by beeghleytech | Feb 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
by beeghleytech | Dec 22, 2018 | Blog, Famous People
On December 22, 1864, Union General William T. Sherman presents the city of Savannah, Georgia, to President Abraham Lincoln. Sherman captured the city after his famous March to the Sea from Atlanta. Savannah had been one of the last major ports that remained open to...
by beeghleytech | Oct 12, 2018 | Blog
Confederate General Robert E. Lee Dies After Suffering a Stroke On this day in 1870, General Robert Edward Lee, the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, dies peacefully at his home in Lexington, Virginia. He was 63 years old. The following...
by beeghleytech | Jul 16, 2018 | Blog
The Death of Mary Todd Lincoln Mary Lincoln passed away on July 16, 1882, at the home of her sister Elizabeth in Springfield, IL. At her funeral, Reverend Reed eloquently spoke of two trees that had grown so close together that their roots had become intertwined. When...
by beeghleytech | Jul 7, 2018 | Blog
The Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators On July 7, 1865, four conspirators of the Lincoln assassination, Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt, were hanged just after 1:30 p.m. on a very hot day in the prison yard of the Old Arsenal...
by TeachCivilWar | Jun 30, 2018 | Blog, Primary Sources
After some minor skirmishes, Major General John Buford is convinced that the Confederates are near the small town of Cashtown and that they will be marching on Gettysburg the next day. Buford sends a message to Gen. John Reynolds to come up quickly while he holds...
by TeachCivilWar | Jun 30, 2018 | Blog
The Battle of Hanover, Pennsylvania was a small skirmish among Union and Confederate cavalry that had a significant impact on the Gettysburg Campaign by delaying Confederate General JEB Stuart. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick’s division of Union cavalry dashes north to...
by TeachCivilWar | Jun 29, 2018 | Blog
In June 1863, the Confederates Army was advancing up the Cumberland Valley in Pennsylvania and was lead by a cavalry brigade under General Albert G. Jenkins. Jenkins and his men arrived in Carlisle on June 27, then continued east toward the town of Mechanicsburg....
by beeghleytech | May 13, 2018 | Blog, Famous People
The following is taken from the Confederate Veteran (1902): A strange report comes from a public school in Louisville. It is that “Marching through Georgia” is sung in school there. A special in the Atlanta Constitution states that Laura Talbot Galt, aged...
by beeghleytech | Apr 15, 2018 | Blog
A Call to Arms! – President Lincoln’s Call for 75,000 Volunteers On April 15, 1861, President Lincoln issued the following proclamation: BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been, for some time...
