Articles related to "Confederate Commander"

Stonewall Jackson was the epitome of a Confederate commander and will remain forever enshrined as a hero to the Confederate cause.

Robert E. Lee served the Confederate States of America with honor and devotion, but his career began with the United States Army.

The Confederate fortress at Vicksburg by the Mississippi river was considered to be one of the most important defensive positions positions in the Confederacy.

The battle at Antietam Creek Maryland was one of the unncessary and costliest blunders in our nation's history.

In the Battle of Cross Keys the Confederate forces were commanded by Stonewall Jackson, whilst the Union forces were commanded by George McClellan.

Following Fort Sumter, four more Southern states left the Union. Afterward, both sides raised armies, and met for the first time at Manassas Junction.

Contemporaries, historians, as well as military experts have debated General Lee's leadership at the Battle of Gettysburg as a possible cause of the Confederate defeat.

Confederate Brigadier General Beauregard, in April of 1861, leads the attack on Fort Sumter, in Charleston, South Carolina harbor, signaling that the Civil War had begun.

Late in the administration of President Johnson, General Ulysses S Grant argued with the President and in doing so; found himself aligned with the Radical Republicans.

One of the famous arguments in civil war history had to do with James Longstreet's July 2, 1863 flank attack on the Union left at Gettysburg Pennsylvania.

The Civil War was not just a white man's war...it involved dozens of Native American tribes, which fought for their own independence. This is the story of the Cherokee.