Facts

Key facts about Confederate Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk, an ordained Episcopal bishop who was killed by a Union artillery shell at Pine Mountain, near Marietta, Georgia, on June 14, 1864.

Key facts about Union General John Pope.

Key facts about Fitz John Porter was a corps commander with the Union Army whose career was ruined by court martial proceedings over his performance at the Second Battle of Bull Run.

Key facts about President Abraham Lincoln's Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

On March 10, 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation offering amnesty to soldiers absent without leave upon returning to their regiments by April 1, 1863.

Key facts about Sterling Price, an antebellum governor of Missouri, United States Congressman, and prominent Confederate commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

Key facts about William C. Quantrill, a Confederate irregular whose band of raiders employed guerrilla tactics in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the Civil War to harass Union troops and terrorize Northern sympathizers.

Key facts about the four Reconstruction Acts enacted by Congress in 1867 - 1868.

Key facts about Daniel Harris Reynolds, a Confederate general, who served in the far western and western theaters of operations during the Civil War.

Key facts about Union General John F. Reynolds.

Key facts about the Battle of Richmond.

Key facts about the Battle of Rocky Face Ridge.

Full Name: William Starke Rosecrans Birth Date: September 6, 1819 Birth Location: Little Taylor Run, Kingston Township, Delaware County, Ohio…

Key facts about he Battle of Sailor's Creek.

Key facts about Robert Cumming Schenck, an eight-time United States Congressman from Ohio and a major general in the Union army during the American Civil War.

Key facts about John M. Schofield, a prominent Union general during the Civil War who later served as U.S. Secretary of War, Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, and commanding general of the United States Army.

Facts about American Military Commander Winfield Scott, including a timeline of his life, his accomplishments, and more interesting details. This fact sheet provides a quick overview of his life and career and is for kids doing research and students preparing for the AP U.S. History (APUSH) exam.

Key facts about Major General John Sedgwick who became the highest ranking Union combat casualty during the Civil War when a Confederate sharpshooter killed him during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House on May 9, 1864, .

Key facts about William H, Seward who served as Secretary of State during the administration of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson and brokered a deal with Russia for the United States to purchase Alaska.

Key facts Wilson Shannon Governor of Ohio and Governor of the Kansas Territory during the period known as Bleeding Kansas.