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Category Archives: Civil War History
The Fall of Vicksburg: Turning Point of the Civil War
Vicksburg: The Most Critical Battle of the Civil War? In early July of 1863, the campaign that, more than any other, determined the outcome of the American Civil War was concluded. That campaign was not the battle of Gettysburg, fought … Continue reading
The Fall of Richmond in the American Civil War: The Inside Story
Weitzel’s Order Announcing the Occupation of Richmond Headquarters Detachment Army of the James, Richmond, Va., April 3, 1865. Major-General Godfrey Weitzel, commanding detachment of the Army of the James, announces the occupation of the city of Richmond by the Armies … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War History, Confederate States of America, End of the Civil War
Tagged Abraham Lincoln in Richmond, Burning of Richmond, Civil War diaries, Confederate capital, End of the Confederacy, Fall of Richmond, Jefferson Davis, John Beauchamp Jones, Judith McGuire, Richmond April 1865, Richmond evacuation, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Union occupation of Richmond
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How Ulysses S. Grant Overcame Depression and Addiction to Win the Civil War
A Military Hero the Army Didn’t Want At the start of the Civil War, Ulysses Grant had great credentials to be given an important military assignment. He had graduated from the U. S. Military Academy at West Point in 1843, … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Biographies, Civil War History, Civil War Leaders
Tagged 21st Illinois Regiment, Civil War generals, Civil War history, Civil War leadership, Grant alcoholism, Grant biography, Grant depression, Grant early career, Grant West Point, Hardscrabble farm, Illinois Civil War regiments, Jo Daviess Guards, Lincoln and Grant, Ulysses S. Grant
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