President Lincoln’s Executive Order Authorizing a Draft
August 4, 1862 On August 4, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued an executive authorizing a draft of 300,000 militia be immediately called into the … Read more
President Lincoln’s Executive Order Constituting the Army of Virginia
June 26, 1862 On June 26, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued a presidential proclamation that consolidated the forces commanded by major generals John C. … Read more
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 … Read more
President Lincoln’s Executive Order Relieving General G. B. McClellan and Making Other Changes
November 5, 1862 On November 5, 1862, President Lincoln issued an executive order replacing George B. McClellan with Ambrose E. Burnside as commander of … Read more
President Lincoln’s Letter to Joseph Hooker
January 26, 1863 On January 26, 1863, President Lincoln wrote to Joseph Hooker, giving him advice about commanding the Army of the Potomac. Executive … Read more
President’s War Order No. 2 (Reorganizing the Army of the Potomac)
March 8, 1862 On March 8, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued General War Order No. 2 directing Major General George B. McClellan to reorganize … Read more
Presidential Proclamation 90
May 19, 1862 On May 19, 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued a presidential proclamation revoking David Hunter's general order freeing the slaves in Georgia, South … Read more
Quincy Adams Gillmore
February 28, 1825 – April 8, 1888 Major General Quincy A. Gillmore won military acclaim for his use of rifled artillery during the reduction … Read more
Richard Brooke Garnett
November 21, 1817 – July 3, 1863 In the American Civil War, Confederate Brigadier-General Richard B. Garnett was mortally wounded during Pickett's Charge at … Read more
Richard Kidder Meade
July 21, 1829 – March 18, 1920 A lieutenant in the Union army and later a major in the Confederate army, Richard K. Meade … Read more