into the Department of the Mississippi, commanded by Major-General Henry Halleck. PRESIDENT'S WAR ORDER, NO. 3. Executive Mansion, Washington, March 11, 1862. Major-General McClellan, having personally taken the field,…
Price-Harney Agreement
May 21, 1861 Concluded on May 21, 1861, the Price-Harney Agreement was an unsuccessful attempt to maintain peace in Missouri at the onset of the American Civil War. When the Union began to dissolve following Abraham Lincoln's election to the United States presidency in November 1860, Missouri's loyalties were greatly divided. Most residents of the…
Price-Harney Agreement (Transcript)
May 21, 1861 Concluded on May 21, 1861, the Price-Harney Agreement was an unsuccessful attempt to maintain peace in Missouri at the onset of the American Civil War. SAINT LOUIS, May 21, 1861. The undersigned, officers of the United States Government and of the government of the State of Missouri, for the purpose of removing…
Red River Campaign
March 10 – May 22, 1864 The Red River Campaign was an ill-fated Union attempt to capture Shreveport, Louisiana and drive all Rebel forces out of the state during the spring of 1864. By the spring of 1864, Confederate Louisiana had shriveled to the northwestern area of the state. The capital had moved to Opelousas…
Richard Strother Taylor
January 27, 1826 – April 12, 1879 The son of United States President Zachary Taylor, Richard Taylor was a prominent Confederate general in the Eastern and Western theaters of the American Civil War Richard Taylor was born on January 27, 1826, near Louisville, Kentucky, on his family's plantation, "Springfield." He was the youngest child and…