The Soldiers Monument in Carlisle, Pennsylvania was created in a post war effort to honor the Cumberland County soldiers who died as a result of the Civil War. The efforts to build the monument were initiated by the Soldiers Monument Association in early January 1867, which included General Lemuel Todd as Chair, General Robert Miller Henderson as President, and […]
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Carlisle Fencibles
Posted by mckelveb Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Letters & Diaries, Rare BooksAfter the outbreak of the Civil War, four volunteer companies originally consisting of fifty to one hundred men were recruited in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on April 19, 1861. On April 21, the officers were chosen with Captain Robert M. Henderson, in charge of Company A of the 36th Regiment, 7th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps. Henderson was assisted […]
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The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-7, 1864
Posted by mckelveb Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Images, Lesson Plans, Maps, Places to VisitThe Battle of the Wilderness (also known as Combats at Parker’s Store, Craig’s Meeting House, Todd’s Tavern, Brock Road, and the Furnaces) took place from May 5-7, 1864 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia as a part of Union General Ulysses S. Grant ’s overland campaign. Grant’s troops attacked General Robert E. Lee and the Army of […]
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The Battle of Stones River, December 31, 1862- January 3, 1863
Posted by mckelveb Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Images, Lesson Plans, MapsThe Battle of Stones River (also known as the Battle of Murfreesboro) took place from December 31, 1862- January 3, 1863 in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Confederate General Braxton Bragg and the Army of Tennessee forced Union Major General William S. Rosecrans to the Nashville Pike, but the Union Army of the Cumberland was able to […]
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Battle of Cold Harbor, May 31-June 12, 1864
Posted by mckelveb Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Images, Letters & Diaries, Maps, Recent ScholarshipThe Battle of Cold Harbor (also known as Second Cold Harbor) took place in Hanover County, Virginia from May 31-June 12, 1864. As a part of the overland campaign to Richmond of 1864 General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia defeated Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac. On June […]
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Camp William Penn in Chelten Hills, Pennsylvania opened as a training ground for African-American troops on June 26, 1863 with about eight men present. Approximately eleven thousand former slaves and free African-Americans received training here under the leadership of Lieutenant-Colonel Louis Wagner. Over the course of the war at least eleven regiments formed at Camp […]
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Battle of Cynthiana: June 11-12, 1864
Posted by mckelveb Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Maps, Places to Visit, Rare BooksThe Battle of Cynthiana (also known as Kellar’s Bridge) took place on June 11-12, 1864 in Harrison County, Kentucky. The National Park Service ’s website includes a brief summary regarding the battle and the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission provides a map detailing the location of each battleground within the state as well as an […]
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Alexander Kelly was an African- American Civil War soldier who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. He was born on April 7, 1840 in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania and worked as a coal miner prior to his involvement in the war. On August 19, 1863 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania he enlisted in Company F of the 6th […]
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Fort Stevens: July 11-12, 1864
Posted by mckelveb Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Lesson Plans, Places to Visit, Rare BooksOn July 11, 1864, two days after the Battle of Monocacy, Confederate forces under the command of General Jubal A. Early reached the edge of Washington D.C. The following day, the Confederate forces faced the Union VI Corps under the direction of Major General Horatio G. Wright and Major General Alexander M. McCook and were […]
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The Battle of Monocacy- July 9, 1864
Posted by mckelveb Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Images, Maps, Places to Visit, Rare BooksThe Battle of Monocacy on July 9, 1864 in Frederick County, Maryland became known as “The battle that saved Washington” as it gave supporting Union troops more time to fill the area and defend the Capital. The National Park Service ’s website provides resources including a short summary of the battle and a map that […]
