65th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, CSA actions in East Tennessee from May 1862 through the Battle of Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863, as recorded in the Official Records: Date Commander 65th GVI Activities and Movements 1-May-62 Col. Sumner J. Smith Formed as Smith's Legion Ga Vol. 1-May-62 LtCol JS Fain Loudon, TN, Fain's Battalion
On this day in Civil War history Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag - Treaty of Ghent signed, ending the War of 1812. - Raleigh Edward Colston, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen. - Skirmish at Wadesburg, MO. - Federal...
Greetings! I am a Virginia resident, writing a novel loosely based on my ancestor's life as a CSA soldier (12th Mo. Cavalry) and POW at Point Lookout. I've done many, many hours of historical research on Missouri (and Point Lookout), but am missing some pieces I hope this forum can supply. I...
3rd Maryland Artillery, CSA Alternate Designation Ritter's Battery History One of the most traveled units in the Civil War, seeing action in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, Ritter's Battery was originally organized by Captain John Latrobe, of Baltimore, in the fall of 1861 in Virginia.
1st Alabama Infantry Smith, Daniel P. Company K or First Alabama Regiment or Three Years in the Confederate Service. 3rd Alabama Infantry Third Alabama!: The Civil War Memoir of Brigadier General Cullen Andrews Battle, CSA by Brandon H. Beck (University of Alabama Press, 2000). 4th Alabama...
Hello, I am interested in any information on Company E, 12th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, CSA, 1862-65. I have lots of information already, and have been updating (and a little correcting) Mr. Frye's 1988 biographical roster. I've read all the various narrative histories of the 12th by Frye...