Florida legally observes Confederate Memorial Day, along with the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, but these ...

Edward Otho C. Ord was a major general in the Union army during the Civil War and commanded the Department of Arkansas and the Fourth Military District during Reconstruction.

Ord was a major general in the Union army during the Civil War and ... Army of the Shenandoah to force the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Courthouse.

Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the ...

The post was originally named after Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, who owned a plantation and slaves. The Pentagon says it is now named after the late Army Pfc ... from the Union in January ...

As part of a coordinated campaign to end the war, Grant’s forces clash repeatedly with Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. When Union cavalry Gen.

The Union, heartily tired of war ... telling each other that a Confederate army "50,000 strong" was laying waste to Maryland and Pennsylvania. Military and political functionaries, meanwhile ...

But as McDowell’s army advanced, Beauregard faced reality ... For two hours, they waited to hear the planned Confederate move against the Union left flank. But it never materialized.

Part of the Peninsula Campaign-- the Union's bid to capture the Confederate capital, Richmond -- Butterfield was injured at Gaines’ Mill while commanding the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Army Corps.

Confederate General William Nelson Pendleton ... At Appomattox, Lee requested that the Union army issue each of his soldiers a printed parole pass to vouch that if they went home and observed ...