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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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. … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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. … Read more