Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9 at Appomattox ... Image from Frank Leslie’s ...

While the Civil War was never fought in California, the state nevertheless played a major role in generating pro-Union ...

“We enlisted 17,000 Californians, but they mostly fought in the West, marching across the desert ... soon becoming targets for the Confederate army and privateers such as Asbury Harpending.

Jubal Early of the Confederate States Army, at least for a little while that ... had been left with nowhere to go but into the armies marching against the Union, on behalf of slavery.

As summer began, Jordan was adjutant of the Confederate Army under Brig ... Johnston quickly issued marching orders. Screened by Col. Jeb Stuart’s cavalry, Brig. Gen. Thomas J.

Meanwhile, the Confederate noose was tightening around ... she saw a column of freshly inducted Union soldiers, in blue uniforms, marching and singing lines from a newly adapted spiritual ...

Resolutions were unanimously adopted that Kentucky won't permit the marching ... of war for the Confederate States free of charge. The City Council has appointed a Military Board and appropriated ...

The top things to do in Fairhope, Alabama, include attractions, dining, sunset, wildlife, nature preserves, and so much ...