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Hace 3 días · Much of Sherman's time as Commanding General was devoted to making the Western and Plains states safe for settlement through the continuation of the Indian Wars, which included three significant campaigns: the Modoc War, the Great Sioux War of 1876, and the Nez Perce War.
Hace 2 días · Williamson Murray and Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh’s A Savage War, a one-volume military history of the war, also covers the question of strategy, with special focus on what they argue to be the war’s modern character and the Union’s use of but failure to fully exploit joint army-navy operations. 12 Herman Hattaway and Archer Jones’s How the North Won remains an influential volume, although ...
Hace 3 días · The collections in this module deliver unique coverage of the Confederate Army and the Union Army. The Confederate Army records consist of Confederate Military Manuscripts sourced from the holdings of Virginia Historical Society; the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Louisiana State University; the Center for ...
Hace 2 días · He wrote in his memoirs, "Feeling that the war was nearing its end, I desired my cavalry to be in at the death." His finest service of the Civil War was demonstrated during his relentless pursuit of Robert E. Lee's Army, effectively managing the most crucial aspects of the Appomattox Campaign for Grant.
Hace 3 días · The Battle of Gettysburg (locally / ˈ ɡ ɛ t ɪ s b ɜːr ɡ / ⓘ) was a three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and Confederate forces between July 1 and July 3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Hace 6 días · Wilson wrote several books and articles about the Civil War and he died at his home in Wilmington, he one of the last surviving Union generals. There were only 3 Civil War generals that lived longer. Wilson was probably the most distinguished of the "boy generals".
Hace 4 días · Two Union soldiers from the American Civil War were posthumously awarded with the Medal of Honor by President Joe Biden on Wednesday, more than 160 years after being executed for their part in a ...
