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.

President Theodore Roosevelt's Address on Abraham Lincoln

Delivered by the President of the United States (1901-1909) at the ceremony of the laying of the corner stone of the Lincoln Memorial, at his birthplace, Hodgenville, Kentucky, February 12, 1909.

General Ulysses Simpson Grant (Painting)

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

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.