HISTORY DISPATCH

The Charge at Gettysburg

When night fell, the Union flags waved in triumph on the field of Gettysburg, but over 30,000 men lay dead or wounded, strewn through wood and meadow, on field and hill, where the three days' fight...

Ulysses Simpson Grant

This historical article written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1868, illuminates Ulysses S. Grant, the man and the Civil War General.

General Grant and the Vicksburg Campaign

According to Henry Cabot Lodge, General Ulysses S. Grant's campaign against Vicksburg was the most brilliant single campaign of the Civil War. 

Hampton Roads (The Battle of the Monitor & Merrimac)

Also known as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac, the Battle of Hampton Roads during the Civil War was the first battle between ironclad warships.

Farragut at Mobile Bay

The Battle of Mobile Bay marked a victory for the Union during the Civil War, and is best remembered for Rear Admiral Farragut's successful maneuver through a minefield, and his famous command, "Da...

The Flag-Bearer at Antietam

To guard one's own flag against capture is the pride, to capture the flag of one's enemy the ambition, of every valiant soldier.

Lieutenant Cushing and the Ram Albemarle

In October 1864, Union naval officer Lt. William B. Cushing led a daring commando raid against the Confederate ram Albemarle.

Lincoln's Cooper Union Speech

"Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it."

Ulysses S. Grant at West Point

Ulysses S. Grant's appointment to the Military Academy at West Point not only altered the course of his life, it changed his name.

Captured Freedom: The Epic True Civil War Story of Union POW Officers Escaping from a Southern Prison (Book Notes)

Captured Freedom is the story of a group of Civil War Union officers who were prisoners-of-war of the Confederate army. 

Almanac: The Second Confiscation & Militia Act (July 17, 1862)

Intended as a measure to deprive the Confederate States of property & resources, the Act effectively allowed Black Americans to serve in the military for the Union during the Civil War.

Almanac: The Battle of Missionary Ridge (November 25, 1863)

The Union victory at Missionary Ridge during the Civil War was a turning point in the Chattanooga Campaign in Tennessee.

At The Front (Painting)

Painted in 1866 by George Cochran Lambdin, At the Front depicts a Union soldier in camp near the Rapidan. 

General Ulysses Simpson Grant (Painting)

Civil War Union General and 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, is depicted in uniform. 

The Consecration, 1861 (Painting)

George Cochran Lambdin's painting depicts a soldier leaving home for war, and symbolizes the hope of reconciliation - not just between the man and woman, but between a divided country. 

Emblems of the Civil War (Painting)

This memorial still life arranges the military mementos of Maj. Gen. Tibbits of the Union Army’s Second New York Cavalry. Items include a Confederate bullet on a string & a key to Libby Prison.

Guerrilla Warfare - Picket Duty in Virginia (Painting)

Picket duty constituted the most hazardous work of infantrymen in the field. Being the first to feel any major enemy movement, they were also the first liable to be killed, wounded, or captured. 

The 2nd Minnesota Regiment at Missionary Ridge (Painting)

On November 25, 1863, still stinging from defeat in the Battle of Chickamauga two months earlier and under siege with dwindling supplies, Union forces charged Confederate-held Missionary Ridge.

Grant and His Generals (Painting)

This Civil War painting depicts the commander of the Union armies flanked by 26 of his generals. The artist traveled to Union army encampments to make life studies of the subjects.

The Battle of Nashville (Painting)

The Second Brigade makes the final charge - across a muddy cornfield to the east of Shy Hill - that broke the Confederate lines on December 16, 1864, during The Battle of Nashville.

The Peacemakers (Painting)

Depicts the historic March 27, 1865, strategy session by the Union high command during the final days of the Civil War.

Fate of the Rebel Flag (Painting)

William Bauly's 1861 patriotic painting depicts a Civil War ship burning in a calm sea, with the flames of the fire forming the red, white, and blue flag of the Confederacy.

Evening Gun, Fort Sumter (Painting)

The painting depicts Fort Sumter after it had been pummeled by artillery during the first engagement of the Civil War.

A Bit of War History: The Contraband (Painting)

During the Civil War, a self-emancipated man appears in a U.S. Army Provost Marshall General office, eager to enlist.

A Bit of War History: The Recruit (Painting)

One of a three-part narrative artwork, The Recruit depicts a man dressed in his Union uniform, proudly ready for military service during the Civil War.