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The Civil War's youngest wounded soldier on record, he was twelve when his left hand and arm were shattered by an exploding shell. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] Courtland Comly Cooper born 1847, of De Kalb, NY, enlisted in the 92nd NY Infantry in 1861 at the age of either 14 or 15, birthdate unknown, and died at Cold Harbor June 1, 1864, while charging the rebel ...
Richard Brooke Garnett (November 21, 1817 – July 3, 1863) was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.He was court-martialed by Stonewall Jackson for his actions in command of the Stonewall Brigade at the First Battle of Kernstown, and killed during Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a sectional rebellion against the United States of America by the Confederate States, formed of eleven southern states' governments which moved to secede from the Union after the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States.
The Battle of Hancock was fought during the Confederate Romney Expedition of the American Civil War on January 5 and 6, 1862, near Hancock, Maryland.Major General Stonewall Jackson of the Confederate States Army, commanding his own Valley District and Brigadier General William W. Loring's force known as the Confederate Army of the Northwest, began moving against Union Army forces in the ...
In the many decades between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, such divisions became increasingly irreconcilable and contentious. [1] Events in the 1850s culminated with the election of the anti-slavery Republican Abraham Lincoln as president on November 6, 1860.
New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - Civil War - 99th Infantry Regiment History, photographs, table of battles and casualties, and historical sketch for the 99th New York Infantry Regiment; Civil War in the East 99th New York Infantry Regiment "Union Coast Guard" National Park Service Regiment Details UNION NEW YORK ...
The Battle of Ball's Bluff (also known as the Battle of Leesburg or Battle of Harrison's Island) was an early battle of the American Civil War fought in Loudoun County, Virginia, on October 21, 1861, in which Union Army forces under Major General George B. McClellan suffered a humiliating defeat.