Facts

Key facts about Major General Gouverneur K. Warren, a prominent Union officer, who led the 5th Army Corps of the Army of the Potomac, until Major General Philip Sheridan relieved him of his command following the Battle of Five Forks in 1865.

Important facts about the Washington Peace Conference of 1861.

Key facts about Stand Watie (aka Degadoga), the only American Indian to achieve the rank of general on either side during the American Civil War.

Key facts about General Joseph Wheeler, a prominent Confederate cavalry commander during the American Civil War, who also represented Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives for nine terms, and led U.S. forces during the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American Insurrection.

The Wilmot Proviso was an amendment to an appropriations request for $2 million made by President James K. Polk to…

Key facts about Thomas J. Wood, a prominent Union general who participated in nearly every major campaign in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

Key facts about Horatio Wright, a prominent general officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, who served briefly as commander of the Department of the Ohio from August 19, 1862 to March 12, 1863.

Key facts about Tennessee-native Felix Zollicoffer, a newspaperman, congressman, and Confederate general who was killed at the Battle of Mill Springs during the American Civil War.